Sony World Photography Awards announces finalists of its 2021 Student and Youth contests

Jan 18, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment

© Sachi Deshmukh/Sony World Photography Awards 2022, Student competition

The World Photography Organization has just announced the shortlisted photographers in the Student and Youth categories of the Sony World Photography Awards 2022. This year, they were invited to respond to the task Connections, considering how differently we have all been connecting over the past two years. As it always goes with this contest, there are plenty of beautiful images, so let’s take a look.

The Student contest gathers ten students at leading international higher education institutions. They were invited to submit a series of five to ten images interpreting this year’s brief, Connections. According to the contest representative, the shortlisted entries have each been chosen for their “nuanced and intelligent responses to this brief.”

© Sachi Deshmukh/Sony World Photography Awards 2022, Student competition

As for the Youth contest, the shortlist features seven category winners from June to December 2021, who each responded to a different monthly theme. Among this year’s shortlists, there are youngsters between the ages of 15 and 19.

© Elijah Baptiste/Sony World Photography Awards 2022, Youth competition

Take a look at the remaining images below. Stay tuned, as the winners of Student Photographer of the Year and Youth Photographer of the Year will be announced on 12 April 2022. We’ll make sure to keep you up to date, and you will also be able to see them as a part of the Sony World Photography Awards 2022 exhibition at Somerset House, London.

Student

© Chris Rosas Vargas/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Chris Rosas Vargas/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Oriel Naxhielly Martins/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Oriel Naxhielly Martins/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Aidan Murgatroyd/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Aidan Murgatroyd/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Sergey Pronin/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Sergey Pronin/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Dennis Mubanga Kabwe/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Dennis Mubanga Kabwe/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Alexander Komenda/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Alexander Komenda/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Angela Stoll/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Angela Stoll/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Xu Han/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Xu Han/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Ezra Bohm/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Ezra Bohm/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

Youth

© Tri Nguyen/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Benjamin Joel/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Cameron Borg/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Emery Sanderson/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Zinuo Shi/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

© Rayhan Mundra/Sony World Photography Awards 2022

About Dunja Djudjic

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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