The World Photography Organisation has recently announced the the category winners and shortlist in the Open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2024, recognising the best single images from across the world in 2023.
It was worth noting that Malaysian Callie Eh “The Hand” was selected as the winner for Street Photography in the Open competition. There were also several Malaysians that were shortlist in Architecture, Natural World & Wildlife and Travel categories.
The competition has recorded a total submission of over 395,000 images from over 220 countries and territories. Each category 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.
Over 395,000 images from over 220 countries and territories were submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards 2024. Each category 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 18 April. Selected winning and shortlisted images will be shown as part of the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition at Somerset House from 19 April – 6 May 2024, and will then travel to additional locations.
The ten category winners are:
ARCHITECTURE
Ana Skobe (Slovenia) for the image Falling Out of Time, depicting a lighthouse against a clear sky at dusk, its sleek, geometric design contrasting with the coastal landscape and a solitary figure.
CREATIVE
Rob Blanken (Netherlands) for his macro photograph of crystals of amino acids B-alanine, L-glutamine and glycine, showing the remarkable colours and textures contained within these complex structures.
LANDSCAPE
Liam Man (United Kingdom) for Moonrise Sprites over Storr, capturing the earliest moments of the rising moon and several drone lights over the Old Man of Storr hill on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Taken during a blizzard, this image was carefully executed just before the moonlight became too bright.
LIFESTYLE
Alvin Kamau (Kenya) for Twende Ziwani (Let’s go to the Lake), a studio photograph inspired by fashion photography, depicting a model striking a pose and looking out beyond the frame.
MOTION
Samuel Andersen (Norway) for Rider Getting Down and Dirty, an action-packed shot of a mountain bike rider passing through a muddy part of the course at the Norwegian National Championships in Hafjell Bike Park, splashing the camera lens.
NATURAL WORLD & WILDLIFE
Ian Ford (United Kingdom) for Caiman Crunch, a striking photograph of a jaguar attacking a caiman crocodile on the river bank. The photographer followed along as the jaguar stalked her prey, and caught the precise moment she pounced.
OBJECT
Toni Rinaldo (Indonesia) for Coalition, a meticulously composed image portraying two chairs in a waiting room. The photographer describes how the different colours of the chairs evoke the togetherness of different cultures existing side by side within Indonesian society.
PORTRAITURE
Michelle Sank (United Kingdom) for Zenande, Sinawe, Zinathi and Buhle at Sea Point Pavilion, Cape Town, depicting a group of teens on a day out at the swimming pool. The photographer considers the ways in which the city has changed since the end of apartheid, reflecting on the ways cultural and social diversity is now celebrated.
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Callie Eh (Malaysia) for The Hand, which captures a fleeting moment from a wedding procession in Bhaktapur, Nepal. The groom is all but obscured, revealing only a waving hand through the passing car window.
TRAVEL
Yan Li (China Mainland) for Between Calm and Catastrophe, an image of a tranquil floating village standing on the still shore of Lake Titicaca, contrasted with the approaching peril of a wildfire on the nearby land mass.
This year’s Open competition was judged by Daniel Blochwitz, Curator, Foto Festival Lenzburg, Switzerland.
The overall winners in the Student, Youth, Open and Professional competitions of the Sony World Photography Awards 2024 will be announced on 18 April 2024 and will go on display as part of the exhibition at Somerset House, London from 19 April – 6 May 2024. For more information about winners and shortlists please visit www.worldphoto.org
OPEN COMPETITION 2024 WINNERS AND SHORTLIST
| ARCHITECTURE Category Winner Ana Skobe, Slovenia Shortlist Mark Benham, UK Lim Chien Ting, Malaysia Marcelo Cugliari, Argentina Sophia Li, USA Markus Naarttijärvi, Sweden Anna Rossetti, Italy Yang Shu, China Mainland Chau Lun Shum, Hong Kong Eng Tong Tan, Malaysia Hadriel Torres, Italy Siu Hang Andrew Tsang, UK Sheng Wang, China Mainland Huanzhen Yang, China Mainland Xiangsheng Zhang, China Mainland | CREATIVE Category Winner Rob Blanken, Netherlands Shortlist Laurence Cabantous, France Elizabeth Casasola, Mexico Murray Chant, New Zealand Jana Fašungová, Slovakia Alastair McLellan, UK Margit Lisa Roeder, Germany Hiromichi Shimizu, Japan Natalie Strohmaier, Germany Yang Tongyu, China Mainland Rob Trendy, UK Maciej Wróblewski, Poland Bin Yang, USA Ann Zhulan, Ukraine | LANDSCAPE Category Winner Liam Man, UK Shortlist Marco Capitanio, Italy Barry Crosthwaite, USA Garrett Davis, USA Filip Hrebenda, Slovakia Guangming Hu, China Mainland Charles Janson, USA Li Jun, China Mainland Lisa K. Kuhn, USA Juan Lopez Ruiz, Spain Ivan Padovani, Malta Vladimir Tadic, Bosnia and Herzegovina Zhihe Yang, China Mainland Marcin Zajac, Poland |
| LIFESTYLE Category Winner Alvin Kamau, Kenya Shortlist Sergio Attanasio, Italy Anirudha (Robi) Chakraborty, USA Tony Cowburn, UK Argus Paul Estabrook, USA Leo Huang, Taiwan Philip Joyce, UK Mahesh Pamidimarthi, India Paul Robertson, Ireland Amy Sacka, USA Rosella Tapella, Italy Catherine Wang, USA | MOTION Category Winner Samuel Andersen, Norway Shortlist Matteo Baronio, Italy Serkan Dogus, Turkey Jelly Febrian, Indonesia ChenYu Hsieh, Taiwan Thusitha Jayasundara, Sri Lanka Herman Morrison, Indonesia Andrew Moss, UK Ron Ratner, USA John Studwell, USA Frederic Volpato, France Sarah Wouters, Netherlands F. Dilek Yurdakul, Turkey Ryszard Zembrzuski, Poland | NATURAL WORLD & WILDLIFE Category Winner Ian Ford, UK Shortlist Christopher Baker, USA Jesus Frias, Spain Stuart James, USA Pedro Jarque Krebs, Peru Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan, India Jonathan McSwain, USA Thien Nguyen Ngoc, Vietnam Francis Principe-Gillespie, UK Christopher Ratcliff Iverson, USA Elodie Ruelleux-Dagorne, France Rina Saito, Japan Chris Schmid, Switzerland Pui Sun Tang, Malaysia Chee Kin Wong, Malaysia |
| OBJECT Category Winner Toni Rinaldo, Indonesia Shortlist Petia Angelova, Bulgaria Robyn Barron, Australia Martina Ceravolo, Italy Aleksandra Garbarczyk, Poland Ian Knaggs, UK Tom Laszlo, Hungary Doris Mangalu, United Republic of Tanzania Marcos Medina Garcia, Spain Daria Pietrasiewicz, Poland Oliver Sequenz, Germany Natalie Strohmaier, Germany | PORTRAITURE Category Winner Michelle Sank, UK Shortlist Frederic Aranda, UK Jonah Atkins, Canada Jon Enoch, UK Mark Harrison, UK Lloyd Jonathan Wright, UK Andreas Kanellopoulos, Greece Vladimir Karamazov, Bulgaria Tetiana Nikitina, Ukraine Maira Ray, Brazil Tyler Schiffman, USA Amadeusz Świerk, Poland | STREET PHOTOGRAPHY Category Winner Callie Eh, Malaysia Shortlist Sonia De Wit, Belgium Deepbrata Dutta, India Seyed Ali Hosseini Far, Islamic Republic of Iran Kathryn Mussallem, Canada Kathryn Mussallem, Canada Panfil Pîrvulescu, Romania Xavier Ponce, Ecuador Manuel Sáez Campillos, Spain Apolo Sales, Brazil Stefano Valerio, Italy Carlo Yuen, Hong Kong |
| TRAVEL Category Winner Yan Li, China Mainland Shortlist Matthew DeSantis, USA Nicola Ducati, Italy Wasiri Gajaman, Sri Lanka Todd Kennedy, Australia Setsuna Kurouzu, Japan Oscar Manso, Spain Cziráki Orsolya Boglárka, Hungary Alexandre Pietra, Switzerland Joy Saha, Bangladesh Azlan Shah Sahubar Naina Mohamed, Malaysia John Seager, UK Tran Tuan Viet, Vietnam Beatrice Wong, Hong Kong Beatrice Wong, Hong Kong |