Sony World Photography Awards 2023 announces Open winners
The winners of the Open competition in the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 have been announced.
Over 415,000 images from more than 200 countries were submitted in 2023, with the overall winner of the Open competition set to be announced in London on 13 April.
The ten category winners are below.
Winner, Portraiture: Sukhy Hullait (United Kingdom). "Charlie," a portrait shot centre-frame of a young teenager who, along with his friends, decided to turn an abandoned pub car park into a skatepark when most were closed during the pandemic. Photo © Sukhy Hullait. Image supplied: World Photography Organisation. Winner, Street Photography: Andreas Mikonauschke, Germany. "Exhausted," shows a group of tired men after lifting and carrying heavy wooden frames with statues depicting biblical scenes through the streets of Andalusia during the traditional Easter processions of ‘Semana Santa’. Photo © Andreas Mikonauschke. Image supplied: World Photography Organisation. Winner, Lifestyle: Azim Khan Ronnie, Bangladesh. "Childhood," captures children weaving in and out of scores of giant cones (topas) in a Bangladeshi rice processing plant as they play with a cart used by workers to carry and dry rice. Photo © Azim Khan Ronnie. Image supplied: World Photography Organisation. Winner, Architecture: Mark Benham, United Kingdom. Silos and surrounding buildings in the Port of Brest in France. Photo © Mark Benham. Image supplied: World Photography Organisation. Winner, Natural World & Wildlife. Dinorah Graue Obscura, Mexico. "Mighty Pair" was taken during a trip in South Texas and features two crested caracara birds standing still and looking out beyond the camera in the same direction, as if posing for the photographer. Photo © Dinorah Graue Obscura. Image supplied: World Photography Organisation. Winner, Travel: Max Vere-Hodge, United Kingdom. The Mundari Tribe of South Sudan appearing among the nightly fires they light to keep the tsetse flies and mosquitoes off their beloved Ankole-Watusi cows. Photo © Max Vere-Hodge. Image supplied: World Photography Organisation. Winner, Motion: Zhenhuan Zhou, China Mainland. "Slam on the Brakes" captures a high-action moment from a barrel racing competition in Ontario, Canada. Photo © Zhenhuan Zhou. Image supplied: World Photography Organisation. Winner, Object: Mieke Douglas, Netherlands. All is not as it seems in a trompe l’oeil shot of flower-like plastic bags and tulle arranged as a bouquet, inviting us to take a second look. Photo © Mieke Douglas. Image supplied World Photography Organisation. Winner, Creative: Boris Eldagsen, Germany. Haunting black-and-white portrait of two women from different generations, reminiscent of the visual language of 1940s family portraits. From the series "Pseudomnesia". Photo © Boris Eldagsen. Image supplied: World Photography Organisation. Winner, Landscape: Giorgos Rousopoulos, Greece. This mountain landscape was captured in Pindus National Park, Greece. The peak in the distance is Mount Tymfi, which stands at a height of 2,497 metres. Photo © Giorgos Rousopoulos. Image supplied: World Photography Organisation.
