Sony World Photography awards announces 2024 category winners : ru-Foto.ru

Sony World Photography Awards: Open competition winners 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)

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.

Landscape: Liam Man (United Kingdom)

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.

Architecture: Ana Skobe (Slovenia)

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.

Lifestyle: Alvin Kamau (Kenya)

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.

Natural World & Wildlife: Ian Ford (United Kingdom)

Photographer Name: Ian Ford

Image Name: Caiman Crunch

Image Description: We had bid farewell to our 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)

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.

Motion: Samuel Andersen (Norway)

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.

Creative: Rob Blanken (Netherlands)

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.

Travel: Yan Li (China Mainland)

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.

Object: Toni Rinaldo (Indonesia)

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.

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