Sony World Photography Awards announces stunning 2021 contest category winners

Mar 18, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic Leave a Comment

Sony World Photography Awards is one of the contests that always brings us lots of magnificent photos. The World Photography Organisation that stands behind it has just announced this year’s category winners and shortlist in the Open competition. And as always, it’s a selection of amazing images.

The contest recognizes winners in ten categories, and over 100 photographers were selected as shortlisted. Each winner receives Sony gear and competes further for the Open Photographer of the Year title and a $5,000 reward. But, we’ll only know his or her name on 15 April, when a virtual exhibition of winning and shortlisted photos will be open as well.

Take a look at the category winners and some of the shortlisted images below. You will find more information on Sony World Photography Awards website.

Lead image credits: © Tommaso Galli (Italy), Street photography shortlist

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Winners

ARCHITECTURE

© Klaus Lenzen (Germany), The Blue Window

CREATIVE

© Tamary Kudita (Zimbabwe), African Victorian

LANDSCAPE

© Juan López Ruiz (Spain), Electric Storm on Lavender

LIFESTYLE

© Mariano Belmar Torrecilla (Spain), Dias de playa

MOTION

© Marijo Maduna (Croatia), Girl Power

NATURAL WORLD & WILDLIFE

© Cristo Pihlamäe (Estonia), Little Kiss

OBJECT

© Kata Zih (Hungary), Memento

PORTRAITURE

© Lyudmila Sabanina (Russian Federation), Son

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

© Dilek Uyar (Turkey), Disinfection

TRAVEL

© Khanh Phan (Vietnam), Drying Fish

Shortlists

© F. Dilek Uyar (Turkey)

© Yukihito Ono (Japan)

© Zdeněk Vošický (CzechRepublic)

© Mireia Vilaplana (Spain)

© Hans Kristian Strand (Norway)

© Gemma Brunton (UK)

© Dimpy Bhalotia (India)

© Basu Deb (India)

© Ares Jonekson Saragi (Indonesia)

© Tomasz Kowalski (Poland)

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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