The Sony World Photography Awards received more than 227,000 images this year from 183 countries around the world. Choosing a short list from this huge array of photos is no small feat. Here is a very small selection that stood out from the crowd.
Overall winners will be revealed April 20 whereafter they will be exhibited with shortlisted and commended entries at Somerset House in London. The following entries are taken from the Professional and Open competitions — both of which entail 10 categories. If you like any of these images, you can purchase high-quality prints from the Sony World Photography Awards website.
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Christian Vizl (Mexico), Professional Competition, Natural World
Emrah Karako (Turkey), Open Competition, Culture
Sebastien Bey-Haut (France), Open Competition, Motion
Placido Faranda (Italy), Open Competition, Travel
Giuseppe Ippolito (Italy), Open Competition, Motion
Jan Ryser (Switzerland) Open Competition, Wildlife
Foley Hits (Malaysia), Open Competition, Culture
Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz (Spain) Open Competition, Motion
Tom Jacobi (Germany), Professional Competition, Landscape
Tuy Tran Van (Vietnam), Open Competition, Street Photography
Ami Vitale (USA), Professional Competition, Natural World
Dino Kuznik (Slovenia) Professional Competition, Landscape
Tavepong Pratoomwong (Thailand), Open Competition, Street
Rafael Alves (Brazil) Open Competition, Motion
Natsumi Handa (Japan), Open Competition, Wildlife
Camilo Diaz (Colombia) Open Competition, Motion
Masayasu Sakuma (Japan), Open, Nature
Katerina Annenkova (Latvia) Open Competition, Portraits
Huizhen Liang (China) Open Competition, Motion
Alex Andriesi (Romania), Open, Enhanced
Francesco Russo (Italy) Open Competition, Nature
Olga Sinenko (Russia) Open Competition, Motion
Burak Şenbak (Turkey) Open Competition, Culture
Fan Chen (China), Open Competition, Wildlife
Nikunj Rathod (India) Open Competition, Motion
Stacy Anguiano Cain (USA) Open Competition, Motion
Jelena Janković (Serbia), Open Competition, Street Photography
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[Via worldphoto.org]
Comments
4 responses to “The Most Jaw-Dropping Photos From Sony’s 2017 World Photography Awards”
That shot of Mount Fuji is stunning.
Love the swirling fish one. It’s almost surreal.
I liked the Malaysian masked dancer best.
It evoked otherworldy conpects very nicely.
The boxer photo is the second best imo, but it falls short because it didn’t capture the idea of struggle so much as effortless domination.
Which leads me to think there’s an aspect of the photo which, if inverted would have led to its rejection for a prize.
Can I assume that post is allowed for this competition?
No doubt there are some great photos here. My preference though for a demonstration of skill is one where submissions have to be original RAW (e.g. ANZANG)