Check out the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards winners
The annual 2023 Sony World Photography Awards winners have been announced by Sony and the World Photography Organisation. The program was started 16 years ago to honor photographers of all levels, from amateurs to professionals.
The competition this year had close to 500,000 submissions, including photographs of still life, travel, street life, sports, nature, and animals. “If pictures act as role models, we, photographers, also shape the view of people with our publications. Through my pictures, I want to show dignity, diversity, perfection and also (supposedly) imperfection in people,” said 2021 award winner Astrid Susanna Schulz.
Prize money for the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards winners is $25,000 USD, and they also get Sony digital cameras and a feature within the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition and book.
You can view a list of the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards winners below. Visit the World Photography Organisation website for additional details on the contest and entry requirements.
- Edgar Martins, Portugal, Photographer of the Year, Professional Competition, Portraiture
- Fan Li, China, 1st Place, Professional Competition, Architecture and Design
- Lee-Ann Olwage, South Africa, 1st Place, Professional Competition, Creative
- Hugh Kinsella Cunningham, United Kingdom, 1st Place, Professional Competition, Documentary Projects
- Hugh Kinsella Cunningham, United Kingdom, 1st Place, Professional Competition, Documentary Projects
- Marisol Mendez and Federico Kaplan, Bolivia, 1st Place, Professional Competition, Environment
- Kacper Kowalski, Poland, 1st Place, Professional Competition, Landscape
- James Deavin, United Kingdom, 1st Place, Professional Competition, Portfolio
- Al Bello, United States, 1st Place, Professional Competition, Sport
- Kechun Zhang, China, 1st Place, Professional Competition, Still Life
- Corey Arnold, United States, 1st Place, Professional Competition, Wildlife and Nature
- Dinorah Graue Obscura, Mexico, Open Photographer of the Year, Natural World and Wildlife
- Mark Benham, United Kingdom, 1st Place, Open Competition, Architecture
- Giorgos Rousoupoulos, Greece, 1st Place, Open Competition, Landscape
- Azim Khan Ronnie, Bangladesh, 1st Place, Open Competition, Lifestyle
- Zhenhuan Zhou, Canada, 1st Place, Open Competition, Motion
- Mieke Douglas, United Kingdom, 1st Place, Open Competition, Object
- Sukhy Hullait, United Kingdom, 1st Place, Open Competition, Portraiture
- Andreas Mikonauschke, Germany, 1st Place, Open Competition, Street
- Max Vere-Hodge, United Kingdom, 1st Place, Open Competition, Travel
- Long Jing, China, Student Photographer of the Year, Student competition, In a Changing World
- Hai Wang, China, Youth Photographer of the Year, Your Everyday
- Alessandro Cinque, Italy, Winner, Sustainability Prize
- Angela Ponce, Peru, Latin American Professional Award