POTY Competition Archive

Here you can find the details of the POTY Competition for years gone by.

See also the POTY competition rules and the POTY books for each year.

Link to PhotosMonthly POTY Themes
2023-2024Bridges
Plants
Tombstones
Night
Trains and boats and planes (and trams!)
Macro
Weather
On, in and by the sea
Fetes and festivals
2022-2023Shadows and light
Drops
Rush hour
Glass
Bokeh
Serenity
Street photography
Tension
Cityscape
2021-2022Balancing act
Dawn
Environmental trash
Candlelight
Starry starry night
Wind power
It’s bug’s life
Sport
Old
2020-2021Motion blur
Public staircases
Autumn leaves
A book title as a subject
HDR photography
Frozen
Long exposures
Reflections
Smoke
2019-2020High contrast
Depth of field
Low key
High key
The decisive moment
Minimalism
Composition line
Composition rule of thirds
Isolation
2018-2019Low angle
Eye level
High angle
One color
Motion
Still life
Personal freedom
Positive and negative space in photography
Self portrait (faceless)
2017-2018Sunny side of life
Industrial arts and trade
Buildings/Architechture
Celebrations
Cold
Texture
Songtitles
Movement
Blue hour
2016-2017Canals
Black and white
Macro
Light
Old and new
Night time
Energy
Street
Orange
2015-2016Places of Worship
Dutch Wildlife
B&W Square Portrait
Streetwise
New Year’s reflection
Winter blues
Shadows
Spring colours
Rain
2014-2015Dutch Summer
Geometry
Playing with light
Mist
Music
B&W
Repetition
Weather
It wasn’t me
2013-2014
2012-2013
2011-2012Transport
Moods
Negative Space
Hidden Treasure
Bright Lights, Big City
Patterns in Nature
You Dare?!?
Early Morning
Landscape
2010-2011Green
Shadows
Identity
When the lights go out
The seven deadly sins
Music
Abstract
Old and New
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008
2006-2007
2005-2006