Ten extraordinary photographers have been named as the category winners of the 2011 Sony World Photography Awards.
Beating competition from over 51,000 submissions from 148 countries, the winners are:
Action – Chan Kwok Hung (Hong Kong), After Dark – Chumlong Nilkon (Thailand), Architecture – Marek Troszczynski (Poland), Arts & Culture – Hubert Januar (Indonesia), Fashion – Edina Csoboth (Hungary), Nature & Wildlife – Andiyan Lutfi (Indonesia), Panoramic – Wolfgang Weinhardt (Germany), People – Raghuranjan Sarkar (India), Smile – Carlos Henrique Reinesch (Brazil), Travel – James Chong (Singapore).
All the winning images were exhibited as part of the World Photography Festival in London alongside the winners of the Sony World Photography Awards Professional competition.