A regional daily photographer will face national competition for a prestigious annual award.

The Yorkshire Post’s James Hardisty has been shortlisted in the Business Photographer of the Year category in next month’s UK Picture Editors’ Guild Awards.

James, pictured, will face PA’s Danny Lawson and the Daily Telegraph’s Jeff Gilbert in the category.

He previously won the British Press Photographers’ Association Business Photographer of the Year in 2020

James told the Leeds-based Post: “The beauty of our job is that the subjects are so different and you never know what you are going to get up to each day and who you are going to meet.

“It is a great county and there are a lot of fantastic people and businesses out there. We have a great team of photographers and I am just one of a set of us.”

James added: “These awards are the best of the best and you are judged by national picture editors. To be able to compete is a huge privilege.”

The winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on 17 October.