Sony World Photography Awards is the leading competition for photographers and artists working in photography. The Awards are regarded as one of the world’s most prestigious photography competition, helping to elevate a photographers’ career – from established to emerging – since it started 16 years ago.
“If pictures act as role models, we, photographers, also shape the view of people with our publications,” said Astrid Susanna Schulz,” National Award Winner, Sony World Photography Awards 2021.
The World Photography Organisation has recently revealed the winners and shortlisted entries of the 16th Sony World Photography Awards Open competition, which was no small feat considering the competition received nearly 500,000 images from over 200 countries, making the task of recognising the best single images from 2022 quite challenging.
Of these, more than 200,000 entries entered the open competition, and here are the ten category-winning images.
Architecture
United Kingdom, Winner, Open Competition, Architecture, © Mark Benham
Creative
Germany, Winner, Open Competition, Creative, © Boris Eldagsen
Landscape
Greece, Winner, Open Competition, Landscape, © Giorgos Rousopoulos
Lifestyle
Bangladesh, Winner, Open Competition, Lifestyle, © Azim Khan Ronnie
Motion
China Mainland, Winner, Open Competition, Motion, © Zhenhuan Zhou
Natural World & Wildlife
Mexico, Winner, Open Competition, Natural World & Wildlife, © Dinorah Graue Obscura
Object
Netherlands, Winner, Open Competition, Object, © Mieke Douglas
Portraiture
United Kingdom, Winner, Open Competition, Portraiture, © Sukhy Hullait
Street Photography
Germany, Winner, Open Competition, Street Photography, © Andreas Mikonauschke
Travel
United Kingdom, Winner, Open Competition, Travel, © Max Vere-Hodge
Particularly worth mentioning: Malaysia-born and Switzerland-based photographer, Callie Eh has made it to the finalist in Best Travel Photography, for her beautiful photograph of a woman milking a cow near Alay Valley, Kyrgyzstan.
Malaysia, Shortlist, Open Competition, Travel, © Callie Eh
In addition to that, Desmond Chien Yew Ngu is part of the shortlist in Architecture category for his stunning photograph of the University of Technology Sarawak.
Malaysia, Shortlist, Open Competition, Architecture, © Desmond Chien Yew Ngu
Overall winner of the Open Competition and Open Photographer of the Year is set to be announced in London on April 13. The selected winner and finalist photographs will be displayed in the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition taking place at Somerset House, London, starting April 14 to May 1.
Check out the shortlisted photos here. For more information about the competition, please visit the World Photography Organisation’s website.
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