This stunning photo by Ian Howard won the expert vote in our 'Black & white photography' contest. Here Ian tells us the story behind the image...

Bob Blevins took the crowd vote winning shot in our 'Gardens' contest. Here's the story behind the image.

This photo by David Jacks won the expert vote in our 'farm animals' contest. Here David tells us what it took to get the shot...

Lee Acaster won the expert vote in our Gardens contest with this image. Here's the story behind the shot...

Here's the story behind this wonderful shot by Andrew Lipovsky, who won the expert vote in our City Life contest.

This arresting shot by Helena Mim won the expert vote in our Portraits contest. Here Helena tells us the story behind the image.

Shouvik Basak, winner of Stuart Freedman's expert vote in our Conflict and protest contest, shares the story behind his winning photo 'Rainbow Rights'.

The images of Italian photographer Alessandro Passerini are among the most loved by Photocrowd experts and voters. We spoke to Alessandro to find out more about him and his photography.

This mesmerising shot taken by Mark McColl in Arctic Norway won Charlie Waite's expert vote in our Landscapes contest. Here is Mark's story of the image:

Mike McCusker, winner of the crowd vote in our Weirdness contest, tells the story of this wonderfully surreal image.

UK architectural photographer Aaron Yeoman talks to us about his love of London Underground, spiral staircases, and getting a commendation in Sony World Photography Awards.

The winner of the expert vote in our Let it glow! assignment shares the story behind his winning shot Avebury 1847.

Cyprus-based photographer Elena Paraskeva discusses photography as therapy, waiting for photogenic rain, and bribing child models with pizza.

This week our Behind the lens feature is all about family love and connection, as we share the stories of the images that won our Family and Smiles and laughter contests.

In this edition of Behind the Photos it's all about the exhilaration of humans in mid-flight, as we publish the stories of images that won our Hobbies and pastimes and Human movement contests.

In the latest edition of Behind the photos we publish the stories that made the winning images in our Light painting and
Winter landscapes contests. There's some fantastic light-capturing skills on display here - read on to find out more...