Dozens of photos have been released to mark the jury announcement for the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards.
The award is in its eleventh year. The photographs entered range from a bird’s eye view of skyscrapers in Hong Kong to naturally dyed water in caves in Mexico, The Sun reports. All the entries “offer a unique look at the world we live in,” writes The Sun, and show everything from everyday objects, like car parks and swimming pools, to things that few get to see, like the taming of wild horses in Turkey.
The judging panel was also announced. It includes British Vogue picture editor Mike Trow and the Photographer’s Gallery Founder Sue Davies OBE, The Sun reports.
Trow said that contestants should “pick their stories carefully” and make sure to do research on the area and other people’s work before you shoot it.
“Be ruthless in your editing and quality control, and be consistent in the presentation of images. And always get the opinion of others – how they see things is not necessarily how you see it and will help give objectivity to the sense of whether your pictures work or not,” he said, according to The Sun.
Prizes for the competition include about $25,000 for the overall Photographer of the Year, as well as the latest Sony digital imaging equipment, The Sun reports. The winner is also included in the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition and the 2017 awards book.
The competition is free to enter, a press release from the World Photography Organization states. Interested in participating in 2018? The deadline for the student focus is Dec. 4, the open, youth and national award competition deadline is Jan. 4 and the professional competition is Jan. 11.
Check out some of the images below.
Category- Street Photography: ‘Reflection’ by Ranajit Chatterjee (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Ranajit Chatterjee
Category- Motion: ‘Lighthouse’ by Diego Faus Momparler (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Category- Landscape & Nature: ‘Tajma-Ha’ by Joana Villar (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Joana Villar
Category- Wildlife: ‘On the Brink of Extinction’ by Hamish Mitchell (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Hamish Mitchell
Category- Street Photography: ‘Sleepy’ by Ichsan Sudarmanto. (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Ichsan Sudarmanto
Category- Travel: ‘Untitled’ by Guillaume Petermann (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Guillaume Petermann
Category- Landscape & Nature: ‘La Ola’ by Felipe Tomas Jiménez Ordóñez (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Felipe Tomas Jiménez Ordóñez
Category- Culture: ‘Sacred Monk Meal’ by Matheus Hobold Sovernigo (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Matheus Hobold Sovernigo
Category- Enhanced: ‘Imagine a poetic world…’ by Garcia Dominik. (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Garcia Dominik
Category- Landscape & Nature: ‘Drama in the Mountains’ by Ales Krivec (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Ales Krivec
Category- Travel: ‘The Universal Being’ by Debmalya Roy Choudhuri (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Debmalya Roy Choudhuri
Category- Travel: ‘Happiness is in The Small Things’ by Cezar Gabriel Popescu (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Cezar Gabriel Popescu
Category- Portraiture: ‘Untitled’ by Anastasia Kaloshina (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Anastasia Kaloshina
Category- Architecture: ‘Hotel’ by Lorenzo Linthout (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Lorenzo Linthout
Category- Architecture: ‘Oculus’ by Víctor Vargas Altamirano (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Víctor Vargas Altamirano
Category- Portraiture: ‘Pensiveness’ by Dmitry Mordvintsev (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Dmitry Mordvintsev
Category- Motion: ‘Wild Horses’ by F. Dilek Uyar (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
F. Dilek Uyar
Category- Still Life: ‘Cornflowers’ by Udo Dittmann (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Udo Dittmann
Category- Wildlife: ‘Fireflies Flying’ by Jiamin Lu (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Jiamin Lu
Category- Landscape & Nature: ‘Touched by the Sun’ by Irena Walania (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Irena Walania
Category- Architecture: ‘Buildings Forest’ by Songshen Jiang (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Category- Motion: ‘Amazing Flyboard’ by Riyas Muhammed (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Riyas Muhammed
Category- Architecture: ‘Berufsschule Pool’ by Robert Götzfried (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Robert Götzfried
Category- Still Life: ‘Car Park’ by Klaus Lenzen (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Klaus Lenzen
Category- Wildlife: ‘The Leader’ by Shirly Pricillia (Courtesy Sony World Photography Awards)
Shirly Pricillia
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