The World Press Photo awards for 2010 have been announced.

Organised by the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP), the Canon AIPP Australia Professional Photographer of the Year attracted over 2,600 prints from 746 professional photographers from across the nation.

Earlier this year, Australian swimming champion Geoff Huegill congratulated the seven winners of the first-ever Surf Life Saving (SLS) and Nikon Australian for Life photo competition.

For the first time in its history, the Sony World Photography Awards is being held in London on April 27, 2011. Previously held each April in Cannes, the move to London heralds an exciting new chapter for the world’s largest awards program.

Canadian humanitarian documentary photographer and optometrist, Dr Larry Louie has taken top honours in the 2010 international Travel Photographer of the Year awards (TPOTY) with stunning, highly atmospheric portfolios of black and white images of Mali and China.

Now in its eighth year, the prestigious savewater! awards recognise and reward excellence in water conservation and efficiency by business, government, schools, local communities and individuals. This year 15 finalists were selected from over 1100 photographs from across Australia and internationally from a panel of independent judges headed by environmental consultant Rob Gell.

The overall winner of one of the world’s most important professional photographers competitions is now official, with Andre Boto named Photographer of the Year at the FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards 2010.