The under-construction Shard building on December 5, 2011 in London, England. The 80 storey skyscraper will be Europe's tallest mixed-use building when it is completed in May 2012; it will contain offices, restaurants, residential apartments as well as a five star hotel. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

“Born in Bellshill, near Glasgow, Scotland, George studied at Blackpool College of Photography before moving to London, where is currently based. George is a multi-faceted talent, equally at home on location or in the studio, working with people, animals, locations or still life. He produces strong and vivid images with a distinctive and unique photographic style. Many of his images have been described as having an other worldly feel”. – Tim Mitchell

Grumpy Cat attends the “Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book” Book Event at Bookends Bookstore on October 16, 2013 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael N. Todaro/WireImage)

A man holds a Savannah monitor in the petting zoo “La Casita del Avestruz” (The ostrich's little house), in Caracas, Venezuela on January 28, 2024. (Photo by Gaby Oraa/Reuters)

Festival goers celebrate during the Chupinazo, marking the beginning of the San Fermin festival on July 6, 2011 in Pamplona, Spain. Pamplona's famous Fiesta de San Fermin, which involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona for eight days starting July 7th, was made famous by the 1926 novel of U.S. writer Ernest Hemmingway called “The Sun Also Rises”. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

The Rossiya (Russia) brig sails along the Neva River during a dress rehearsal of the 2021 Scarlet Sails Festival for school leavers in St Petersburg, Russia on June 25, 2021. (Photo by Peter Kovalev/TASS)

First place, The Beauty of Plants. “There are many stages of lotus growth on display at the Aquatic Gardens, but to come across twotwisted dancing stems of nelumbo nucifera was unexpected and quite magical”. (Photo by Kathleen Furey/The Guardian)

Spanish actress Rossy de Palma poses as she arrives by taxi boat at the pier of the Excelsior Hotel on August 30, 2019 during the 76th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli/AFP Photo)