
CATEGORY WINNERS & SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
EXHIBITION: 14 APRIL 1 MAY 2023 | SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON
The World Photography Organisation is pleased to announce the category winners and shortlist in the Open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2023, recognising the best single shots from 2022.
Over 415,000 images from over 200 countries and territories were submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 and over 200,000 were entered into the Open competition. Each winner receives digital imaging equipment from Sony and will go on to compete for the prestigious Open Photographer of the Year title and a $5,000 (USD) prize.
The overall winner of the Open competition will be announced at the Awards' ceremony in London on 13 April. Selected winning and shortlisted images will be shown as part of the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition at Somerset House from 14 April-1 May 2023.
The ten category winners are:
ARCHITECTURE
Mark Benham (United Kingdom) for The Silos, a collage-like image of silos and surrounding buildings in eye-catching rosy hues at the Port of Brest in France.
LANDSCAPE
Giorgos Rousopoulos (Greece) for his image of a Greek mountain landscape featuring a hiker climbing up Mount Tymfi, standing majestically in the background and overlooking Pindus National Park.
LIFESTYLE
Azim Khan Ronnie (Bangladesh) for 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.
MOTION
Zhenhuan Zhou (China Mainland) for 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.
NATURAL WORLD & WILDLIFE
Dinorah Graue Obscura (Mexico) for 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.
OBJECT
Mieke Douglas (Netherlands) for 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.
PORTRAITURE
Sukhy Hullait (United Kingdom) for 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.
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Andreas Mikonauschke (Germany) for 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'.
TRAVEL
Max Vere-Hodge (United Kingdom) for 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.
This year's Open competition was judged by Eric Schlosser, Art Director, Tbilisi Art Fair, Georgia.
The overall winners in the Student, Youth, Open and Professional competitions of the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 will be announced on 13 April 2023 and will go on display as part of the exhibition at Somerset House, London from 14 April-1 May 2023. For more information about winners and shortlists please visit www.worldphoto.org
OPEN COMPETITION 2023 WINNERS AND SHORTLIST
ARCHITECTURE
Category Winner
Mark Benham, UK
Shortlist
Robert Bolton, UK
Tony Cowburn, UK
Fabio Del Ghianda, Italy
Peter Dulis, Canada
Donell Gumiran, Philippines
Yichien Lee, Taiwan
Angiolo Manetti, Italy
Desmond Chien Yew Ngu, Malaysia
Margit Lisa Roeder, Germany
Yuya Takahashi, Japan
George Turnbull, UK
Kjell Vikestad, Norway
Albrecht Voss, Germany
Beatrice Wong, Hong Kong
CREATIVE
Shortlist
Elli Asker, Azerbaijan
Nicolas Bigot, France
Hardijanto Budyman, Indonesia Enda Burke, Ireland
Bilal EL Harousse, Morocco
Mariola Glajcar, Poland
Yi Han, China Mainland
Peter Irungu, Kenya
Richard Poe, USA
Angel Ros Die, Spain
Namukolo Siyumbwa, Zambia
Kinga Wnuk, Poland
Chenghao Zhao, China Mainland
LANDSCAPE
Category Winner
Giorgos Rousopoulos, Greece
Shortlist
Olivia Bennett, UK
Isabel Bielderman, Netherlands
Robert Bilos, Croatia
Jordi Coy, Spain
David Del Rosario Da vila, Spain
Gill Fry, Australia
Judith Kuhn, Germany
Bing Li, Canada
Roberto Pavic , Croatia
Michael Prince, USA
Martin Rak, Czech Republic
Andreja Ravnak, Slovenia
Indirani Thevar, India
Marcin Zajac, Poland
LIFESTYLE
Category Winner
Azim Khan Ronnie, Bangladesh
Shortlist
Francesco Bambi, Italy
Ruth Chamberlain, UK
Raffaella De Luise, Italy
Mohamad Ali Harisi, Lebanon
Sabbir Hossen, Bangladesh
Jessica Innemee, Netherlands
Kathryn Mussallem, Canada
Ninoshka Pais, Canada
Markus Pasa, Austria
Jean Veron, France
Zuojian Wang, China Mainland
MOTION
Category Winner
Zhenhuan Zhou, China Mainland
Shortlist
Zacari as Abad Torres, Spain
Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz, Spain
Kristian Hvidtfeldt Buus, Denmark
Ricardo Garci a Mainou, Mexico
Gabriel Hernandez, Spain
Leo Huang, Taiwan
Andres Moreno, Colombia
Francesco Junior Mura, Italy
Raido Nurk, Estonia
Kazutoshi Ono, Japan
Ata Ranjbar Zeydanloo, Iran, Islamic Republic Of
Martin Rickett, UK
NATURAL WORLD & WILDLIFE
Category Winner
Dinorah Graue Obscura, Mexico
Shortlist
Vince Burton, UK
Charly Cle risse, France
Subrata Dey, Bangladesh
Patrick Ems, Switzerland
Marcio Esteves Cabral, Brazil
Mark Fitzsimmons, Australia
Pietro Formis, Italy
Jose Manuel Grandio, Spain
James Hunter, USA
Arnfinn Johansen, Norway
Andrea Michelutti, Italy
Protap Shekhor Mohanto, Bangladesh
Alex Pansier, Netherlands
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