• Copyright: © Christopher Madden , United Kingdom, Shortlist, Open, Architecture (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. The inspiration for this image came from an image created by the world renowned architectural photographer Ezra Stoller.
    Copyright: © Christopher Madden , United Kingdom, Shortlist, Open, Architecture (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. The inspiration for this image came from an image created by the world renowned architectural photographer Ezra Stoller.
  • Copyright: © Zhou Dainan, China, Shortlist, Open, Street Photography (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. On March 17, 2018, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China held a city camping event.
    Copyright: © Zhou Dainan, China, Shortlist, Open, Street Photography (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. On March 17, 2018, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China held a city camping event.
  • Copyright: © Lu Quanhou, China, Shortlist, Open, Travel (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Photographed in Kuitun Grand Canyon, Xinjiang.
    Copyright: © Lu Quanhou, China, Shortlist, Open, Travel (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Photographed in Kuitun Grand Canyon, Xinjiang.
  • Copyright: © Neil Burnell, United Kingdom, Shortlist, Open, Landscape, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. I found this machine in a woodland on Dartmoor, the fog which had crept into the woods created an eerie atmosphere.
    Copyright: © Neil Burnell, United Kingdom, Shortlist, Open, Landscape, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. I found this machine in a woodland on Dartmoor, the fog which had crept into the woods created an eerie atmosphere.
  • Copyright: © Francois Lenoir, Belgium, Shortlist, Open, Motion (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. McLaren's Fernando Alonso and Sauber's Charles Leclerc crash at the first corner during the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, August 26, 2018.
    Copyright: © Francois Lenoir, Belgium, Shortlist, Open, Motion (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. McLaren's Fernando Alonso and Sauber's Charles Leclerc crash at the first corner during the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, August 26, 2018.
  • Copyright: © Billie-Maree Ward, Australia, Shortlist, Open, Still Life (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Crushed pastels lined up in plastic spoons.
    Copyright: © Billie-Maree Ward, Australia, Shortlist, Open, Still Life (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Crushed pastels lined up in plastic spoons.
  • Copyright: © Connor Henderson, Australia, Shortlist, Open, Architecture (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Within this mind-bending structure of art, you'll be caught staring no matter the direction you're looking.
    Copyright: © Connor Henderson, Australia, Shortlist, Open, Architecture (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Within this mind-bending structure of art, you'll be caught staring no matter the direction you're looking.
  • Copyright: © Marco Zaffignani, Italy, Shortlist, Open, Travel (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. This image represents my meeting with the whale sharks in West Papua last september. Here, in Teluk Cenderawasih National Park, you can swim with these beautiful animals, which are continually approaching the fishing platforms and surround you with their slow and impressive motion. The experience leaves you breathless.
    Copyright: © Marco Zaffignani, Italy, Shortlist, Open, Travel (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. This image represents my meeting with the whale sharks in West Papua last september. Here, in Teluk Cenderawasih National Park, you can swim with these beautiful animals, which are continually approaching the fishing platforms and surround you with their slow and impressive motion. The experience leaves you breathless.
  • Copyright: © Antonio Gandore, Romania, Shortlist, Open, Landscape, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. This photography has been taken in Romania, at a poisoned lake from the mining area.
    Copyright: © Antonio Gandore, Romania, Shortlist, Open, Landscape, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. This photography has been taken in Romania, at a poisoned lake from the mining area.
  • Copyright: © Msaaed Al Gharibah, Kuwait, Shortlist, Open, Natural World & Wildlife, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. The Arabian Red Fox ( Vulpes vulpes arabica ) is a subspecies of the Red Fox and is native to Arabia and adapted to life in the desert. It inhabits virtually every environment in Arabia from cities along the coast to desert and mountains.
    Copyright: © Msaaed Al Gharibah, Kuwait, Shortlist, Open, Natural World & Wildlife, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. The Arabian Red Fox ( Vulpes vulpes arabica ) is a subspecies of the Red Fox and is native to Arabia and adapted to life in the desert. It inhabits virtually every environment in Arabia from cities along the coast to desert and mountains.
  • Copyright: © Yung-sen Wu, Taiwan, Province of China (China), Shortlist, Open, Natural World & Wildlife, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. These Pacific species of squid will come to the west coast of Canada from the distant sea every autumn, return to the birthplace of the inland river through the estuary, and look for the estuary of the estuary, the temperature of the river, and the environment. After entering the inland river, you will start a long journey back to the river. In addition to the Sockeye, which was listed as the “Squid Conservation Program” by the Canadian federal government throughout the late autumn, you can also see other Coho, Chum, and Chinook from the Pacific Ocean. ) Going home, I don’t eat or drink water for 800 kilometers in three months. When I arrived at the same year, I was ruined and dying. Exhausting the only force, the carp parents died after spawning and fertilization, and the most important mission of this life was finally completed.
    Copyright: © Yung-sen Wu, Taiwan, Province of China (China), Shortlist, Open, Natural World & Wildlife, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. These Pacific species of squid will come to the west coast of Canada from the distant sea every autumn, return to the birthplace of the inland river through the estuary, and look for the estuary of the estuary, the temperature of the river, and the environment. After entering the inland river, you will start a long journey back to the river. In addition to the Sockeye, which was listed as the “Squid Conservation Program” by the Canadian federal government throughout the late autumn, you can also see other Coho, Chum, and Chinook from the Pacific Ocean. ) Going home, I don’t eat or drink water for 800 kilometers in three months. When I arrived at the same year, I was ruined and dying. Exhausting the only force, the carp parents died after spawning and fertilization, and the most important mission of this life was finally completed.
  • Copyright: © Alimohammad Karami, Iran, Shortlist, Open, Culture (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Nowruz is the traditional Iranian festival of spring which starts at the exact moment of the vernal equinox, commencing the start of the spring. It is considered as the start of the New Year among Iranians. The name comes from Avestan meaning "new day/daylight". Noruz is celebrated March 20/21 each year, at the time the sun enters Aries and Spring begins. Noruz has been celebrated for at least 3,000 years
    Copyright: © Alimohammad Karami, Iran, Shortlist, Open, Culture (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Nowruz is the traditional Iranian festival of spring which starts at the exact moment of the vernal equinox, commencing the start of the spring. It is considered as the start of the New Year among Iranians. The name comes from Avestan meaning "new day/daylight". Noruz is celebrated March 20/21 each year, at the time the sun enters Aries and Spring begins. Noruz has been celebrated for at least 3,000 years
  • Copyright: © Angel Fitor, Spain, Shortlist, Open, Natural World & Wildlife, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. A jellyfish pulsates its umbrella right beneath the surface at the end of the blooming season in Mar Menor (Spain) coastal lagoon.
    Copyright: © Angel Fitor, Spain, Shortlist, Open, Natural World & Wildlife, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. A jellyfish pulsates its umbrella right beneath the surface at the end of the blooming season in Mar Menor (Spain) coastal lagoon.
  • Copyright: © Nick Edwards, United Kingdom, Shortlist, Open, Natural World & Wildlife, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. For some time, I have been photographing a colony of hares on a local farm on the Isle of Wight, UK. I noticed that they often gathered at dawn on a field ridge, where shafts of early light through a nearby wood provide ideal lighting for photography. Additionally, we had a very wet Spring, so the animals were often bedraggled and creating spray as they ran. It was then a matter of waiting for very many days for light, hares and their antics to come together for a photograph.
    Copyright: © Nick Edwards, United Kingdom, Shortlist, Open, Natural World & Wildlife, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. For some time, I have been photographing a colony of hares on a local farm on the Isle of Wight, UK. I noticed that they often gathered at dawn on a field ridge, where shafts of early light through a nearby wood provide ideal lighting for photography. Additionally, we had a very wet Spring, so the animals were often bedraggled and creating spray as they ran. It was then a matter of waiting for very many days for light, hares and their antics to come together for a photograph.
  • Copyright: © Md. Akhlas Uddin, Bangladesh, Shortlist, Open, Street Photography (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. The overcrowded train and station at the early morning in Tongi railway station. Bangladeshi Muslim devotees attending the Akheri Munajat by train, On the third day of Biswa Ijtema, Bishwa ijtema is the second largest Muslim congregation after the Hajj, in Bangladesh, 14 January 2018, around one million Muslims from Bangladesh and abroad observed the three-day congregation with prayers on the banks of the Turag River, Tongi, Gazipur, Bangladesh.
    Copyright: © Md. Akhlas Uddin, Bangladesh, Shortlist, Open, Street Photography (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. The overcrowded train and station at the early morning in Tongi railway station. Bangladeshi Muslim devotees attending the Akheri Munajat by train, On the third day of Biswa Ijtema, Bishwa ijtema is the second largest Muslim congregation after the Hajj, in Bangladesh, 14 January 2018, around one million Muslims from Bangladesh and abroad observed the three-day congregation with prayers on the banks of the Turag River, Tongi, Gazipur, Bangladesh.
  • Copyright: © Hal Gage, United States of America, Shortlist, Open, Landscape (Open Competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Stumps exposed from in spring when water levels on the man-made Alder lake on the Nisqually River Dam, Washington are low.
    Copyright: © Hal Gage, United States of America, Shortlist, Open, Landscape (Open Competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Stumps exposed from in spring when water levels on the man-made Alder lake on the Nisqually River Dam, Washington are low.
  • Copyright: © Tracey Lund, United Kingdom, Shortlist, Open, Natural World & Wildlife (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Whilst on a trip to Shetland, the biggest thing I wanted to do was photograph the gannets as they feed underwater. The photography takes place at sea around some of Shetland’s remotest headlands. Dead bait is used, using fish the Gannets would normally eat, locally sourced around Shetland. To be able to capture what goes on under the water was an unbelievable experience and one I will never forget.
    Copyright: © Tracey Lund, United Kingdom, Shortlist, Open, Natural World & Wildlife (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Whilst on a trip to Shetland, the biggest thing I wanted to do was photograph the gannets as they feed underwater. The photography takes place at sea around some of Shetland’s remotest headlands. Dead bait is used, using fish the Gannets would normally eat, locally sourced around Shetland. To be able to capture what goes on under the water was an unbelievable experience and one I will never forget.
  • Copyright: © Ilya Bugaev, Moldova (Republic of), Shortlist, Youth, Diversity (2019 Youth competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. For many years, work was in full swing in the gorge near Trinka village, Moldova. For centuries, lime was mined here, burned, and sent to all the surrounding area. Today, the walls of this natural quarry are overgrown with grass and trees, the old kilns have been destroyed, and this village is famous for its meadows rather than its fossil resources. However, there is enough work here now. Herds of sheep grazing require a shepherd. It was important for me to capture the calm and tranquility in the eyes of this young shepherd, cut off from work, knocked out of his routine by a visit from an unexpected guest. This is exactly what is rarely seen in the bustle of the city, in the eyes of those who work far from nature and whose leisure is not enriched by unity with beautiful natural landscapes.
    Copyright: © Ilya Bugaev, Moldova (Republic of), Shortlist, Youth, Diversity (2019 Youth competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. For many years, work was in full swing in the gorge near Trinka village, Moldova. For centuries, lime was mined here, burned, and sent to all the surrounding area. Today, the walls of this natural quarry are overgrown with grass and trees, the old kilns have been destroyed, and this village is famous for its meadows rather than its fossil resources. However, there is enough work here now. Herds of sheep grazing require a shepherd. It was important for me to capture the calm and tranquility in the eyes of this young shepherd, cut off from work, knocked out of his routine by a visit from an unexpected guest. This is exactly what is rarely seen in the bustle of the city, in the eyes of those who work far from nature and whose leisure is not enriched by unity with beautiful natural landscapes.
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The Sony World Photography Awards shortlisted entries for 2019

11 February 2019
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The World Photography Organisation has shared the shortlisted photographers in the Open and Youth categories of the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards, with three Australian photographers recognised in the annual competition. 

Copyright: © Lauren Hook, Australia, Shortlist, Open, Travel (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Family camp under the stars on the Colo river, NSW. The family all asleep and a small nightlight still on in the tent, I was enjoying the last remaining heat from our camp fire when I saw this composition. Shot low to the ground at a wide angle, I wanted to capture as much of the sky and canopy as I could. Luckily as I was taking the image, campers further down the hill added firewood to their campfire and illuminated the trees even further.
Copyright: © Lauren Hook, Australia, Shortlist, Open, Travel (Open competition), 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Family camp under the stars on the Colo river, NSW. The family all asleep and a small nightlight still on in the tent, I was enjoying the last remaining heat from our camp fire when I saw this composition. Shot low to the ground at a wide angle, I wanted to capture as much of the sky and canopy as I could. Luckily as I was taking the image, campers further down the hill added firewood to their campfire and illuminated the trees even further.

A record-breaking 326,997 entries from 195 countries were received in 2018-19. The Open shortlist comprises a selection of images selected across ten diverse categories.

Above you can see a selection of some of our favourite entries, as well as the Australian representatives in the shortlist.

The winners will be revealed on February 26, with overall Open and Youth winners announced April 17, 2019.  

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