The World Photography Organisation is pleased to reveal the finalists and shortlisted photographers in the Professional competition for the Sony World Photography Awards 2022. Now in its 15th year, the Awards' Professional competition rewards remarkable series of works both for technical skill and an original approach to contemporary subjects.
The winner of Photographer of the Year 2022 is chosen from the Professional finalists and announced on 12 April. A selection of images by finalists and shortlisted photographers will be exhibited as part of the Sony World Photography Awards at Somerset House from 13 April-2 May 2022.
Over 340,000 images from 211 territories were submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards 2022 and over 156,000 were entered to the Professional competition - the highest number of entries in the history of the Awards.
The three finalists and projects per category of the Sony World Photography Awards 2022 are:
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
In Nur-Sultan Javier Arcenillas (Spain) presents a series of photographs of the remarkable and eccentric architecture of the capital of Khazakstan. In Blueprint Yun Chi Chen (Taiwan) creates multi-layered images imitating the process of a traditional architectural blueprint or cyanotype using digital post-production techniques. Dorf by Domagoj Burilovi (Croatia) uses photo montage to express the irony of how nature has reclaimed the houses of Slavonia, a region which grew rich in the 19th century from the exploitation of the local forest and land.
CREATIVE
New Waves by Rapha l Neal (United Kingdom) juxtaposes scenes of climate change with teenagers' portraits; the diptychs highlight the devastating consequences experienced by those who will be most affected by them. Sometimes the Sky Above us is Open by Sarah Grethe (Germany) follows the photographer's journey to her mother's hometown in southern Germany, where she explores their relationship through staged portraits and still life. Mellow Apocalypse by Alnis Stakle (Latvia) reprises visuals from open-source collections such as museums, scientific institutions and image banks to create intricately detailed collages in which disparate elements jostle and collide.
DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS
The Long Days of Hanau by Fabian Ritter (Germany) documents the community in Hanau, Germany in the aftermath of the racist attacks in the city on 19 February 2020. The Children of the Financial Collapse in Venezuela by celebrated photojournalist Jan Grarup (Denmark) depicts scenes of the desperation and abject poverty of Venezuelans in Colombia. Insurrection by noted news photographer Win McNamee (United States) captures the dramatic scenes when a mob of Trump supporters descended on the US Capitol and fought their way into the building on 6 January 2021.
ENVIRONMENT
Shunta Kimura's (Japan) Living in the Transition explores the impacts of climate change in Bangladesh, where locals increasingly contend with its effects such as river erosion, landslides, and rising salinity levels. In Nemo's Garden Giacomo d'Orlando (Italy) documents the world's first underwater greenhouse - a possible solution to the desperate need to find alternative and sustainable methods of food cultivation. Portraits in Ashes by acclaimed photographer Gideon Mendel (South Africa) portrays families and individuals within the empty shells of gutted buildings, poignantly capturing the destruction in the wake of wildfires in Greece, Canada and the US.
LANDSCAPE
Taken during a winter of unseasonably heavy snowfall caused by climate change, Solar Graphic by Andrius Rep ys (Lithuania) captures sustainable energy sources such as dams, wind turbines and solar batteries from above, reducing them to graphic abstractions. Life on Earth by Lorenzo Poli (Italy), delves into the ethereal magic of nature and the mysterious beauty of an untamed world, depicted through a diverse set of landscapes. When portrait photographer Gareth Iwan Jones (United Kingdom) was unable to continue his work during the lockdown he turned his lens to the figures of trees against the dusk sky, creating a series of portrait-like images entitled Tree.
PORTFOLIO
The Beauty of Humanity by Anna Neubauer (Austria) explores the photographer's desire to move away from traditional stereotypes and celebrate diversity through a series of thoughtful portraits. In Portfolio Hugh Fox (United Kingdom) captures quiet moments of daily life with family and friends during the pandemic. Commercial and editorial photographer Julian Anderson (United Kingdom) presents a selection of portraiture, landscape and still life images taken for various magazine assignments.
PORTRAITURE
Caryatis 2021 by George Tatakis (Greece) is a study of Greek women's traditional costumes deriving from different time periods in Greece's rich history, with each photograph meticulously researched and staged. Migrantes by the esteemed photojournalist Adam Ferguson (Australia) is a series of self-portraits of migrants in Mexico as they wait to cross the border to the US. Using a camera mounted to a tripod with a cable release, Ferguson invited his subjects to choose the moment of capture, thereby giving them agency over their image. Bushmeat Hunters by the respected documentarian Brent Stirton (South Africa) is a series of portraits of bushmeat hunters pictured with their kills, framed in a manner which evokes traditional paintings of huntsmen.
SPORT
Capturing the drama and excitement of the Olympics, Tokyo Twenty Twenty One by notable sports photographer Adam Pretty (Australia) shows the strength and prowess of the athletes. Kuarup by Ricardo Teles (Brazil) documents a ritual of the Xingu Indigenous Brazilians to honour the dead which includes a martial art called Huka-huka this year those commemorated were predominantly victims of Covid-19. Loyal Fans by Roman V
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The World Photography Organisation is pleased to reveal the finalists and shortlisted photographers in the Professional competition for the Sony World Photography Awards 2022. Now in its 15th year, the Awards' Professional competition rewards remarkable series of works both for technical skill and an original approach to contemporary subjects.
