Mesmerising moments from 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
The World Photography Organisation has announced the winners of the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards in their Open competition.
The awards, founded in 2007, received over 415,000 images from over 200 countries and territories for their 2023 competition.
200,000 images were entered into their Open category, and the 2023 National & Regional Awards Winners have been showcased for the world to see, with work representing a diverse range of images from all around the globe.
For the hopeful photographers - across the four categories of Professional, Open, Student, and Youth - entries are free to submit, with a tempting top prize of $25,000. Winners of the National & Regional Awards receive Sony digital imaging equipment and international exposure.
“The Awards are regarded as one of the world’s most prestigious photography competitions by elevating photographers’ careers – from established to emerging – since it started 16 years ago,” the World Photography Organisation has said.
Of the National & Regional Awards programme, they state on their website that “expert judges uncover the best single images from each of the countries” and that the category “celebrates and rewards local photographic talent across the world.”
This year’s winners are no exception, with a photographer from each nation honoured for a standalone image. The remaining overall winners are set to be announced at the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards exhibition in April.
If the National & Regional Awards are anything to go by, the judges will have their work cut out for them narrowing down the record entries.
All image credits: Sony World Photography Awards