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 Photos | Monthly POTY Themes |
|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | Fruit and vegetables Geometric patterns Crooked camera angle In the air Long exposure Waste ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) One dominant colour Community |
| 2023-2024 | Bridges Plants Tombstones Night Trains and boats and planes (and trams!) Macro Weather On, in and by the sea Fetes and festivals |
| 2022-2023 | Shadows and light Drops Rush hour Glass Bokeh Serenity Street photography Tension Cityscape |
| 2021-2022 | Balancing act Dawn Environmental trash Candlelight Starry starry night Wind power It’s bug’s life Sport Old |
| 2020-2021 | Motion blur Public staircases Autumn leaves A book title as a subject HDR photography Frozen Long exposures Reflections Smoke |
| 2019-2020 | High contrast Depth of field Low key High key The decisive moment Minimalism Composition line Composition rule of thirds Isolation |
| 2018-2019 | Low angle Eye level High angle One color Motion Still life Personal freedom Positive and negative space in photography Self portrait (faceless) |
| 2017-2018 | Sunny side of life Industrial arts and trade Buildings/Architechture Celebrations Cold Texture Songtitles Movement Blue hour |
| 2016-2017 | Canals Black and white Macro Light Old and new Night time Energy Street Orange |
| 2015-2016 | Places of Worship Dutch Wildlife B&W Square Portrait Streetwise New Year’s reflection Winter blues Shadows Spring colours Rain |
| 2014-2015 | Dutch Summer Geometry Playing with light Mist Music B&W Repetition Weather It wasn’t me |
| 2013-2014 | – |
| 2012-2013 | – |
| 2011-2012 | Transport Moods Negative Space Hidden Treasure Bright Lights, Big City Patterns in Nature You Dare?!? Early Morning Landscape |
| 2010-2011 | Green 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 | – |