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© Serena Dzenis, Australia, Shortlist, Professional competition, Architecture &

Design, 2022 Sony World Photography Awards
Front cover image:
© Oana Bakovic, Romania, 3rd Place, Professional competition, Wildlife &
Nature, 2022 Sony World Photography Awards
Inside cover image:
© Owen Harvey, United Kingdom, Shortlist, Open competition, Portraiture,
2022 Sony World Photography Awards

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Introduction

Sony is honoured to continue its partnership with

the World Photography Organisation for the Sony
World Photography Awards for the 15th year
running. As we continue to adapt to a new world
and changed way of living, Sony recognises the
importance of telling a story.

Technology creates opportunities for storytelling

and allows users to bring their stories to life. Here
at Sony, we want our technology to remove
any barriers and allow creators to truly express
themselves however they want, so we can create
amazing stories together.

As content creators get more adventurous, Sony

continues to innovate and evolve technology to
match that creativity. In 2021 we launched the
Alpha 7 IV, a camera that offers outstanding still
image quality as well as evolved video technology.
Sony created the ultimate hybrid full-frame
mirrorless camera that allows users to create both
outstanding photo and video content using the
same camera. We want to breakdown all barriers
to creativity when creators are using our cameras.

Alongside creativity, there is another pillar that I feel

is very important to highlight when it comes to Sony
– sustainability. We understand its importance from
all aspects which is why we launched our ‘Road
to Zero’ initiative – a global environmental plan.
We set a series of specific goals to achieve a zero
environmental footprint throughout the lifecycle
of our products and business activities by 2050.
Every year we see sustainability as a theme coming
through in the competition entries as it becomes
more and more of an important topic and
consideration point in all aspects of our daily lives.

I cannot wait to see the stories told through

photography this year, and I hope that we can
continue to help tell these stories in an engaging
and sustainable way. Let’s look to the future and
hope to come out of the hard times we have
faced with prosperity and creativity.

Ken Morisawa
Head of Digital Imaging Europe
Sony

© Alejandra Aragon, Mexico, winner, Latin America Professional Award,

2022 Sony World Photography Awards
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Introduction

By welcoming such a vast array of work from

talented artists and photographers, the shortlisted
and winning images bring together so many
compelling stories from around the globe.

From the aftermath of wildfires that decimated

swathes of land in Greece, the USA and Canada,
to stories of migration across Latin America, and
inspirational sustainability initiatives at the forefront
of science; there is much to explore and admire.
Equally impressive is the way in which these
stories are told. We challenge photographers,
and the jury, to find new work and original ways
of capturing those ideas so as to provide fresh
perspectives and original concepts.

This year’s winners have done exactly that, pushing

the boundaries of creativity and showing the
depth and versatility of photography. The Sony
World Photography Awards mirror the state of
contemporary photography today and I think
that the winners show what an incredibly diverse,
stimulating and comprehensive medium it is.

As an Organisation our role is to now celebrate

these artists and to show their work to audiences
around the world. I am honoured that we have the
opportunity to do so and I look forward to holding
our exhibitions and events over the coming year
starting with our return again to Somerset House, in
London.

The outreach and opportunities that we provide

to photographers through the Awards is thanks to
our partnership with Sony. Sony are passionately
committed to the support of creators around the
world and we are incredibly grateful for their vision
and continued support.

I sincerely hope you enjoy the works throughout the

book as it travels between pertinent, interesting,
quirky and challenging topics of our world today.

Scott Gray
CEO & Founder
World Photography Organisation

© Simon Murphy, United Kingdom, Shortlist, Open competition, Portraiture, 2022 Sony World Photography Awards
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Contents

10 160
Outstanding Open
Contribution to Photographer
Photography of the Year

20 206
The Jury Alpha Female
Award

22 208
Photographer
of the Year Student
Photographer

30
of the Year
& shortlist

222
Professional
winners

58
Youth
Photographer
of the Year
& shortlist
Latin America
Professional

224
Award

158 National &

Regional Award
winners
Open winners &
shortlist

236
Thank you

© Serena Dzenis, Australia, Shortlist, Professional competition, Architecture & Design,

2022 Sony World Photography Awards
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Outstanding Contribution Edward
to Photography Burtynsky

Anthropo-Scenic: Edward Burtynsky

and the redemption of the eye.
Sir Simon Schama,
University Professor of Art History and History, Columbia University,
and Contributing Editor to the Financial Times

We are currently going through one of those periodic

rearrangements of the hierarchy of senses. Millenia ago, the
shift from orality to texts charted by Walter J Ong, produced a
qualitatively different human sentience; another transformation
took place when those texts became printed. And now images,
once the sovereign monopoly of powers and priests, are
universally common property. Remember when the telephone
was a vehicle, mostly, for words? We swim in images but we
also drown in them, choke on them for want of critical air. They
come, they go (in the case of Snapchat in ten seconds) leaving
nothing in their wake. Notice how in galleries and museums,
the point of registration of a work of art is the phone snap, the
terminal point of contemplation. Nothing settles; everything
sloshes on and drains away.

It takes a Burtynsky to stop us in our tracks; to fight against

the dazed torpor of the eye. Once beheld, the sights are
unforgettable: that amber flow of nickel tailings; the cemetery
of aircraft; the slab walls of Carrara quarries; the eviscerated
hulls of oil tankers; the howling waste of clear-cuts, the pyres
of elephant tusks; visual epics, large-format not just technically
but psychologically. Edward likes to protest at the innocence
through which he arrived at, “stumbled on” he sometimes says,
his enthralling art; the son of a tough father mortally poisoned
by PCBs on a GM assembly line, tough especially on his son but
gifting him at least, a camera, a dark room, an itch to rove,
hunting a piece of the sublime. With no choice Edward followed
the tough line of work but then set off, always painterly, even
with the camera, and, early on,found epiphany at Frackville. It
was there that Burtynsky instinctively felt drawn to capture the
paradox of devastation: eye-flooding beauty and soul-searing
degradation.

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 ‘Along with the ravishing vista,
the hurtling together of dark
and light, the bright glare of
supersaturated poison, the
formal line of beauty is never
far away.’

AMARC #5, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2006

The Romantics whom Burtynsky admires - the Piranesi of the Vedute; Caspar
David Friedrich, and Turner, were all bewitched by ruins; things broken and
mossed over; the rusted out and the half-dead (like the Fighting Temeraire);
partly because Romanticism itself insisted on the inseparability of horror
and sublimity and partly because its works presupposed a kind of poetic
compression of time: things as they once were embedded in what, usually
for the worse, they have become; a kind of corrupted sedimentation.
That Burtynsky began with a modest sense of what he was aiming at only
reinforces the integrity of the place at which he has arrived, or as he likes to
say, “where he stands”. That point of view is olympian, not just measured in
the altitude of drones, fixed wing aircraft helicopters or his own precarious
perching on gantries, roofs and peaks; but rather a kind of moral height,
the better to take in the fate of man as he rampages through the sustaining
habitats of the planet.

Along with the ravishing vista, the hurtling together of dark and light, the
bright glare of supersaturated poison, the formal line of beauty is never
far away. Alongside the Romantic Burtynsky there dwells a self-confessed
modernist, entranced by the circles of pivot irrigation; his lens climbing
the geometrically faceted walls of a Carrara quarry in a way that would
have made Mondrian smile. But while gridded modernism presupposed
infatuation with the engineered, Burtynsky’s machines are most often
ravening monsters that tear, rend, plow and scar. There’s one excruciating
moment in the tragic masterpiece that is Anthropocene, where a shot of a
decent enough Gothic revival German church in the village of Lützerath in
Westphalia is followed by a high-necked rig smashing its way through the
rose window and surrounding wall.

Nickel Tailings #34-35, Sudbury, Ontario 1996 Building Ivory Tusk Mound, April 25, Nairobi, Kenya, 2016
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inexorable degradation of the planet, Burtynsky has
made spectacle, even at its most eye-popping,
the instrument of fateful tragedy. I mean this in the
Greek sense - and there is in Edward’s scenography
a powerful element of theatre - in which people,
us humans, are rendered helpless before immense,
crushing, impersonal forces: the relentless orgy of
consumerism; the mountain ranges of junk; the
sacrifice of forests to the global hamburger syndrome
and endless construction to house exploding
urban populations. Within these dystopian scenes
of calamity stand human remnants: the pink clad
chicken packers of China; the barefoot teenagers
of Bangladesh pulling down the eviscerated sides
of redundant oil tankers, risking mutilation and
death from cable snap-back; a family, assigned
the demolition of their own house, staring at its ruin
before the Chinese dam engulfs everything.

Telephones #21, Hamilton, Ontario, 1997

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Two unsettling questions are asked of Burtynsky’s work, not least, Secondly, in exactly the opposite temper: does the pitiless array
by himself. First, whether or not his instinct for the spectacular of ashen, toxic, suffocated, denuded scenery, by sheer virtue of
undercuts the moral charge of these meditations on what we its implicit denunciations, become the enemy rather than the
have wrought on nature? Put much more crudely (not by me), mobiliser of action? This, too is mistaken, for behind every image
does the eye-popping aesthetic get in the way of the appeal of waste and wreckage lies the boy Burtynsky in love with the
to thought, and then to action? I don’t for a minute believe woods and hills he roamed in Ontario; a vision of light, water
this is true. On the contrary it’s exactly the gut-punch intensity and wood that still calls on us to repair our only earthly home. He
of his pictures that is needed to interrupt the complacency of may be the great chronicler of our infernal self-destruction but
contemporary life. He often says that he wants to show us all Edward Burtynsky is also, most magnificently, the visual poet of
where the stuff of quotidian existence - the phone, the car, the loss and the prophet of redemption.
heating fuel - comes from and more catastrophically, where
and how it gets disposed of. Hence the alpine ranges of plastic, Photos
the pyramids of slurry, the lagoons of oil waste. © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Flowers Gallery, London / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto

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Manufacturing #17, Deda Chicken Processing Plant, Dehui City,
Dandora Landfill #1, Nairobi, Kenya, 2016 Xiaolangdi Dam #1, Yellow River, Henan Province, China, 2011 Jilin Province, China, 2005
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2022 Jury
Professional
Mike Trow (Chair)
is a curator, consultant, freelance
editor and photographer. He was
a Picture Editor for Bizarre and Jack
magazine, as well as working at
British Vogue for 13 years. Since
2018 he’s chaired the Professional
competition judging panel and
curated the exhibition for the Sony
World Photography Awards.

Rahaab Allana Ângela Ferreira

is the Curator and Publisher at is a Portuguese artist, independent
the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts photography curator and
in New Delhi. He has curated,
researcher at Escola de Belas
contributed to, and edited several
Artes Universidade Federal do Rio
publications and exhibitions on
de Janeiro Brazil. Her focus is on
South Asian photography and its
trans-national histories, working with contemporary visual practices that
museums, universities, festivals and problematise the hybrid forms of
other art institutions. photography.

Deborah Klochko Richmond Orlando

is the Executive Director and Mensah
Chief Curator of the Museum of
is a Ghanaian-based curator and
Photographic Arts, San Diego,
the Founder and Creative Director
California. She has taught,
of Manju Journal, a global art
lectured and written extensively
and culture platform dedicated
on photography and has
to celebrating emerging African
curated more than 30 exhibitions
talents in and out of the diaspora.
throughout her career.

Open & Youth Student

Hideko Kataoka
is the Director of Photography at Colin Czerwinski
Newsweek Japan. She joined the is the Founder of NOICE Magazine,
magazine as a staff photographer a photography publication and
in 1991 and now oversees and community for photographers that
directs all the photography for both have a meticulous eye for form,
the printed and digital editions of beauty, symmetry, novelty, and
the magazine – as well as its special humour.
issues.

© Debora Lombardi, Italy, Shortlist, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature, 2022 Sony World Photography Awards
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Photographer of the Year
Adam Ferguson
Australia
Portraiture category

Migrantes
This is a series of self-portraits of migrants in Mexico, as they
wait to cross the border into the United States. The life of a
migrant at the border, waiting for the right moment to cross
into the United States, is often in flux. To capture a piece of
this uncertain journey, I mounted a medium format camera
on a tripod with a cable release and then stepped back,
allowing the migrants to choose the moment of capture and
give them agency in the process of documenting their lives. Mike Trow
Photo captions by Adam Ferguson and Anatoly Kurmanaev. Chair, Professional competition

This year’s Awards highlight the range and diversity of shutter release Adam hands a certain power to the sitter
the photographic eye and its interpretation of the world. to make that decision on how to be perceived.
Choosing an overall winner from ten categories is always
a challenge. The parameters and sense of why one body Meaning in photography is always hard to discern but
of work wins over another will always be about a jury Adam has equalised the relationship between himself
coming together to commit to a sense of beliefs about and his subjects. It will never be fully equal because
what photography is, what it intends and whether all the the photographer still owns the idea and decisions on
América Yanira López, 35, and her children Miguel Alejandro, production, but with Migrantes Adam has done as much as
12, Philipe Joshua, 10, and Adriana Camilla, 7, all migrants intangibles of intention, visual language and execution
come together. possible to hand over the final decision over the image to
from San Salvador, El Salvador, takes a self-portrait at a
the subject. Poverty, the threat of violence and living in flux is
migrant shelter in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico on 4 May
This year the strength of particular categories such as harrowing and regardless of the cause of their displacement,
2021. Ms. López took her photo on the day she and her three
children were freed by a cartel after a month of captivity. Environment, Documentary Projects, Portraiture and Creative migrants and refugees need help, respect and care.
Trying to escape an abusive husband and poverty, she made choosing a winner quite tricky and there was much
discussion amongst the jury - but we all listened closely to These photographs are beautiful, meaningful and kind. And
pawned her mother’s house to pay a coyote. She and her
each other which, I think, was the secret to making this for me that counts. There were other stories that we as a
children were kidnapped while trying to cross the border
year’s winner a unanimous decision. jury admired deeply but this stood out for its integrity and
and kept in a desert shed with other captured migrants while
resolution. So much of the other work this year has elements
the gangsters negotiated ransom with relatives in the U.S.
Ms. López still had bruises from beatings she endured while What Adam Ferguson has done on the US / Mexico border of these things, of great technical skills and imagination. But
a hostage. Her children were covered with mosquito and with migrant families and individuals is deeply compassionate for the jury, Adam Ferguson stood out because it speaks
scorpion bites, and their bodies were gaunt from diarrhea and moving. This set of portraits speaks volumes about how so eloquently and warmly of people under hardship but
and vomiting. Penniless and desperate, she said she has no moral intentionality and respect can help avoid some of who hold on to their decency and love regardless of place
plan. She’s just happy to be alive. Photo by América Yanira that sense of manipulation and invasion of the private which and wealth.
López and Adam Ferguson. photography is often accused of. By giving his subjects the

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Amy Rose Henríquez, 26, a migrant from San Salvador, El Stephanie Solano, 17, from Zacapa, Guatemala, takes a
Salvador, takes a self-portrait at Hotel Omare in Juarez, self-portrait at an informal migrant camp at a municipal park
Chihuahua, Mexico on 27 April 2021. Amy came to the in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico on 3 May 2021. Growing
border to be who she wanted to be. Her family was loving up, Stephanie studied computer science and enjoyed life
and accepted her sexual identity but she often experienced in Guatemala City. Everything changed drastically when
violence and transphobia from her surroundings. “I’ve her father developed a chronic kidney illness and lost his
seen a lot of friends killed, both for being the way they job. Her mother had to stop working as a seamstress to
are and for not wanting to join the gangs,” she said. In care for him and eventually they lost their home. Moving
her year long journey to the USA, Amy endured hardship in with Stephanie’s grandparents they scraped by on food
and discrimination but also saw glimpses of what her life donations and Stephanie had to quit school and skip meals
could be. She built a hostel for the queer community with to cut down on expenses. Tiring of their situation, the family
transgender and gay migrants, and found a job singing at decided to send Stephanie and her mother to the USA
a bar. “My mother cried because she didn’t want me to to find work. The hardest part was leaving behind her sick
leave,” she said. “I told her that I will find my destiny, and father. “He was afraid to be left alone and was worried
then we will see each other again.” Photo by Amy Rose something would happen to us on the way,” Stephanie said.
Henríquez and Adam Ferguson. Photo by Stephanie Solano and Adam Ferguson.

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Doris Lara, 31, a migrant from Department Cortes, Honduras, Edwardo Benavides, 40 and his son Jonathon Benavides
takes a self-portrait at the Enrique Romero Municipal Reyes, 9, migrants from La Union, El Salvador, take a self-
Gymnasium in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico on 30 April 30 portrait at an informal migrant camp at a municipal park in
2021. Doris and her son, 4, left after hurricanes destroyed Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico on 5 May 2021. Edwardo grew
their home. On the way to Mexico, smugglers locked them beans, avocado and pineapple with his wife and seven
in a truck without water and demanded that her husband, children on his family plot in rural El Salvador. The produce
who had made it to the U.S., pay a ransom. She eventually barely brought in $5 a day which was not enough to keep
managed to escape when her guard fell asleep. Doris tried the children in school. Together, they all worked the fields
to cross the border once but was caught and is now hoping every day, and took a break only to attend Sunday church
for another opportunity before the kidnappers find her again. service. When El Salvador’s powerful MS-13 criminal group
“I am scared the gangs will find me,” she said. Photo by began demanding a $20 monthly protection fee, he was not
América Yanira López and Adam Ferguson. able to afford it. He headed to the U.S. border with his wife,
Jonathon and two of the youngest children. “Since a child,
all I wanted to do is be a farmer and work the land,” Mr.
Benavides said. “Suddenly, our poverty made us emigrate,
because the money just didn’t add up when the threats
began.” Photo by Edwardo Benavides and Adam Ferguson.

Rosa Arévalo Cortez, 25, and her daughter Kendra Danisa

Arévalo, 7, migrants from Peten, Guatemala, take a
self-portrait at an informal migrant camp at a municipal
park in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico on 5 May 2021. Rosa
decided to travel to the USA against the advice of relatives
to protect her daughter, Kendra. Back in Guatemala, she
struggled to make a living selling tamales and clothes. Her
Mariola Hernandez, 28, a migrant from La Libertad Peten, sister in Maryland sent money to help, but the transfers dried
Guatemala, takes a portrait of her daughter Jasmine Romina up in the pandemic. Life became even harder when her
Aguilar, 1, at the El Buen Samaritano migrants shelter in partner left after getting into a money dispute with a local
Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico on 1 May 2021. Mariola’s relatives gang. Soon, gang emissaries came knocking on Rosa’s
sent her money to help her and Jasmine get to the U.S. The door, threatening to kill her daughter if she didn’t pay the
smugglers tricked her into believing they had made it onto debt. “My sister told me not to come, because life is also
U.S. soil. Instead, they were left in a warehouse near Ciudad difficult there”, Rosa said. “But I had to come. I couldn’t
Juárez at the mercy of gangs and corrupt Mexican officials. risk my daughter’s life.” Photo by Rosa Arevalo Cortez and
Photo by Mariola Hernandez and Adam Ferguson. Adam Ferguson.

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Linfir Estuardo López, 33, a migrant from Mazatenango, Carlos Soyos, 34, from Guatemala City, Guatemala and
Suchitepequez, Guatemala, takes a self-portrait at an his son Enderson, 8, Soyos take a portrait at the El Buen
informal migrant camp at a municipal park in Reynosa, Samaritano migrants shelter in Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Tamaulipas, Mexico on 3 May 2021. All that Linfir and his wife, on 28 April 2021. They have been in Juárez for 20 days after
Astrid Baten, brought from Guatemala were a Bible, personal travelling by bus from Guatemala City, where Carlos was
documents and the clothes on their backs. They sold the rest struggling to raise a son with tuberous sclerosis, a rare genetic
of their possessions to pay the smugglers. They left two of their condition. Carlos’ wife and two daughters, ages 12 and 6,
children with Astrid’s mother and tried to cross the border in made it to the USA in 2019 to seek treatment for their six year
search of work. There were no jobs back home, no house to old daughter who suffers from the same condition, and they
call their own. They were caught once but say they have no are currently in the immigration process. Carlos started crying
choice but to keep trying. Photo by Linfir Estuardo Lopez and and said, “I talk to my wife every day. It’s been very difficult
Adam Ferguson to be separated (from my wife), we are so good together”.
Photo by Carlos Soyos and Adam Ferguson.

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Professional
Recognising exceptional photo projects across 10
distinct categories by photographers from around
the world

Architecture & Design

Creative

Documentary Projects

Environment

Landscape

Portfolio

Portraiture

Sport

Still Life

Wildlife & Nature

© Jonas Daley, China Mainland, Shortlist, Professional competition, Landscape,

2022 Sony World Photography Awards
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Architecture & Design
Architecture & Design
1st place
Domagoj Burilović / Croatia

Dorf
‘Dorf’ is the German word for village. In the 19th century, the
Croatian region of Slavonia was inhabited by people from
all nations of the Austro-Hungary empire. A fast economic
development began with the exploitation of forest and
land. Villages became an elementary demographic unit.
German colonists made the largest cultural impact through
language, crafts and architecture. Instead of building with
mud, people started to build with baked bricks – this raised
the quality of life.

The irony of history is that today, due to the impact of

the war in Croatia and subsequent industry decline, the
population is leaving Slavonia for Germany, in search of
a better life. With the extinction of the village, the historic
houses that became part of its cultural identity are the first to
decay. These photographs are a photo montage of houses
and local nature. Exploitation of nature was the reason these
houses came into being – now this very nature is destroying
them.

From interiors to exteriors, cityscapes to

standalone structures, subject matter could
be wide-ranging and photographers could
adopt a realistic or creative approach.
Those who demonstrated an appreciation
for light, composition, and how to highlight
design features in an intriguing way, went
far in this year’s competition.

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Architecture & Design
2nd place
Javier Arcenillas - Spain

Nur-Sultan
Kazakhstan renamed its capital Nur-Sultan in honour of
its former president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who resigned
in 2019 after holding power for three decades. Formerly
known as Akmola (‘white tomb’) and then later Astana
(‘the capital’), the city was first designated as the capital by
Nazarbayev in 1997, replacing Almaty. Until then, it was only
a remote corner of the former USSR, a region known for its
icy climate and for hosting one of Stalin’s notorious Gulags.
Conceived by Nazarbayev, Nur-Sultan was designed to befit
a country rich in minerals and oil. He recruited the talents of
renowned architects such as Sir Norman Foster and over time
constructed a city of concrete and glass, full of impressive
futuristic buildings, huge shopping centres and enviable
sports halls. What was once a forgotten and inhospitable
territory is today a city of 800,000 inhabitants, as incredible
and eccentric as any of its wealthier neighbours.

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Architecture & Design Blueprint
3rd Place In 1842, Sir John Herschel discovered the cyanotype. At
a time when printing techniques were still developing,
Yun Chi Chen - Taiwan the cyanotype was the most efficient and stable printing
method. Traditionally, the cyanotype was used in blueprints
and to produce photographic prints. In this work, I imitate
the process of creating a cyanotype by using digital
post-production techniques to retrace the outlines of the
buildings. The result is a multi-layered image resembling an
architectural blueprint.

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Creative
Creative Mellow Apocalypse
1st place I am interested in the fate of canonised artistic, scientific
and journalistic images and their potential to embody
Alnis Stakle - Latvia contemporary meanings. For my collages, I have used
images from the open source collections at art museums,
scientific institutions and image banks, whose archives may
be considered iconic testimonies of the present and the
past. The collages are grounded in my search for syntactic
visual language connections pertaining to various periods,
media and domains of visual culture. The collages make
use of the ideas and technical codes established in visual
communication that transcend the borderlines of ages,
media and cultures: the codes that are so deeply ingrained
in culture that they are used without thinking, and are
understood through pre-existing schemas in the recipients’
minds.

Works highlighting originality, experimentation

and imagination garnered much attention
by the judges. From photograms to
cutting-edge photographic techniques,
photography in all its forms was welcomed.
While a varied mix of subject matter was
seen in this category, projects with a strong
concept and thematic link between the
images were favoured.

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Creative
2nd place
Raphaël Neal - United Kingdom

New Waves
This is a collection of teenagers’ portraits, paired with
landscapes and inspired by global warming issues.
Heatwaves, wildfires or floods are evoked in a cinematic way.
The presence of teens – including several young activists –
implies the growing threats that the next generation will have
to deal with because of climate change, and its inevitable
consequences on their physical and mental health.

‘Danger’ and ‘beauty’ were the two words I kept in mind

while producing the series: it had to look both engaging
and uncomfortable. A contradiction that reminded me of
how we have recently been astonished by dangerously high
summer temperatures, while accommodating ourselves to
them. I also wanted to show different attitudes of today’s Tom
youth: some look defiant and strong, but others are A portrait of young make-up artist Tom from Croydon, Destiny
frightened. I didn’t want to show this ultra-combative youth UK, and the mountains of Artists Palette in Death Valley, A portrait of young climate change activist and poet
that exists only in discourses and advertisements. California. Destiny from London and bushes in Crystal Palace, UK.

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Imani A portrait of young actor Tyler from South
Young actress Imani from London, UK, and London, UK and dry eucalyptus branches
rocks on the beach of Carbis Bay. in my home, UK.

Sam Lena
A portrait of young dancer Sam from Young mental health activist Lena from
London, UK, and the sky in Villerville, South London, UK, and icy waters in Crystal
France. Palace Park.

Lara
A portrait of young dancer Lara from Tien
Crystal Palace, UK and a tree in Crystal A portrait of Tien from London, and the
Palace Park. rocks of Carbis Bay in the UK.

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Creative
3rd place
Sarah Grethe - Germany

Sometimes the Sky Above Us is Open

This work examines the concept of home. I accompanied
my mother’s return to the place where she grew up: a farm
in southern Germany.

We searched for the past in the present. In the confrontation

of an idealised view, tensions between familiarity and
strangeness, constancy and change became visible. They
demonstrate how home and origin can be both supportive
and constricting. The title is a quote from a letter my mother
sent to her parents in 1999. When she found it again, while
doing research for this project, she couldn’t believe what she
had written. Narratives of a time that will never return like this
emerged. How does home change for a person when they
haven’t lived there for a long time? And when they return?

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Creative Latin America Professional Award
To celebrate the best dynamic and inspiring photographic
Alejandra Aragón - Mexico work currently created in Latin America, the World
Photography Organisation and Sony Latin America launched
the Latin America Professional Award. The prize is open to
all photographers from Latin American countries entering
bodies of work (five to ten images) to the Professional
competition. The programme has uncovered some of the
most interesting and talented photographers from the
region and put their work on a local as well as global stage.
Photographers receive Sony digital imaging equipment and
exposure through a dedicated exhibition.
I Came To La Pinta Because They Told Me
My Father Lived Here
The title of this project was inspired by the opening sentence
in the emblematic Mexican novel Pedro Páramo. Like the
protagonist in that story, I too began a journey between
Mexico and the United States to find my biological father.
In the process, I discovered how the wounds of my family
are linked to the demands of hegemonic masculinity and
the displacements of the agricultural towns from northern
Mexico. I returned to the hometowns my family came from
to find them being disputed by organised crime and the
government’s neoliberal agenda. Both state and father
figure broke their promises, and there is no motherland to
return to from exile.

To define the visual language of this story I used images from

the family photo album alongside ones I’ve taken during my
travels with analogue film cameras. I avoided using a DSLR
in order to both question the codes under which violence in
Mexico is commonly portrayed and protect the intimacy of
the story. The colours of the infrared film (an outdated military
technology) reveals an invisible spectrum of light, creating
a dystopian atmosphere. It’s complemented by the voices
of family members and fragments of corridos, a storytelling
genre in popular music.

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Documentary Projects
1st place
Jan Grarup - Denmark

The Children of the Financial Collapse

in Venezuela
More than 8.5 million people in Colombia urgently need
help. The financial collapse in Venezuela has left many with
no access to emergency aid, shelter, clean drinking water
or food. Children pay the highest price.

A young boy swinging on a rope outside Bogota in a poor

neighbourhood which houses thousands of migrants from
Venezuela. Most people are living illegally in the area and
are often thrown out by Colombian police

For this category judges were looking for

projects offering insight into contemporary
issues or factual stories with a news or
current affairs agenda. Stories told in an
informative and engaging way were
favoured among the judges.

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 Anita and her eight kids fled Venezuela due to
the financial collapse, and now live in a small
one-room house in Riohacha, Colombia.

A young Venezuelan girl. Her mother was raped A young boy playing football on the hills in
by a family member, and fled from Caracas. Soacha, outside Bogotá in Colombia. Most
They are now in a temporary home in Riohacha, migrants live in the neighbourhood illegally,
Colombia. and are often forced away by police.

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 Convicted prisoners sit in a detention cell at a police station in Maicao,
Colombia. Due to overpopulated prisons, convicted offenders now serve
Joanna works as a prostitute in the Santa Fe region in their sentence at the local police station. At this station there are more
Bogotá, Colombia, while her eldest daughter looks after than 300 prisoners serving time, with limited access to basic facilities
her younger siblings. Joanna had to flee Venezuela as she and no chance to exercise – the chaotic situation is violating basic
couldn’t support her kids in the current financial crisis. human rights.

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2nd place
Fabian Ritter - Germany

Mourning procession through Hanau

A group of young people on a funeral
procession through Hanau-Kesselstadt. They all
knew or were related to the murdered people.
During the funeral procession there are verbal
conflicts with participants carrying national
flags. The young people want their murdered
friends to be in the foreground.

Ferhat Unvar’s family at his funeral

Ferhat Unvar’s family stands at his grave: Nesrin,
Serpil and Mirza Unvar lived together with their
brother Ferhat in a flat until a few days ago.

Funeral of Ferhat Unvar

The funeral of the murdered Ferhat Unvar at Hanau’s main
cemetery on 24 February 2020 is met with a great response.
Ferhat was considered a sociable young man who had
many friends in the city.

Muhammed in the hospital

Muhammed ‘Momo’ (centre) and Piter (right),
are both survivors of the Hanau attack. Momo
was wounded by the perpetrator and had
to stay in the St. Vincenz hospital in Hanau for
many days. Piter survived the attack unharmed
at the second crime scene.

The Long Days of Hanau

The racist attack of 19 February 2020 in Hanau, Hessen, shook
German society. This photo essay accompanies the friends
and relatives of those tragically murdered. In the weeks
and months following the attack, while an entire city was
still reeling from the shock, solidarity groups and initiatives
began forming to support the survivors of the attack.
Mourning developed into anger and the desire for change.
These photographs provide intimate access to the families
and friends affected, who have all lost important people in
their lives.

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Portrait of Piter Minnemann Portrait of Mirkan Unvar Portrait of Serpil Unvar Bullet hole after the attack
Piter is a survivor of the second attack site Mirkan Unvar, brother of Ferhat Unvar. Despite A potrait of Serpil Unvar, mother of the A bullet hole at the second crime scene in
in Hanau-Kesselstadt. He hid behind the bar the terrible murder of his brother, he tries to murdered Ferhat Unvar. She wants her Hanau-Kesselstadt.
when the perpetrator shot around, which pursue his studies. son not to have died in vain, and has
saved his life. He is the only unharmed survivor been involved in the February 19 Hanau
of the second crime scene. Piter commutes Initiative since March. In November 2020,
almost daily from Hanau to Frankfurt am Main she founded the Ferhat Unvar Educational
to train in MMA (mixed martial arts). One day Initiative, which carries out anti-racist
he wants to become a professional athlete. educational work at educational institutions.

The nine victims graffiti

Large-scale graffiti for those murdered in Hanau
on a bridge in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
From left to right: Fatih Saraçoğlu, Vili Viorel
Păun, Kaloyan Velkov, Ferhat Unvar, Mercedes
Kierpacz, Gökhan Gültekin Sedat Gürbüz,
Hamza Kurtović, Said Nesar Hashemi.

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3rd place
Win McNamee - United States

Insurrection
Following a ‘Save America’ rally held by President Donald
Trump, a mob of thousands of his supporters descended
on the US Capitol and fought their way into the building
on 6 January 2021. Members of the mob were called
to action by Trump and urged to “fight like hell” after
months of disinformation disputing the results of the 2020
presidential election.

Jacob Chansley, also known as the QAnon

shaman, cries “Freedom” inside the US Senate
chamber after members of a mob supporting
former US President Donald Trump battled their
way into the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

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A supporter of former US President Donald
Trump waves a Trump flag while descending a
staircase at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

Supporters of former US President Donald Trump

stream into the US Capitol.

Adam Johnson, a supporter of former US

President Donald Trump, carries the lectern
belonging to Speaker of the House Nancy
Pelosi through the Rotunda of the US Capitol.

A member of the mob that attacked the

Capitol hangs from a balcony while lowering
himself to the floor of the Senate chamber.

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Environment
Environment
1st place
Shunta Kimura - Japan

Living in the Transition

Judges were seeking series showcasing I photographed these pictures in Gabura Union, Bangladesh
between the beginning of October and late November 2021.
the surroundings or conditions in which a Gabura Union is located on the southwestern coast of

person, animal, or plant lives or operates. Bangladesh. It is one of the most vulnerable areas to the
impacts of climate change, and many residents often

Judges were particularly interested in suffer from its effects. These include river erosion, landslides,
rising salinity levels in fresh water sources and collapsing

work that had a fine art approach and infrastructure, caused by the tropical cyclones that
occur frequently.

addressed environmental issues affecting The purpose of this photo essay is to capture and communicate A woman goes home after drawing water from
the situation for people living quietly in this transition, impacted a pond. Many women go to ponds to collect
the world today. by climate change. water every morning, in Gabura Union.

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his head.

A woman walking in the water, and catching

small fish or shrimps near sandbags soaked in
the river.

An inland area of Gabura Union. It is difficult

to grow plants in this area due to lack of
natural water, caused by rising salinity levels.

Two siblings spend a peaceful time together

in a house constructed on a vulnerable sill.
This type of house is common along the
river of Gabura Union and it is frequently
destroyed by tropical cyclones.

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Two men pave a road that was destroyed by a Men engage in fishing in the Kholpetua River.
cyclone, in order to sandbag a bank. Such peaceful scenery will gradually be lost to
the impacts of climate change.

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2nd place
Gideon Mendel - South Africa

Kevin Goss at the location of his pharmacy in the downtown area of Rhonda Rossbach, her partner Derek Briem, and child Autumn at Father Ioannis Siaflekis at the historic 18th century Agion Taxiarchon Danielle Guerra at the site of the Sierra Lodge Hotel in downtown
Greenville, a historic Gold-Rush mountain town that, in August 2021, their burnt home in Killiney Beach – destroyed by the White Rock Fire. Church in Kokinomilia Village. This destruction was the result of the Greenville, where she had worked and lived. She and her sister
was destroyed by the Dixie Fire, California’s largest ever wildfire. In the summer of 2021, Canada experienced an unprecedented massive fires that devastated huge parts of Evia Island after Greece made a narrow escape as the flames tore through the town
The fire burned nearly a million acres of forest and more than 1,000 heatwave that burnt millions of acres of forest and devastated experienced an unprecedented heatwave in the summer of 2021. destroying around 80% of the structures. Taken on 31 October 2021.
homes and businesses. Taken on 23 October 2021. numerous communities like this. Taken on 16 October 2021. Taken on 30 August 30 2021.

Portraits in Ashes
As our global temperatures rise we have seen an unprecedented
increase in the extremity of wildfires around the world. In 2021
I travelled to Greece, Canada and the USA to document the
aftermath of fires that had destroyed homes, killed numerous
people and burnt millions of acres of land. I choose not
to document the burning flames, but rather to seek out
their aftermath. These portraits are made across different
communities and cultures around the world. My subjects
pause and engage the camera, looking out from their
devastated lives. While their poses may seem conventional,
the context is catastrophe, and their gazes are unsettling.
They are not disempowered victims: in their encounter with
the camera they invite us to engage with the calamity that
has befallen them, bearing witness to the impacts of climate
change which will be so much worse unless meaningful
action is taken.

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John Banks at his home in Greenville, destroyed by John Hamar, at the location of his home in Greenville
the Dixie Fire, California’s largest ever wildfire. John – destroyed by the Dixie Fire, California’s largest
is president of the local Rotary Club and has been ever wildfire. John was uninsured so was still sleeping
active in raising and distributing funds to help the many in his pickup truck at the local campsite as winter
people who lost their homes in this disaster. Taken on approached. Taken on 1 November 2020.
26 October 2021.

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3rd place
Giacomo d’Orlando - Italy

Nemo’s Garden
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC), the desertification brought by climate Top left: Emilio Mancuso, biologist in charge of the seeding Top right: Luisa Pistelli, Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology
change in recent years has already extensively reduced and the growing process of the plants, places coconut fibre at Pisa University, analyses the phytochemistry of the plants
agricultural productivity in many regions of the world. cones for hydroponic cultivation within the biospheres. Each grown inside the biospheres. Through the hydro-distillation
Agriculture represents 70% of freshwater use around the biosphere can host approximately 120 plants per cycle, of the basil, using Clevenger equipment, it is possible to
globe and with the world’s population projected to increase which depending on the plant type can last from one to obtain the essential oil that will be analysed through gas
to 10 billion by the end of the century, it has become three months. chromatography combined with mass spectroscopy (GC-
imperative to find alternative and ecologically sustainable MS) – in order to obtain its chemical composition and study
methods of cultivation. Nemo’s Garden – the world’s first its benefits.
underwater greenhouse – offers a possible solution.

This completely self-sustainable project explores an Bottom left: Before proceeding with underwater cultivation, Bottom right: The experimental room inside the Ocean Reef
alternative farming system that could be implemented Nemo’s Garden seen from the water’s surface. The biospheres different types of plants (such as the Artemisia Absinthium) headquarters. Here, Luca Gamberini, project manager and
in areas where environmental or geo-morphological are located 40 metres off the Noli shore – a small village on are tested in a laboratory to see if they are compatible co-inventor of Nemo’s Garden controls the arrangement
conditions make the growth of plants almost impossible. the Ligurian coast. They are constructed 6-12 meters below with the biosphere environment. The red and blue group of of several components in the biosphere. In addition to
The encouraging results of the last few years, where more the surface of the water, to enable the plants to draw LEDs recreates the same light spectrum present within the structural parts, such as pipes and hydroponic boxes
than 40 different species of plants have been successfully the necessary source of light for their development. In the biosphere. used for the plants’ growth, the biospheres also comprise
cultivated, gives hope that a sustainable agricultural system centre stands the tree of life which represents the core of electronic components such as the air circulation fan and
has been developed to help tackle the new challenges the experiment: the possibility of growing terrestrial plants the ’connecting box’ powered by solar panels located on
brought by climate change. underwater. the surface.

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Two different samples of basil (terrestrial and underwater) are Sergio Gamberini, creator of the Nemo’s Garden project.
enclosed inside test tubes with fixator liquid. These samples In an interview, Sergio affirmed: “My first experiment was
are needed for plant structural analysis through electronic creating a kind of transparent balloon filled with air, with
microscope CEM. According to studies of pharmaceutical a pocket where I placed a Tupperware containing earth
biology at Pisa University, plants develop 31.5% more and basil seeds.After only 48 hours, the first sprouts were
antioxidants and 13.3% more polyphenols than ones grown immediately visible. From that moment I knew that the idea
on the surface. would work.”

A diver, part of the Ocean Reef Team, holds a torch as

he emerges from Nemo’s Garden having harvested the A group of divers admire Nemo’s Garden during their
tobacco plants inside biosphere number 2. Once the plants immersion. Since Nemo’s Garden has been created, the fish
have been gently removed from the hydroponic box, they population in the area has increased. The Nemo’s Garden
will be placed inside multiple plastic bags in order to avoid structure acts like a shelter for the local marine fauna,
contact with salty water during transportation to the surface. supporting the repopulation of the surrounding area.

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Landscape
1st place
Lorenzo Poli - Italy

Life on Earth

Projects celebrating spaces around the

world in all their varieties, from large scale
aerial shots to intimate views, were entered
into this category. While a natural setting
wasn’t key for successful submissions,
judges focused on the aesthetic quality of
the final images.

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2nd place
Andrius Repšys - Lithuania

Solar Graphic
In 2021, Lithuania once again experienced a winter of heavy
snowfalls - a result of the climate crisis and global warming.
Depicted in these photographs are sustainable energy
sources such as dams, wind turbines and solar batteries - the
very things we need in order to slow down the occurrences
of climate disasters. Two of the three main elements of
Solar Graphics – seasonality and sustainable energy –
organically and purposefully complement each other.
Winter’s monochromatic palette helps reveal the graphic
elements found in the white snow. As the land is disrupted
by dark lines new images appear – a mouth full of dazzling
white teeth or a robot with a surprised look on its face. The
high vantage point reduces the landscape to abstraction
allowing the viewer to find new meanings and interpretations
in the photograph.

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3rd place
Gareth Iwan Jones - United Kingdom

Tree
This project was born of the Covid-19 lockdowns, and the
impact upon my work as a portrait photographer. Inspired
by my home county of Wiltshire, where the distinctive
landscape features many knolls with lone trees raised above
the horizon line and unable to photograph people, I turned
to my love of trees. I wondered if it was possible to take a
unique portrait of these quiet giants. I chose to photograph
against dusk skies and lit the trees with drones to create an
otherworldly impression.

As lockdowns took hold, so did this project. I started looking

into every field and up every hill for aesthetically interesting
treescapes. While many people discovered the joys of
walking in nature during the lockdowns, once the sun had
set it was just me, the trees and the darkness, which was an
experience that at first terrified me but with time I began
to relish.

Scots Pine, Winter. “The King of Limbs” Oak Tree, Autumn.

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Skeleton Tree, Summer.

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Portfolio
1st place
Hugh Fox - United Kingdom

This category asked for images unrelated

to each other in subject matter, theme
or narrative. Judges looked for a high
quality in each of the images and for Portfolio
the photographer’s technical skills to be A selection of images taken over the last couple of years. For
Cloud
me, this series evokes the quiet, isolated, reflective moments I
evident and consistent throughout. felt during the pandemic. A lonely cloud taken on holiday in the Lake District.

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I saw this person having a quiet reflective
moment at my local park. It made me feel
nostalgic and calm.

Castle ST
This image is from a series I made at my local
snooker club.

Smokey
During lockdown, I photographed my family a
lot – this is our cat, Smokey, who spends a lot of
his time doing this. It’s something we all ended
up doing a lot of...

Rumi
I made this image of my son Rumi last summer,
during lockdown. Rumi had planned a summer
of festivals with his friends, but instead I got to
have time with him that I otherwise wouldn’t
have had.

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2nd place
Julian Anderson - United Kingdom

Roopa Farouki
Dr. Roopa Farouki, photographed at Queen Elizabeth The
Sir Martin Rees Pett Level Queen Mother hospital in Margate, UK, for the Guardian’s
Sir Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, photographed A late afternoon at low tide on Pett Level Saturday magazine. Roopa, a novelist, retrained as a doctor
at his home in Cambridge for Trust magazine. beach in December 2020. after years as a successful writer.

Portfolio
A series of portraiture, landscape and feature work shot over
the last year or so, some commissioned and some personal.

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Wicken Fen
A wild konik pony photographed at Wicken Fen in
Cambridgeshire for CAM, the University of Cambridge
alumni magazine.

Tide
A late afternoon spring low tide on my local beach in St
Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex, UK, from the series Walks
with Slim.

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3rd place
Anna Neubauer - Austria

The Beauty of Humanity Home to Me

I photographed Bashir and Jade in early 2020 in their
apartment in London for a project about intersectional
diversity and I loved capturing this intimate moment. When
I think about meeting people for the first time, and then
getting to know them so intimately in such a short time, I
feel like I’m way out of my comfort zone. But looking at this
image reminds me of how much I love the process.

Reconnect The Story I Heard

When I met Lauren on a hot day in London in 2021, I I took this photo of Clara, Izzi, Jordan, Katerina, Maisie, Sahar
immediately connected with her. She is so hard-working, and William in London, in 2019. The actor Warwick Davis
signed with a leading talent agency, and definitely one said: “The world worries about disability more than disabled
to watch. I’m so inspired by Lauren’s views on life and her people do.” With this image and series, I’d like to show how
career, her kind heart and her professional manner. She beautiful differences are, and remind people to ask questions
knows that absolutely nothing can get in her way. instead of making assumptions.

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Portraiture Photographer of the Year
1st place See full series and description on pages
22-29
Adam Ferguson - Australia

Migrantes
This is a series of self-portraits of migrants in Mexico, as they
wait to cross the border into the United States. The life of a
migrant at the border, waiting for the right moment to cross
into the United States, is often in flux. To capture a piece of
this uncertain journey, I mounted a medium format camera
on a tripod with a cable release and then stepped back,
allowing the migrants to choose the moment of capture and
give them agency in the process of documenting their lives.

Photo captions by Adam Ferguson and Anatoly Kurmanaev.

Victor Roman Castro, 41 and Gertrudis Ortega Ramirez,

38, migrants from Ometepec, Guerrero State, Mexico
take a self-portrait with their one-month old daughter
Betani Angelica Roman Ortega, at the El Buen Samaritano
migrants shelter in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico on 28 April
2021. Gertrudis Ortega has had a hard life. At 14, she was
forced to marry into a criminal clan that ran Ometepec.
Soon after the marriage, she entered the USA illegally to join
her abusive husband. She endured 18 years of beatings as
she raised her two daughters. Eventually, she was deported
Judges were looking for interesting, strong to Mexico when the police caught up with her husband’s
drug dealings. Back in Ometepec, she met Victor Castro,
and evocative photographs, and the a welder, and decided to start a new life. But her past kept
catching up with her. Her former husband’s powerful family
category was intended to be interpreted harassed Ms. Ortega and threatened to kill her if she tried to
get custody of her children. When she became pregnant,
in its widest sense. Judges wanted to see she and Mr. Castro decided to flee to Texas. Their child,
Betani, was born on the Mexican side of the border. In the
images demonstrating a likeness to the U.S., Ms. Ortega hopes to get the justice she was denied in
Mexico, and reunite with her teenage daughters, who were
subject and convey expression, emotion both born in America and are citizens. “I want to use the
legal system to recover my girls,” she said. Photo by Gertrudis
and personality. Ortega Ramirez and Adam Ferguson.

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Ermakia. Bride of Ptolemais villages.
2nd place
George Tatakis - Greece

Chios island, Mastic villages, Olympoi.

Costumes of Olympoi.

Western Macedonia, Aggelochori.

Costumes of Naoussa villages.

Caryatis 2021
Caryatis is a study of Greek women’s traditional costumes
deriving from different time periods in Greece’s rich history.
This project evolved out of Tatakis’ previous work, Ethos,
which looked at Greek traditions and customs. Each
photograph is meticulously staged; postures, attitudes and p118-19
even hand placements depicted are all typical of the area Saronic Gulf, Spetses island. Bouboulina Thessaly, Trikala, Glinos. Karagouna
from which the costume originates. costumes of Spetses. costumes of Trikala.

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3rd place
Brent Stirton - South Africa

Bushmeat Hunters
This is a series of bushmeat hunter portraits taken in Guyana,
Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the
Republic of Congo. These men are seen in an age-old act,
bringing animals they have hunted back to their villages.
Some of these men are hunting for other, wealthier men who
have employed them, others are hunting for their families. In
all cases, very little of what they hunted was consumed in the
village. Bushmeat commands a high price, which increases
as it gets to major cities. These days, hunting of this kind is
almost always about an economy of supply and demand.

Doume Village, Lastoursville, Gabon, 29 June 2021:

Expert bushmeat hunter Nkani Mbou Mboudin is seen with an
antelope he just shot hunting in the forest around his village.
This village survives on fishing and bushmeat. Gabon has a
sustainable bushmeat culture, largely because of its small
population and large protected habitats.

Kabo, Republic of Congo, 23 May 2021:

An image of Henry, a Baka pygmy bushmeat hunter seen
after a successful hunt. As part of a conservation project
NGOs WCS and SWM work with a logging company that
hires pygmies such as Henry, to hunt for them in controlled
circumstances in a legal hunting area on the periphery of
Nouama Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo.
Each hunter gets a rifle from the employee and four shotgun
cartridges. They are only allowed to shoot that much and
usually get to keep the entrails and a small payment.

Village Ndambi, Area of Lastoursville, Gabon,

30 June 2021:
Brenteh Ngogne and Davy Lindzondzo are professional
bushmeat hunters. They are seen with the Duiker and
Antelope they killed the previous night in the forest around
the village of Ndambi, one of the villages in the Lastoursville
area where NGO Sustainable Wildlife Management monitors
bushmeat consumption.

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A Baka pygmy bushmeat hunter walks home on a logging
road after shooting an antelope.
Rupununi River, Guyana:
Herman Phillips, 63, has lived his whole life in the Rupununi
region in Guyana as a subsistence hunter. He believes that
this is his natural right as an indigenous person. He fishes using
nets and lines, and he hunts in the forest. This is how he has
fed and clothed his eight children, and would like for this
way of life to be an option for them, too. Increased human
populations and a diminishing wildlife presence is going to
make that lifestyle very difficult to maintain.

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Sport
1st place
Ricardo Teles -

Kuarup

Projects that captured the intensity,

power and action of the chosen sport
subject went far in this category. Whether
capturing professional or amateur athletes,
the focus could be on the person, team,
setting or sport. A strong narrative needed
to be present.

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2nd place
Adam Pretty - Australia

Stuck In Traffic
Bo Kramer of the Netherlands attempts to shoot while being
marked strongly by Katharina Lange of Germany during the
women’s wheelchair basketball semifinal on 2 September
2021, at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Gold!
Rowan Crothers of Australia reacts after winning the gold
medal in the men’s 50m freestyle - S10 heat at the Tokyo
Aquatics Centre on day one of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic
Games on 25 August, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Tokyo Twenty Twenty One

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics were postponed
for one year and held under really unusual circumstances.
Athletes and media were kept inside a bubble and tested
every day, with no fans able to witness the greatest sporting
show on earth. This series takes a look at the Olympic and
Paralympic sports that I was assigned to cover in Tokyo. I tried
to find unique and challenging angles to minimise the visual
impact of not having a crowd or any fans (and atmosphere)
and also to illustrate the beauty and strength of the athletes Torpedos in the Water
and sports as well as their emotions from slightly different Zheng Tao and Wang Lichao of China torpedo underwater
angles. It was perhaps the most challenging Olympics I have off the start while competing in the men’s 100m freestyle -
ever been part of, and I can only imagine what a roller S5 heat on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games,
coaster of emotions the athletes were experiencing. I was at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on 26 August 2021 in Tokyo,
very grateful when these emotions spilled over in the heat Japan. Zheng Tao went on to win four Gold medals in
of competition. swimming during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

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Peter Kauzer of Slovenia makes his way around
a gate during training at the Kasai Canoe
Slalom Center ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic
Games on 20 July, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Take Off!
Jonas Schomburg of Germany takes off as he
dives into the water during the men’s triathlon
on 26 July at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Pure Joy
Veronica Yoko Plebani of Italy is overcome with
joy after crossing the finish line at Odaiba Marine
Park and winning the bronze medal in the
women’s PTS2 triathlon on 28 August – day four
of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Victory!
Ilse Arts, Bo Kramer, Mariska Beijer and Jitske
Visser of the Netherlands celebrate after
defeating Germany during the women’s
wheelchair basketball semi final match
between the Netherlands and Germany on
day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

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3rd place
Roman Vondrouš - Czech Republic

Loyal Fans

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Still Life
1st place
Haruna Ogata - Japan
& Jean-Etienne Portail - France

Celebrated for depicting either a solitary

or group of arranged inanimate objects in
a photogenic fashion, submissions could
be classic or innovative. Judges closely
considered the interpretation of the
subject through the photographer’s choice
Constellation
of composition, lighting and framing when
These images were taken in a studio in Paris, September
viewing the work. 2020, for the pure creation of a still life photo

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2nd place
Cletus Nelson Nwadike - Sweden

From Nigeria to Nässjö

My mother died on 26 September 2021. She never got to see
her four grandchildren – she was refused a visa to come and
visit them. The reason was that I do not make enough money.
I am a photographer. This work is to honour my mother.

Nigerian art! I had imagined mother showing these to

Nigerian passport. her grandchildren.

I wrote a letter to the Swedish embassy in Abuja, Nigeria and

told them that I wanted my mother to visit me in Sweden. I
have four children, and it would be great if my mother could I had imagined mother coming home to us with a bag full
meet them. They turned down my request, stating that I was of toys and food, and I had imagined her full with joy and
not making enough money to sustain her. happiness. I still cannot believe that she is dead.

This is a snow angel. I had imagined mother in the snow and I had imagined her wearing a Nigerian head tie and bringing
under the snow with her grandchildren. Mother would have a drum to show her grandchildren. I can hear her playing the
played with them. She would have loved it. drum while dancing. My children would love this.

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 Thank you so much Mama, I am so sorry that death found
you where I was hiding you. My children are longing to meet
I had imagined her showing her grandchildren lots of you Mama, you see, they wonder what you look like. They
photographs from Nigeria, of us when we were children. look like you, and think like you.

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3rd place
Alessandro Gandolfi - Italy

Concordia
On the evening of 13 January 2012, the Costa Concordia,
a cruise ship with 4229 people on board, struck shallow
water near the island of Giglio. Within three hours it had
sunk sideways to the bottom, a few metres from the coast.
This was the largest ever cruise ship to sink, and the disaster
claimed 32 lives. But what is left of that event, 10 years on?

Today the Costa Concordia no longer exists as its name “These shoes saved my life,” begins Antimo Magnotta. On This is the watch that Costa Concordia’s captain, Francesco
has been cancelled from the Italian shipping register. The 13 January, 2012, he was a pianist on board the Concordia. Schettino, was wearing on the night of 13 January 2012.
wreck, which is a symbol of the drama, was hauled up and “Elegance was a must, but that night for some reason I The TAG Heuer Grand Carrera was badly damaged shortly
dismantled, and most of the parts were recycled: thousands decided to violate the dress code and wear rubber-soled before the starboard side of the ship tilted over in front
of tonnes of steel from the ship now form the foundations of shoes.” Years later Antimo composed a piece for the piano, of the island of Giglio. The watch remained stuck at the
Italian bridges and buildings. But traces of the Concordia entitled 32, a melody made up of 32 notes, one for each of precise time of the sinking and today it is kept at Francesco
can be found everywhere. These are relics that tell stories. the victims of the shipwreck. Schettino’s house, with the hands in that exact position.

It was found floating in the water at the A large part of the Concordia ship was ‘Today’ is the two-sheet program that Manrico Giampedroni was the last man
Concordia worksite by a private individual dedicated to entertainment. There were was delivered to the cabins on board the to make it out of the Concordia alive. He
who kept it as a memento. Made of plastic swimming pools, a multi-sports field, a 4D Concordia every evening. A section titled was trapped inside the ship for over 30
and wood, it is the largest official model movie theatre, a Formula One simulator ‘Captain Francesco Schettino announces’ hours, with a fractured leg and a head
of the Costa Concordia and had been and a mini-club with rides for children, states that “at 9.30pm we will cross the injury, before being found. That day he was
reported missing. There are only two in the including this little plastic horse. Among the channel that separates the Argentario wearing a winter uniform corresponding
world: the other one is owned by cruise line 32 victims was a six-year-old girl, Dayana from Giglio Island, which will be clearly to his rank as Chief Purser. He kept the
Costa Crociere, which shared it with the Arlotti: her body was found five weeks after visible to the left of the ship at a distance of left sleeve as a souvenir, and placed the
Civil Protection Agency. the shipwreck, on deck four, where she five miles.” other as an ex-voto in the sanctuary of
had drowned along with her father. Ortonuovo, near Castelnuovo Magra.

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Wildlife & Nature
1st place
Milan Radisics - Hungary

Judges were looking for artistic images

The Fox’s Tale
of our natural, physical or material world
where animals or nature were the focus.
Compelling compositions showing the Observing Fox
spirit and behaviour of wildlife around the Roxy stares at the camera from the base of
a moss-covered linden tree. The fox is hiding
planet appealed to the jury. Macro and behind the tree observing my window and
trying to decide whether it’s safe. When we first
close-up photographs of the plants and became acquainted, any sudden movement
would make the fox rush to a corner of the
insects that often go unnoticed were also courtyard to hide behind the bushes. Learning
from this, I stayed behind the window to follow
welcomed in this category. Roxy’s undisturbed behaviour.

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In the Limelight Through the Hole Fox Searching for Bites Hunting Fox
Roxy on the porch of a traditional, 180-year-old house. The Here we see the fox coming into my yard through a hole The fox is scrabbling inside a rotting trunk. The camera was Roxy caught a dead pheasant. I put the camera and
whole yard has become the fox’s playground. It sniffs around in the backyard fence. The hole was made by Roxy and triggered by a motion sensor. motion sensor next to the dead animal in a meadow near
the whole courtyard and examines every cranny, biting new badgers in only two weeks. It became the busiest point in my backyard. The sensor recorded some interesting scenes
objects and jumping on familiar ones. Working exclusively the yard because martens, rabbits, squirrels and mice also of the lovable Roxy when her wild instincts kicked-in.
at night allowed me to get creative with lighting. In some run here. The camera was triggered by a motion sensor.
images, I used dramatic, studio-like lighting, while in others I
balanced my flashes with ambient light. It was a wonderful
opportunity to develop skills.

The Fox’s Epilation Fox Drinking Water from the Small Sauna Pool Fox Climbs on the Branch of a Dwarf Quince Tree Jumping Fox
The underside of a fox’s epilated belly, five days after cubs An underwater capture of the fox drinking water from I was expecting a marten during this scene. Roxy smelled After three months, the fox has grown used to my surroundings
are born. As I waited for the fox each night, I read about the sauna pool. The shape of her tongue was distorted the bites and climbed the tree – she was taking every bite and treats all the furnishings covered in my courtyard as its
the life of foxes. Somewhere I saw that at birth, a fox rips the by the water. The vixen usually showed up four or five to her little ones. It was a huge surprise when I looked at the personal playground. When she is undisturbed, she moves
hair out of its belly to line the nest and provide access during times a night and I noticed that it would drink water on camera trap results in the morning, but I was very happy to about with apparent pleasure and ease. She jumps easily
breastfeeding. I built a big glass table. The fox tried to get the third occasion. Presumably, it had eaten enough have discovered another interesting form of behaviour. up onto the 120cm high wall, and leaves my house from the
acquainted with the structure, jumping up five days after from the neighbourhood and gotten thirsty. I used a 170cm high wall. I observed her from the window and tried to
giving birth. cable remote release and a constant light source. This use the shutter release at the right time with a radio remote.
was taken with an underwater camera

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On the Car Windshield
The fox jumped onto the windshield, observing
my camera. I parked in the yard for the first time
– it was unusual behaviour for Roxy, she jumped
up right away. I wasn’t prepared to photograph
this scene, but I knew she would be coming
back in an hour-and-a-half, I set the lights up
and waited in a dark room. I was lucky she
jumped up again and watched the camera
click inside the car.

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2nd place
Federico Borella - Italy

Exotic Appetite:
Inside the Italian Exotic Animal Trade
It’s common to think that ’wet markets’ only exist in Asian
countries, but in Italy there are also fairs at which thousands
of exotic animals are displayed and sold, and huge profits
are made.

At these fairs, exotic animals are considered collectibles.

They’re often stressed, kept in plastic trays the same size as
the animals they contain, and anyone can touch them.
Among the stands it’s not uncommon to find animals who
are solitary by nature, forced to live in groups, and animals
with a strong social nature isolated in plastic boxes. There is
also the question of potential risks to human health.

These images were taken at an exotic animals trade fair in

Vicenza, Italy, in November 2021

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3rd place
Oana Baković - Romania

Absolute Beginner
My art emerges from the need to reconnect with the
beautiful nature surrounding us. As a human, I enjoy the
wonders of discovery and constant advancement that
define us as species, but I am also sad that we overlook
the wonders that are so close to us. This feeling set me
on a path of exploration that I continue to follow.

These photographs document the tragic beauty of disruptions

to nature happening before our eyes. The shots, taken in
my local area, are meant to draw attention to the esoteric
signs that nature gives us at every step. The images were
shot using a combination of ambient light and flash,
sometimes ND filters. I colour-graded them in Capture
One and Lightroom.

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Open
Striking standalone images spanning ten diverse
categories

Natural World & Wildlife

Architecture

Creative

Landscape

Lifestyle

Motion

Object

Portraiture

Street Photography

Travel

© Yawar Abbas, Pakistan, Shortlist, Open competition, Travel,

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Open Photographer
of the Year

Scott Wilson
United Kingdom

Natural World & Wildlife

1st place

Anger Management
A wild mustang stallion kicks up a dust storm
in northwestern Colorado.

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Natural World & Wildlife
Open Shortlist

© Antonio Coelho, Portugal

© Jessica Mohn, Germany

© Dinorah Graue Obscura, Mexico

© Ewa Jermakowicz, Poland

© Martyn Harris, United Kingdom © Brice Tribollet, Switzerland © Amish Chhagan, Zambia

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 © Liqiang Ma, China Mainland

© James Crombie, Ireland

© Memo Gómez, Colombia

Natural World & Wildlife

Open Shortlist

© Thomas Barry, Ireland © Albert Beukhof, Netherlands © Raquel Inés Correa Chiesa, Spain © Tiho Trichkov, United States

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 Architecture
Architecture 1st place Open Shortlist
Anthony Chan - Hong Kong

Old Meets New

In an industrial district in Hong Kong, surrounded by a mix of
old and new developments, this shot was taken to highlight
a contrasting co-existence: a new skyscraper’s stylishly
designed front entrance and an old industrial complex
with myriads of air conditioners, pipes and wires mounted
on its wall. The shadow and light accentuated the overall
monochromic effect of the city’s architecture.

© Khanh Le Viet, Vietnam © Ute-Christa Scherhag, Germany

© Junming Chen, China Mainland © Marcus Ek, Norway

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Architecture
Open Shortlist

© Giulio Casti, Italy © Zeynep Demirhan, Turkey © Gerhard Hucke, Germany

© Klaus Lenzen, Germany © Günter Kleber, Germany

© Bryan Field, United Kingdom © Francesca Sciambarruto, Italy © Wonyoung Choi, Republic of Korea © Muhammad Najib Bin Abdul Rahman, Singapore © Klaudia Chwastek, Poland

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Creative 1st place Open Shortlist
Isabel Salmon - United Kingdom

Untitled
I began to document my mum’s experience with labyrinthitis
and PPPD – a sensory documentation of her condition. I am
finding ways to explore this through experimental techniques,
with the intention of combining sound, and also considering
other senses. I hope to create an installation in collaboration
with my mum, using a series of conversations with her.

© Gemma Pepper, United Kingdom © Sawamaru Pokiru, Japan © Clair Robins, United Kingdom

© Abbas Valadi, Islamic Republic of Iran © Valentina Cipriany, Venezuela

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© Hanna Lisava, Germany © Jacek Orzeł, Poland © Ryan Rogers, United States © Caleb Nii Odartey Aryee, Ghana

Creative
Open Shortlist

© Pierre Portolano, France © Henry Woide & Vanessa Fairfax-Woods, United Kingdom © Shabnam Maleki, Islamic Republic of Iran

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 Landscape
Landscape 1st place Open Shortlist
Vicente Ansola - Spain

© Fernando Famiani, Italy

Exodus
I encountered this field of sunflowers in Castilla and León.
Sunflowers always seek the divine by following the sun on
its route. These ones, although withered, stood up proudly.
When I grabbed my camera to shoot, I no longer saw
sunflowers but women walking the dry fields of Castilla,
wearing ancestral garments. An army of spirits – the
inexorable exodus of the Spanish rural.

© Stuart Chape, Australia

© Olivier Vauguin, France

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 © Peter Leyer, Hungary © Martin Morávek, Czech Republic

© Cigdem Ayyildiz, Turkey © Anargyros Dekavallas, Greece

Landscape
Open Shortlist

© Luis Manuel Vilariño Lopez, Spain © Muzaffer Murat İlhan, Turkey

© Julien Visse, France © Marko From, Finland © Hal Gage, United States © Tim Hodges, United Kingdom

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© Manuel Schmidt, Germany, Shortlist, Open competition, Landscape, 2022 Sony World Photography Awards
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 Lifestyle
Lifestyle 1st place Open Shortlist
Utsab Ahamed Akash - Bangladesh

The Honey Collector

The honey collectors collect in winter. They place the bees’ nests near the
mustard field as they can produce more honey that way. We often see this
kind of scene in the Bangladesh countryside.

© Kishor Shrestha, Nepal © Txema Lacunza Nasterra, Spain

© Ivo Kiapes, Slovakia © Daniela Jaime Díaz, Colombia © Hend Wahdan, Egypt

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 © Roni Süslü, Turkey © Osman Maasoglu, Turkey

© Kantaya New, Singapore © Kantaya New, Singapore

Lifestyle
Open Shortlist

© Marina Lattanzi, Argentina © Catherine Falls, United Kingdom

© Davide Agostini, Italy © Haikun Liang, China Mainland

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 Motion
Motion 1st place Open Shortlist
Raido Nurk - Estonia

Surfing festival
The waves were the biggest I’ve ever seen in the evening when I took this
photo in The Hague, Netherlands. The waves and the pouring rain created
quite a unique atmosphere.

© Caroline Kearsley, United Kingdom © Tomohiko Funai, Japan © Izabela Lyson, Poland

© Oscar Seguel, Chile

© Joachim Kiner, Germany

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Motion
Open Shortlist

© Christine Abel, United States

© Isabela Eseverri, Venezuela

© Zhenhuan Zhou, China Mainland

© Yiming Yang, China Mainland © Shiloh Garcia, Mexico

© Samiran Chakraborty, Bangladesh © Hiroki Nose, Japan © Chin Leong Teo, Singapore

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 Object
Object 1st place Open Shortlist
Leonardo Reyes-González - Mexico

Segundo Uso (Second Use) II

Still life photography of things thrown away (aka trash), that might
be useful for someone else - or could, hopefully, become art.

© Klaus Lenzen, Germany

© Paolo Paccagnella, Italy © Klaus Lenzen, Germany

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© Martin Rawle, United Kingdom © Jonas Strandberg, Sweden

Object
© Marina Tsaregorodtseva, United Kingdom © Maryia Sapego, Belarus
Open Shortlist

© Aleksandra Garbarczyk, Poland © Holger Bücker, Germany © Maryia Sapego, Belarus © Masumi Shiohara, Japan © Andre Boto, Portugal

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Portraiture 1st place Open Shortlist
Simone Corallini - Italy

The Endless Summer - Surf Trip

Simone Gentile, a 16-year-old surfer.

© Matthew Brown, South Africa © Siavosh Ejlali, Islamic Republic of Iran © Elaine Klein, Israel

© Olga Urbanek, Poland © Wagner Pena, Brazil

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© Tom Barnes, United Kingdom © Davide Limonta, Italy

Portraiture
Open Shortlist © Simon Murphy, United Kingdom © Maria Gutu, Republic of Moldova

© Owen Harvey, United Kingdom © Owen Harvey, United Kingdom © Owen Harvey, United Kingdom © Francesco Fantini, Italy

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Street Photography 1st place Open Shortlist
Etienne Souchon - France

Havana Running Away

This is the third picture of thousands taken over a month-long trip to
Havana, Cuba, with my 35mm – and it is my favourite!
There is something happening here, some kind of tension: this car looks
like it is drifting in the middle of the street, and this kid looks like he is
running away from something.

© Nina TBerg, Germany

© Jonathan White, United Kingdom

© Miguel Angel Mínguez Corella, Spain

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Street Photography
Open Shortlist

© Li Ting, Taiwan © Davide Bonaldo, Italy

© Juan Cruz Olivieri, Argentina

© Elias Sarquis, Argentina © Ludovic Le Guyader, France © Assaf Sharon, Israel

© Beatrice Collado Orive, Spain

© Shun Wang, China Mainland © Emre Çakmak, Turkey © Seyed Ali, Islamic Republic of Iran

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Travel 1st place Open Shortlist
Thanh Nguyen Phuc - Vietnam

© Darshan Ganapathy, India

© Hong Nguyen, Vietnam

© Eduard Gutescu, Romania

Bike with Flowers

A hundred years ago there were just 36 streets and now there are many
more, but the street culture remains strong in Hanoi. There are lots of shops
in the main streets but people in the old streets prefer to get serviced by
mobile street vendors. I spent a weekend following street vendors and
found that they were walking or riding their bikes all day. Here is one of my
favourite moments.
© Yawar Abbas, Pakistan

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 © Milad Nalbandiyan, Islamic Republic of Iran © Saravut Whanset, Thailand

© Ioan Maga, Romania

© Sujon Adikary, Bangladesh © Huu Binh Nguyen, Vietnam

© François Philippe, France

Travel
Open Shortlist

© Ashok Gidwani, India © Claudia Magnani, Italy © Yang Shu, China Mainland © Alessandro Accordini, Italy

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© Luis Manuel Vilariño Lopez, Spain, Shortlist, Open competition, Landscape, 2022 Sony World Photography Awards
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Alpha Female Award
Alpha Female Award
1st place
Dinorah Graue Obscura - Mexico
Championing photography by women worldwide
Crowned Tree Frog
On a night walk that I did in September, in Guapiles, Costa Rica,
we came across this jewel of the rainforest: a crowned tree frog.
It seemed as if it was made of chocolate – and if you look closer,
it has a beautiful crown. The symmetry on its head is just perfect.

The Alpha Female Award stems from the Sony Alpha Universe’s
Alpha Female initiative, which focuses on creating opportunities
for professional photographers, videographers, and filmmakers
to help foster a richer, more diverse industry where all creators
can build strong voices and bodies of work.

The Alpha Female Award has expanded the programme

globally by recognising women photographers who have
entered the Open competition. Aiming to promote and
celebrate the rich diversity of the medium from an international
perspective, the winning female photographer receives Sony
digital imaging equipment and worldwide exposure through a
dedicated online media campaign.

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Student Student Photographer
The Student competition discovers
of the Year
emerging talent in photography
Ezra Bohm
Netherlands
Nederlandse Acedemie voor Beeldcreatie, Netherlands

The Identity of Holland

In this series I’ve photographed the last remaining traditional
costumes of the Netherlands, to celebrate and cherish the
country’s ancient culture. These groups have a few things in
common that we often miss in modern society: togetherness,
authenticity and shared pride.
Today we live in a time where individualism, social pressure
and a drive for achievement have taken over. Many city
dwellers are disconnected from their cultural roots and feel
alienated in a society full of global citizens. By elevating
these communities, I hope that people will look for their own
cultural roots again.
In my romanticised images I create a world which I think is
perfect, a world I would like to be a part of. These cultures
are full of extraordinarily detailed clothing in which each part
has its own meaning and tells a story about the history of
its culture.

Connections
We challenged student photographers to
show us a story that highlights how they,
or someone they have documented,
interacts with the world. Series could be
between five to 10 images, taken on any
device, shot in any style and approached
from any angle.

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Angela Stoll, Australia Xu Han, China Mainland
University of Wollongong, Australia Nanjing University of the Arts, China Mainland

Even When We’re Breathing, We’re Moving

Dance has provided a way for me to connect to the world and
stay grounded during this difficult time. I feel present when I let the
movement direct me. Dancing in an abandoned space allows me Memories of Family
to freely express how I feel, developing a connection with an empty When I entered college, I began to think about my relationship with my
environment that has now been forgotten. Movement is a passage family. This work is a metaphor for my feelings for my father and mother
of time that provides a visual form of how one got from beginning to – feelings of intimacy and separation. I chose to use paint to convey
end. Exploring the relationship between time and movement through my hesitation and melancholy. The images express recollections of
dance reveals a narrative, showcasing how the body remembers a beautiful childhood, good memories slowly fading away and the
what the mind has forgotten. various ways in which the good and bad are intertwined.

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Dennis Mubanga Kabwe, Zambia Alexander Komenda, Canada
Open Window University Zambia, Zambia Aalto University, Finland

Tiramisu
The term Tiramisu can be understood as a pick-me-up.
This project is a testament to connecting with those
who share our living space – friends, roommates and
neighbours. The subjects are members of the Chinese
student community in Espoo, Finland, aiming at subverting
The Butcher stereotypes and provided ideas on where and how to be
This is a series of portraits of Mr. Banda, a butcher who is photographed. The result sits somewhere between fact
passionate about what he does. I photographed him in and fiction, implementing a collective imagination that
June 2021 at Chilenje Market in Lusaka, Zambia. shapes experience, interconnectivity and memory.

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Chris Rosas Vargas, United States Oriel Naxhielly Martins, Argentina
Parsons, United States ENFO Escuela Nacional de Fotografía, Argentina

Cariño
As I approach the final semester of college I am drawn
back to the environments that have shaped me as an artist. Disconnected
In this series of images of found objects, I am exploring the As someone who frequently ran away from their parents’ house, it’s
sentimental and tender relationship between myself and easy for me to find a home through intimacy with others. A huge part of
the urban landscapes in both the Bronx and Harlem. my identity has been built around the relationship I have with my peers,
As opposed to following a traditional photojournalistic style, so the isolation caused by the pandemic was really hard for me. Feeling
I took a more nuanced and nostalgic approach to making so disconnected blurred my self-perception and being incapable of
photographs which deeply resonates with notions of home. meeting people increased my anxiety and made me unnecessarily self-
Fabrics posing like a group of women, plants reminding aware. But being able to portray myself and my environment made the
me of immigrant communities in New York City, scenes introspective process less painful. Photography allowed me to create
dramatised or emphasised by sunlight. Through the use of a personal document which, voiced in tangible images, eased the
colour and composition I construct a warm and familiar burden. Just like a picture, I’m not complete until others see me. As the
environment which at times did not exist, in places where restrictions adopted to prevent the spread of Covid-19 begin to ease, I
I would have felt cast out as a queer person of colour. can reunite with my loved ones and hopefully start to feel whole again.

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Sachi Deshmukh, India Aidan Murgatroyd, South Africa
Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Italy Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography,
South Africa

Becoming South African

As a third culture kid born and raised in various regions of the
world and spending more time outside South Africa than in it,
I’ve always desired to explore, understand and connect with
what it means to be South African. As a child of mixed cultural
background with one English and one Afrikaans parent, even
in the midst of family gatherings, I felt a sense of otherness.
I returned to South Africa in 2017 and wanted to travel,
connect and interact with the people, places and spaces
Connections that make up the South African experience. Finally in 2021, at
Through memories we can not only trace our connections the first chance available, I undertook a countrywide road trip
to the past, but also discover connecting links between past over five months. The goal? To ascertain what it means to be
and present. Humans celebrate their attachments through South African, especially in a nation which encompasses so
remembrance. many cultures, languages and identities. Who are we?

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Sergey Pronin, Russian Federation
Docdocdoc, School of Modern Photography,
Russian Federation

Theologians
This series was shot during the summer camp of the
Theological faculty of St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University in July
2021. The subjects are professors and undergraduates taking
part in various activities at the camp, which is situated near
the monastery of St. John the Theologian in the Ryazan
region of Russia.
In the Orthodox tradition, only three people have been
awarded the title of ‘Theologian’: the Apostle and Evangelist
John the Theologian, Gregory the Theologian and Symeon
the New Theologian. Therefore, I am taking artistic license
when calling all the camp’s professors, let alone the
ordinary students, the ‘Theologians’. In this project it is the
romantic spirit of youth that matters; the desire to delve into
the ancient texts and the audacity to speak on the most
important and mysterious of topics: God and the divine
world order.

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Youth Youth Shortlist

Photographer
of the Year
Open to 12-19 year olds, the Youth
competition pays tribute to this next
© Zinuo Shi, China Mainland

generation of photographers.

Tri Nguyen
Vietnam
18 years old

© Benjamin Joel, United States © Elijah Baptiste, United States © Cameron Borg, Australia

Under The Moonlight

This photo is part of a series that investigates self-reflection
and a yearning to break the mold. Rather than appreciating
only beautiful and perfect things, it is a world untainted
by societal judgment, a celebration of imperfection. The
photograph depicts a young man basking in artificial
moonlight as he feels himself resonating with the derelict,
messy background. The moonlight symbolises a spotlight
shining on the young man, and his longing to accept
his flaws.
© Rayhan Mundra, United States © Emery Sanderson, Canada

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Regional Awards
The National & Regional Awards supports
photographers of all abilities around the globe
and to celebrate their achievements. The
National Awards showcases local talent to an
international audience

1 - Jenny Zhao | United States | 1st Place 32 - Martina Dimunova | Czech Republic | 1st Place
2 - Amal Prasad | Sri Lanka | 1st Place 33 - Yawar Abbas | Pakistan | 1st Place
3 - Filip Hrebenda | Slovakia | 1st Place 34 - Hans Kristian Strand | Norway | 1st Place
4 - Damon Beckford | Finland | 1st Place 35 - Yih Chang Chew | Malaysia | 1st Place
5 - Gonzalo Javier Santile | Argentina| 2nd Place 36 - Wonyoung Choi | Republic of Korea | 1st Place
Latin America National Award 37 - Raido Nurk | Estonia | 1st Place
6 - Majda Pavlekovic | Croatia | 1st Place 38 - Viktor Einar Vilhelmsson| Iceland | 1st Place
7 - Chihao Wang | Taiwan | 1st Place 39 - Mariah Zamora | Philippines | 1st Place
8 - Edina Csoboth | Hungary | 1st Place 40 - Sean Channal | Cambodia | 1st Place
9 - Haider Khan | India | 1st Place 41 - Tinu Müller | Switzerland | 1st Place
10 - Foteini Zaglara | Greece | 1st Place 42 - Kazi Arifuzzaman | Bangladesh | 1st Place
11 - Cigdem Ayyildiz | Turkey | 1st Place 43 - Matjaž Šimic | Slovenia| 1st Place
12 - Chin Leong Teo| Singapore | 1st Place 44 - Viktors Rimarevs | Latvia | 1st Place
13 - Jose Pessoa Neto | Portugal | 1st Place 45 - Yasuhiro Takachi | Japan | 2nd Place
14 - Juan Pablo Méndez Garzona | Guatemala | Shortlist 46 - Teodor Toma | Romania | 1st Place
Latin America National Award
47 - Mariano Belmar Torrecilla | Spain | 1st Place
15 - Mituhiro Okabe | Japan | 3rd Place
48 - O
 scar Seguel| Chile | Shortlist
16 - Sonja Ivancsics | Austria | 1st Place Latin America National Award
17 - Kaoru Sugiyama | Japan | 1st Place 49 - Antonino Pellicano | Italy | 1st Place
18 - Wookeun Choi | Republic of Korea | 2nd Place 50 - Samakinwa Emmanuel Temitope | Nigeria | 1st Place
19 - Harrie Coehorst, | Netherlands | 1st Place 51 - Sherif Salem | Egypt | 1st Place
20 - Minko Mihaylov | Bulgaria | 1st Place 52 - Swe Tun | Myanmar | 1st Place
21 - Joel Alonso Rodríguez | Ecuador | Shortlist 53 - Mazin Alhassan| Saudi Arabia | 1st Place
Latin America National Award
54 - Uditha Prabhasha Dharmarathna | Sri Lanka | 1st Place
22 - Metha Meiryna | Indonesia | 1st Place
55 - Virginija Mureikiene | Lithuania | 1st Place
23 - Jung Woon Park| Republic of Korea | 3rd Place
56 - Sussi Charlotte Alminde | Denmark | 1st Place
24 - Mathis Vandermeeren | Belgium | 1st Place
57 - Vladimir Zivojinovic | Serbia | 1st Place
25 - Paola Lambertin Murillo| Bolivia | Shortlist
58 - P
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Latin America National Award
Latin America National Award
26 - Mohammad Mirza | Kuwait| 1st Place
59 - Patrick Bosc | France | 1st Place
27 - Bernardo Del Cristo Hernandez Sierra| Colombia | 1st Place
60 - Kunuch Chutmongkolporn | Thailand | 1st Place
Latin America National Award
61 - Frank Loddenkemper | Germany | 1st Place
28 - S ergio Carrasco| Mexico | Shortlist
Latin America National Award 62 - Marcin Giba | Poland | 1st Place
29 - Juan Carlos Rodriguez | Costa Rica | Shortlist 63 - Salem Alsawafi | United Arab Emirates | 1st Place
Latin America National Award 64 - Peter Angvarson | Sweden| 1st Place
30 - Thanh Nguyen Phuc | Vietnam | 1st Place 65 - Marianna Smolina | Russian Federation | 1st Place
31 - Dikpal Thapa | Nepal | 1st Place 66 - Tshabalala Bongani | South Africa| 1st Place

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PROFESSIONAL JUDGES
Mike Trow (Chair)
Rahaab Allana
Ângela Ferreira
Deborah Klochko
Richmond Orlando Mensah

OPEN AND YOUTH JUDGE

Hideko Kataoka

STUDENT JUDGE
Colin Czerwinski

SONY
Kenji Tanaka
Yasuyuki Nagata
Yosuke Aoki
Saturo Munetaka
Katsuya Watanabe
Michiko Sekikawa
Yann Salmon-Legagneur
David Edwards
Angelo Marconi
Ben Pilling
Matt Parnell
Michaela Ion
Alexandra Seropegina

EXHIBITION CURATOR
Mike Trow

SPECIAL THANKS
Yoshiyuki Nogami
Chocolate Films

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY
ORGANISATION
BOARD MEMBERS
Sandy Angus
Damion Angus

© Ivo Kiapes, Slovakia, Shortlist, Open competition, Lifestyle,

2022 Sony World Photography Awards