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WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2023 WINNERS!

Posted on Mar 15, 2023

The winners of the Open category have been announced, featuring a haunting portrait, a racing cowgirl, and the Mundari tribe of South Sudan

The World Photography Organisation has announced the winners (and the shortlist) of the Open category of this year’s Sony World Photography Awards. Now in its 16th year, the competition recognises the best single shots from the past year in 10 categories: Architecture, Creative, Landscape, Lifestyle, Motion, Natural World & Wildlife, Object, Portraiture, Street Photography and Travel. It gives global photography a voice while providing vital insight into contemporary photography.

200,000 of the submitted total 415,000 were entered into the Open competition from photographers across the world. Each winner receives digital imaging equipment from Sony and will progress to compete for the prestigious Open Photographer of the Year title ­– and the coveted $5,000 cash prize.

The winners:

  • Architecture: Mark Benham, UK
  • Creative: Boris Eldagsen, Germany
  • Landscape: Giorgos Rousopoulos, Greece
  • Lifestyle: Azim Khan Ronnie, Bangladesh
  • Motion: Zhenhuan Zhou, China
  • Natural World & Wildlife: Dinorah Graue Obscura, Mexico
  • Object: Mieke Douglas, Netherlands
  • Portraiture: Sukhy Hullait, UK
  • Street Photography: Andreas Mikonauschke, Germany
  • Travel: Max Vere-Hodge, UK

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The Silos, a collage-like image of silos and surrounding buildings in eye-catching rosy hues at the Port of Brest in France. © Mark Benham, United Kingdom, Winner, Open Competition, Architecture, Sony World Photography Awards 2023

 

PSEUDOMNESIA | The Electricia, a haunting black-and-white portrait of two women from different generations, reminiscent of the visual language of 1940s family portraits. © Boris Eldagsen, Germany, Winner, Open Competition, Creative, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards

 

Greek mountain landscape featuring a hiker climbing up Mount Tymfi, standing majestically in the background and overlooking Pindus National Park. © Giorgos Rousopoulos, Greece, Winner, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards

 

Childhood, capturing children weaving in and out of scores of giant cones (topas) in a Bangladeshi rice processing plant as they play with a cart used by workers to carry and dry rice. © Azim Khan Ronnie, Bangladesh, Winner, Open Competition, Lifestyle, Sony World Photography Awards 2023

 

Slam on the Brakes, capturing a cowgirl in a barrel racing competition in Ontario, Canada. In these competitions, cowgirls ride around barrels with the quickest one crowned as the winner. © Zhenhuan Zhou, China Mainland, Winner, Open Competition, Motion, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards

 

Mighty Pair, a black-and-white portrait taken during a trip in South Texas, featuring two crested caracara birds standing still and looking out beyond the camera in the same direction, as if posing for the photographer. © Dinorah Graue Obscura, Mexico, Winner, Open Competition, Natural World & Wildlife, Sony World Photography Awards 2023

 

Recycled, all is not as it seems in a trompe l’oeil shot of flower-like plastic bags and tulle arranged as a bouquet, inviting us to take a second look. © Mieke Douglas, Netherlands, Winner, Open Competition, Object, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards

 

Charlie, a portrait shot centre-frame of a young teenager who, along with his friends, decided to turn an abandoned pub car park into a skatepark when most of them were closed during the pandemic. © Sukhy Hullait, United Kingdom, Winner, Open Competition, Portraiture, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards

 

Exhausted, an evocative black-and-white portrait of men at the point of exhaustion after lifting and carrying heavy wooden frames with statues showing biblical scenes through the streets of Andalusia during the traditional Easter processions of ‘Semana Santa’. © Andreas Mikonauschke, Germany, Winner, Open Competition, Street Photography, Sony World Photography Awards 2023

 

Ghosts, a dramatic black-and-white photograph of the Mundari tribe of South Sudan appearing among the nightly fires they light to keep the tsetse flies and mosquitoes off their beloved Ankole-Watusi cows. © Max Vere-Hodge, United Kingdom, Winner, Open Competition, Travel, Sony World Photography Awards 2023

 

The overall winner of the Open category is due to be announced at the Awards’ ceremony in London on 13 April. A selection of winners and shortlisted images will be displayed at the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition at Somerset House from 14 April – 1 May 2023.

For more information about winners and shortlists please visit worldphoto.org.

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