Photographer behind viral Prince Louis picture during Jubilee nominated for prestigious award

Aaron Chown is among three nominees for Royal Photographer of the Year

A photographer who captured the moment Prince Louis covered his ears during a flypast for the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.

Aaron Chown, of the PA news agency, is among three people nominated for Royal Photographer of the Year at the annual UK Picture Editors Guild Awards.

His image showed Prince William and Kate Middleton’s youngest son Louis, five, covering his ears and screaming at the noise during Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee last year.

Fellow PA photographer Jane Barlow, who took one of the last public pictures of the late Queen, has been shortlisted for Arts and Entertainment Photographer of the Year.

The photograph of the late monarch smiling beside a fireplace at Balmoral before meeting then-prime minister Liz Truss on 6, just two days before the Queen died, is recognisable to millions.

PA’s Danny Lawson is shortlisted for Business Photographer of the Year and Regional Photographer of the Year, while agency colleague Mike Egerton is in the running for Sports Photographer of the Year.

Others on the shortlist include PA photographers James Manning and Jordan Pettitt, who are both shortlisted for Young Photographer of the Year.

Photographers from The Times, The Daily Telegraph, Getty Images, The Yorkshire Post, Reuters, AFP are nominated, along with freelancers Jeff Moore, Ryan Jenkinson and Samir Hussein are also among those nominated.

The late Queen and Prince Louis on the balcony of Buckingham Palace (Aaron Chown/PA)

Pictures by Chown, Pettitt, Barlow and PA photographic colleagues Victoria Jones and Jonathan Brady are among 20 nominated for Photo of the Year, which will be decided by a public vote.

Those who register to vote before 3 September will get the chance to win a two-night stay in a London hotel.

A spokesman for the UK Picture Editors Guild Awards said: “Photographers working on behalf of the press risk their lives in war zones and bring us the news as it breaks.

“Their work fills the pages of the newspapers daily and so often their work goes unrecognised.”

The awards ceremony will be held at the Honourable Artillery Company grounds in the City of London on 16 October. People can vote here.

Additional reporting by Press Association.