#sony world photography awards

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“Elephant Sand Bath”

“A sand bath protects an elephant’s skin against insect bites and keeps it warm in the cooler winter months. The fine sand found along the Narayani River makes a perfect ‘bath'.”

© Ju Shen Lee, Singapore

Sony World Photography Awards

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© Protap Shekhor Mohanto, 

Courtesy: Sony World Photography Awards 2023

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© Pascal Fouquet

National Awards 1st Place, United States,

2024 Sony World Photography Awards

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"Street photography" compétition (Sony World Photography Awards) 🇬🇧 UK

Photo de © Christopher Gunson 2017

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“Untitled”

“A ski jump in Ruka, Finland.”

© Isabel Bielderman, Netherlands

2023 Sony World Photography Awards

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Eddo Hartmann. The Sacrifice Zone. The Polygon, Kazakhstan, which was once home to the Soviet Union’s nuclear testing facilities.

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Cement Factory by Fan Li

Tieshan Cement Factory is located in Guilin City in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in south China. The factory was built in 1996 and played an important role in Guilin’s economic development and urban construction.

However, because it was originally located in the Li River Scenic Area of Guilin, the cement factory has now been relocated, leaving behind the old buildings, water towers, pools and railway tracks.

Sony World Photography

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‘Santa Special Christmas Train,’ Dartmouth Steam Railway, Devon, England,

©Adrian Pearce / Sony World Photography Awards 2023

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“Loss and Damage”

South Sudan has been plagued by political violence and instability since its independence from Sudan in 2011. Now it is experiencing massive floods for the fourth consecutive year. Since 2019, unprecedented rainy seasons have submerged large parts of the country’s landscape. 

Heavy rains and floods have swept away people’s homes, properties, crops, livestock, schools and healthcare centres, and caused extensive infrastructural damage to roads and bridges. 

The climate crisis is bringing further challenges to this already vulnerable country.

© Fabio Bucciarelli, Italy, 

Finalist, Professional competition, Landscape, 

2023 Sony World Photography Awards

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“Dead wood on Yalong Glacier”

The cliff above Yalong Glacier in Tibet is covered with ancient trees of various shapes. I used the branches of these trees to frame the distant glacier and snow-capped mountains.

Li Jun, China Mainland

Sony World Photography Awards

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Lapland masterpiece from Croatia. 

The moon rises in Lapland, Finland. 

Photo: The World Photography Organization

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Photography By Niks Freimanis, Latvia. 

The second night of a volcanic eruption in the Meradalir valley, Iceland, which began in early August 2022. 

Courtesy: The World Photography Organization

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“Falling Out of Time”

“Bathed in soft evening light, a lighthouse rises into the clear sky, its clean, sleek, geometric design contrasting with the coastal landscape. Positioned at its base is a figure – a contemplative man gazing out at the expanse of the ocean before him. The juxtaposition of the solitary silhouette against the infinite horizon creates a moment of reflection and connection with the vastness of the ocean.”

© Ana Skobe, Slovenia

2024 Sony World Photography Awards

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Susan Meiselas to Receive Top Honor for 50 Years of Powerful Storytelling

One of the contemporary women photographers whose work has made an immense contribution to photojournalism—and photography as a whole—is Susan Meiselas. Throughout her five-decade career, Meiselas has traveled the world far and wide, bringing stories of regions and communities fighting political battles or being forgotten by civilizations. To recognize and honor Meiselas’ immense talent and…