The Sony World Photography Awards is one of the largest photo competition in the world celebrating its 10th year, the photography awards program has received more than a million submissions since its inception.

There are ten categories, and first-, second-, and third-place winners are chosen within each.For the “Professional Competition,” photographers must submit a body of work — at least five images — that explores a single subject.

The highest honor within the competition is the “Photographer of the Year” award, which is chosen regardless of which category photographers submitted their work to. Here are this year’s winners –

 

 

First place, Professional Portraiture — George Mayer, Russian Federation

 

First place, Contemporary Issues — Tasneem Alsultan, Saudi Arabia

 

Second place, Natural World — Ami Vitale, United States

 

First place, Conceptual — Sabine Cattaneo, Switzerland

First place, Current Affairs and News — Alessio Romenzi, Italy

 

First place, Daily Life — Sandra Hoyn, Germany

 

First place, Natural World — Will Burrard-Lucas, United Kingdom

 

First place, Sport — Yuan Peng, China

 

First place, Still Life — Henry Agudelo, Colombia

 

Photographer of the Year, Landscape — Frederik Buyckx

 

Second place, Architecture — Julien Chatelin, France

 

Second place, Conceptual — Alexander Anufriev, Russian Federation

 

Second place, Contemporary Issues — Li Song, China

 

Second Place, Current Affairs and News — Joe Raedle, United States

 

Second place, Daily Life — Christina Simons, Iceland

 

Second place, Landscape — Kurt Tong, United Kingdom

 

Second place, Portraiture — Romina Ressia, Argentina

 

Second place, Sport — Eduard Korniyenko, Russian Federation

 

Second place, Still Life — Shinya Masuda, Japan, Professional

 

Third place, Architecture — Diego Mayon, Italy

 

Third place, Conceptual — Gao Peng, China

 

Third place, Contemporary Issues — Lorenzo Maccotta, Italy

 

Third place, Current Affairs and News — Ivor Prickett, Ireland

 

Third place, Daily Life — Alice Cannara Malan, Italy

 

Third place, Landscape — Peter Franck, Germany

 

Third place, Natural World — Christian Vizl, Mexico

 

Third place, Portraiture — Renshi Chen, China

 

Third place, Sport — Jason O’Brien, Australia

 

First place, Architecture — Dongni, China

 

Third place, Still Life — Christoffer Askman, Denmark