Sony Alpha Awards announces 2021 competition winners

22 July 2021

The winners of this year’s Sony Alpha Awards have been announced, with photographer Matt Beaver named Grand Prize Winner for his image The Fog.

Grand prize winner, Matt Beaver, The Fog.

Now in their sixth year, the annual awards recognise the talent of amateur and professional photographers across Australia and New Zealand. Images must be captured using Sony Alpha cameras and lenses.

Beaver takes away AUD $10,000 worth of Sony camera gear for his win.

Across the competition’s 12 categories, more than 4900 images were submitted in 2021, with a panel of 24 judges selecting a final shortlist for each category.

You can see all the category winners below.

The 2021 winners

Astrophotography

City/Street

Compact

Judi Thies, In the shadow of a palm tree.

Creative

Editorial

Landscape

Nature

Portrait

Sports

Remy Brand, the morning dance.

Seascape

Wedding

© Brendan Samuels, no words, no sounds, just soft murmers.

To find out more about the Awards, you can visit the website here.

Standalone Youth Competition

Additonally, two young Australian photographers, Eric Wu and Jarvis Smallman, have been selected as the finalists for the standalone Youth competition. This standalone competition was created to inspire Australian students aged 11 to 18 to showcase their photography skills, with the winner to be announced shortly.

22/7/21 - We've updated the original story on the competition finalists to now include the winners of the competition.