The winners of this year's Shot Up North (SUN) photography awards were announced at the Design and Innovation Centre in Leeds last night.

The SUN awards look to reward the best professional photography taken within the regions of the UK.

See below for results: 

The winners of the 22nd SUN Awards

The SUN Award for Best Image:

1st           ‘Vintage Vacation’                   Simon Winnall, Birmingham

2nd           ‘Snowstorm II’                       Michael Swallow, Manchester

Joint 3rd    ‘Reeds’                                  Davis, Edinburgh

               ‘Ray’s Lido - Three’               Nick Dunmur, Kirkby in Ashfield

Merit        ‘Trees in Mist’                       Kate Abbey, Greenhow     

Merit        ‘Semana Santa’                      Tim Hetherington, Manchester

Merit        ‘Undead’                              Willie Runte, Manchester

Merit        ‘Funland’                              McCoy / Wynne, Liverpool

Best use of image:

1st      Chris Leah, Farsley

2nd      Chris Leah, Farsley

3rd      Dan Prince, Houghton le Spring

Best promotion by a photographer, of their work:

1st      Dan Prince, Houghton le Spring

The winners of SUN-MOTION award were:

SUN-MOTION Movie of the Year – ‘Seven Sins’ Directed by Martin Brent, Birmingham

2nd – ‘Longdown’ Directed by Tony Lendill, Leeds

3rd – ‘Newcastle College’ Directed by Johnny Carr, Batley

The winners of SUNRISE 22 were:

SUNRISE Photographer of the year – Simon Thompson, Apperly Bridge

Joint 2nd – Luc Coiffait from Morpeth 

Joint 2nd – Bruce Mark from Manchester 

Commended – Ciara Leeming from Manchester 

Commended – Bruce Mark from Manchester

Commended – Lucy Sugden-Smith from Manchester 

Best overall submission – Lucy Sugden-Smith from Manchester