World’s best single images revealed by the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards

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March 21, 2018

World’s best single images revealed by the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards

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Photo: “Six”. Photographer: Jaydip Bhattacharya. A roadside play in early morning in Kolkata, India. Copyright © Jaydip Bhattacharya, India, Commended, Open, Street Photography (Open competition), 2018 Sony World Photography Awards.

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Photo: “Walking”. Photographer: Suphakaln Wongcompune. Walking on the U-Bein Bridge, Myanmar. Copyright © Suphakaln Wongcompune, Thailand, Commended, Open Travel and 3rd Place, Thailand National Award, 2018 Sony World Photography Awards.

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Photo: “Morning, the birds of Daasheng feeding their children”. Photographer: Rukui Zhang. Copyright © Rukui Zhang, China, Commended, Open, Wildlife (Open competition), 2018 Sony World Photography Awards.

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Photo: “Lasso horses in snowfield”. Photographer: Shuzhen Bai. Photographed at Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia on January 6th, 2017, this work describes scene of lassoing horses. Copyright © Shuzhen Bai, China, Commended, Open, Travel (Open competition), 2018 Sony World Photography Awards.

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London: Selected from hundreds of thousands of entries worldwide, the winners of the Open competition and National Awards of the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards were announced today.

The 10 Open category winners were chosen by an expert panel of judges as the world’s very best single photographs, and the National Awards winners selected as the strongest single image taken by a local photographer across nearly 70 countries. The winning works and their photographers are truly international, with images coming from Australia, Argentina, Cambodia, China, Kenya, Saudi Arabia and beyond.

Subject matter across the photographs could also not have been more diverse. Photographers chose a variety of stunning landscapes, personal portraits, touching encounters and sporting moments as their inspiration.

Chair of judges Zelda Cheatle comments: “Judging the Open competition and National Awards allowed me to discover high calibre international work of great interest. In choosing the winners, the images all had to have something special - whether it be composition, impact, skill, a portrayal of a unique event or informing in a new way. Above all else, each winner had to be an exceptional photograph.”

All Open category and National Award winners receive the latest digital imaging equipment from Sony. In addition, the winning work will be published in the 2018 Awards’ book and shown at the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition in London from April 20 - May 6. The ten Open category winners will now go on to compete for the Open Photographer of the Year, winning $5,000 (USD). This photographer, along with the Professional categories winners, will be announced in London on April 19.

Produced by the World Photography Organisation, the Sony World Photography Awards is the world’s most diverse photography competition. The 11th edition saw a record breaking 320,000 submissions by photographers from more than 200 countries and territories, presenting some of the world’s finest contemporary photography captured over the past year.

Open Category Winners

Still Life - Richard Frishman, United States
Portraiture - Nick Dolding, United Kingdom
Landscape & Nature - Veselin Atanasov, Bulgaria
Travel - Mikkel Beiter, Denmark
Enhanced - Klaus Lenzen, Germany
Street Photography - Manuel Armenis, Germany
Architecture - Andreas Pohl, Germany
Culture - Panos Skordas, Greece
Motion - Fajar Kristianto, Indonesia
Wildlife - Justyna Zdunczyk, Poland

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