A series of images of former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown – during this year's General Election campaign – has helped The Guardian's Martin Argles capture the title, Photographer of the Year, at the inaugural Picture Editors' Guild Awards.
Argles also won the Photo Essay category, while Getty Images' Chris Furlong was named News Photographer of the Year.
The Picture Editors' Guild Awards was set up to recognise outstanding photography across eight categories, including an award for citizen journalism.
Each category winner received £500, while the overall title came with a cheque for £1000. The awards ceremony was held on Tuesday evening.
The full list of winners reads:
SABMiller Photographer of the Year 2010
Martin Argles, the Guardian
British Airways Sports Photographer of the Year
Eddie Keogh, Reuters
Royal Photographer of the Year
Christopher Jackson, Getty Images
News Photographer of the Year
Chris Furlong, Getty Images
Celebrity Photographer of the Year
Jeff Spicer, Alpha Press Agency
Bloomberg Business Photographer of the Year
Oliver Scarff, Getty Images
Newscast Young Photographer of the Year
Matthew Lloyd, the Times
Photo Essay
Martin Argles, the Guardian
BT Citizen Photographer of the Year
Miguel De Freitas
