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Sony World Photography Awards announces 2021 contest winners

Apr 19, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment

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© Pubarun Basu, India/2021 Sony World Photography Awards

Last month, the World Photography Organisation treated us with impressive category winners of this year’s  Sony World Photography Awards. The overall winners have now been announced, too, and it’s a beautiful selection of images from all over the world. Let’s take a look and enjoy them together.

Craig Easton from the UK was awarded Professional Photographer of the Year for the best series of work. Bank Top is a collaboration with writer and academic Abdul Aziz Hafiz, examining the representation and misrepresentation of communities in northern England, focusing on the neighborhood of Bank Top in Blackburn.

© Craig Easton, UK/2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Craig Easton, UK/2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Craig Easton, UK/2021 Sony World Photography Awards

Open Photographer of the Year for 2021 is Tamary Kudita from Zimbabwe. Her photo African Victorian was the winner in the Creative category, and it shows a young black woman dressed in a Victorian dress and holding traditional Shona cooking utensils. “The image probes at stereotypical contextualising of the black female body and offers an alternative visual language through which a multifaceted African identity is presented,” the WPO explains.

© Tamary Kudita, Zimbabwe/2021 Sony World Photography Awards

Pubarun Basu from India is this year’s Youth Photographer of the Year. This category awards photographers aged between 12 and 19 for the best single image. The photo titled No Escape from Reality brought Basu first place in this year’s Youth category.

© Pubarun Basu, India/2021 Sony World Photography Awards

Last but not least, Student Photographer of the Year is Coenraad Torlage from South Africa. This category awards the best series of work taken by any student aged 30 and under. Torlage was chosen for his series Young Farmers, created in response to the brief Our Time which asked students to depict the way they and their contemporaries see the world and how they plan to change it for the better.

© Coenraad Torlage, South Africa/2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Coenraad Torlage, South Africa/2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Coenraad Torlage, South Africa/2021 Sony World Photography Awards

But wait, there’s more. Category winners of the Professional competition have been announced as well, along with the award for Outstanding Contribution to Photography, which means plenty more photos to enjoy. Keep scrolling to take a look at them, and make sure to visit Sony World Photography Awards’ website for more information.

I’ll also leave you with the winner announcement video, and you can watch it here too.

Outstanding Contribution to Photography

© Graciela Iturbide, Mexico, Outstanding Contribution to Photography, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Graciela Iturbide, Mexico, Outstanding Contribution to Photography, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Graciela Iturbide, Mexico, Outstanding Contribution to Photography, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

Professional Photographer of the Year – category winners

© Tomáš Vocelka, Czech Republic, Winner, Professional, Architecture & Design, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Tomáš Vocelka, Czech Republic, Winner, Professional, Architecture & Design, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Tomáš Vocelka, Czech Republic, Winner, Professional, Architecture & Design, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Mark Hamilton Gruchy, United Kingdom, Winner, Professional, Creative, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Mark Hamilton Gruchy, United Kingdom, Winner, Professional, Creative, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Mark Hamilton Gruchy, United Kingdom, Winner, Professional, Creative, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Vito Fusco, Italy, Winner, Professional, Documentary Projects, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Vito Fusco, Italy, Winner, Professional, Documentary Projects, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Vito Fusco, Italy, Winner, Professional, Documentary Projects, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Simone Tramonte, Italy, Winner, Professional, Environment, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Simone Tramonte, Italy, Winner, Professional, Environment, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Simone Tramonte, Italy, Winner, Professional, Environment, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Majid Hojjati, Iran, Winner, Professional, Landscape, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Majid Hojjati, Iran, Winner, Professional, Landscape, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Majid Hojjati, Iran, Winner, Professional, Landscape, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Laura Pannack, United Kingdom, Winner, Professional, Portfolio, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Laura Pannack, United Kingdom, Winner, Professional, Portfolio, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Laura Pannack, United Kingdom, Winner, Professional, Portfolio, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Anas Alkharboutli, Syrian Arab Republic, Winner, Professional, Sport, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Anas Alkharboutli, Syrian Arab Republic, Winner, Professional, Sport, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Anas Alkharboutli, Syrian Arab Republic, Winner, Professional, Sport, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Peter Eleveld, Netherlands, Winner, Professional, Still Life, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Peter Eleveld, Netherlands, Winner, Professional, Still Life, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Peter Eleveld, Netherlands, Winner, Professional, Still Life, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Luis Tato, Spain, Winner, Professional, Wildlife & Nature, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Luis Tato, Spain, Winner, Professional, Wildlife & Nature, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

© Luis Tato, Spain, Winner, Professional, Wildlife & Nature, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

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Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

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