Close-up Photographer of the Year: Top Winners from the Death & Decay Photo Challenge

The Close-up Photographer of the Year just proved that beauty doesn’t always play nice. The CUPOTY Challenge: Death & Decay is raw, haunting, and weirdly mesmerizing, pulling viewers straight into nature’s unfiltered reality where life and loss collide. Taking the top spot is Willem Kruger, whose jaw-dropping image Hyena Portrait Zebra hits like a punch […]