Sony World Photography Awards: Open competition winners
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The World Photography Organisation has announced the category winners for the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards ‘Open’ competition. The ten winners took home awards in popular photo categories, including portraiture, landscape, travel, street photography and more. We previously covered the finalists for the competition’s Professional and Student and Youth categories.
The 2024 Sony World Photography Awards drew entries from photographers from over 220 countries, who submitted 395,000 photos to the free-to-enter competition.
The overall winner of the Open competition will be announced in London on April 18, but you can see the ten category-winning photos right here. Let us know what you think in the comments.
Portraiture: Michelle Sank (United Kingdom)
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Photographer Name: Michelle Sank
Image Name: Zenande, Sinawe, Zinathi and Buhle at Sea Point Pavilion, Cape Town
Image Description: This image is part of my ongoing series Ballade, which is a poetic homage to my birthplace. My strongest memories are of Sea Point Promenade and the Pavilion swimming pool, although due to apartheid it was only for the privileged white population. Returning in 2023 I was again drawn to these spaces where little seems to have changed in terms of structure and recreation, but they now celebrate cultural and social diversity.
Copyright: © Michelle Sank, United Kingdom, Winner, Open Competition, Portraiture, Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Landscape: Liam Man (United Kingdom)
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Photographer Name: Liam Man
Image Name: Moonrise Sprites over Storr
Image Description: As a moonrise burns across the horizon, lights dance above the Old Man of Storr in Scotland. This iconic rock formation was illuminated with powerful lights attached to drones, which cut through the darkness to reveal the icy landscape. Blizzards howled for the majority of the night, leaving mere minutes to execute this photograph before the moon became too bright.
Copyright: © Liam Man, United Kingdom, Winner, Open Competition, Landscape, Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Architecture: Ana Skobe (Slovenia)
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Photographer Name: Ana Skobe
Image Name: Falling Out of Time
Image Description: 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.
Copyright: © Ana Skobe, Slovenia, Winner, Open Competition, Architecture, Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Lifestyle: Alvin Kamau (Kenya)
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Photographer Name: Alvin Kamau
Image Name: Twende Ziwani (Let’s go to the Lake)
Image Description: This editorial photoshoot was inspired by haute couture fashion culture. The photograph was taken in a studio in Nairobi, Kenya. ‘Twende Ziwani’ is Swahili for ‘Let’s go to the Lake’. The model’s pose shows him carrying his shoes on his shoulders while looking to his side. The title also refers to Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa and the source of the Nile River.
Copyright: © Alvin Kamau, Kenya, Winner, Open Competition, Lifestyle, Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Natural World & Wildlife: Ian Ford (United Kingdom)
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Photographer Name: Ian Ford
Image Name: Caiman Crunch
Image Description: We had bid farewell to our São Lourenço River lodge, marking the end of our Pantanal adventure, but as we were leaving we heard that a jaguar had been spotted roughly 30 minutes away. We raced to the scene and encountered this sleek female jaguar stalking her prey. Our boat – and my camera – was perfectly positioned as she pounced on an unsuspecting caiman.
Copyright: © Ian Ford, United Kingdom, Winner, Open Competition, Natural World & Wildlife, Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Street Photography: Callie Eh (Malaysia)
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Photographer Name: Callie Eh
Image Name: The Hand
Image Description: A groom waves enthusiastically while passing by during a ceremonial procession for a wedding in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Copyright: © Callie Eh, Malaysia, Winner, Open Competition, Street Photography, Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Motion: Samuel Andersen (Norway)
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Photographer Name: Samuel Andersen
Image Name: Rider Getting Down and Dirty
Image Description: A rider passes through a muddy part of the course at the Norwegian National Championships in Hafjell Bike Park, Norway. As I was using an 11mm fisheye lens I needed to get really close to get this shot, and both myself and my gear ended up getting splashed. It was worth it though, as the backlighting from this angle was very effective.
Copyright: © Samuel Andersen, Norway, Winner, Open Competition, Motion, Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Creative: Rob Blanken (Netherlands)
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Photographer Name: Rob Blanken
Image Name: Untitled
Image Description: A 5x enlargement of crystals of amino acids (B-alanine, L-glutamine and glycine), photographed with the help of polarising filters.
Copyright: © Rob Blanken, Netherlands, Winner, Open Competition, Creative, Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Travel: Yan Li (China Mainland)
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Photographer Name: Yan Li
Image Name: Between Calm and Catastrophe
Image Description: On Lake Titicaca, between Peru and Bolivia, a tranquil floating village stands in stark contrast to the approaching wildfire, a dramatic testament to nature’s dual disposition.
Copyright: © Yan Li, China Mainland, Winner, Open Competition, Travel, Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Object: Toni Rinaldo (Indonesia)
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Photographer Name: Toni Rinaldo
Image Name: Coalition
Image Description: I took this picture in a waiting room. The difference in colour of the two chairs next to one another caught my eye. This reminded me of my country, Indonesia, where different cultures exist side by side, and that is what makes people interested in visiting it.
Copyright: © Toni Rinaldo, Indonesia, Winner, Open Competition, Object, Sony World Photography Awards 2024
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