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2019 Open and Youth shortlists announced

We are delighted to reveal the Open and Youth competition shortlists from the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. From portraiture to landscape, architecture to wildlife, fine art to street, the selection is truly international in scope.

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A beautiful glitch

Ewa Doroszenko shares her thought-provoking series Body Editor, which questions our unhealthy obsession with beauty

Finding a story

During a trip to Uganda's capital photographer Ariel Tagar caught sight of a man riding past on a Vespa scooter. Striking up a conversation with the rider led to one of his most acclaimed photo projects to date

This week's focus: Rachael Talibart

Fine art photographer Rachael Talibart answers our quick-fire questions to kickstart her takeover of the World Photography Organisation's Instagram feed for the week

A modern eye: Keith Isaacs' images of buildings

Perhaps it was the time he spent in Barcelona, a Mecca for Modernist architecture, that influenced Keith Isaacs' decision to dedicate his life to photographing architecture. We put him under the spotlight

Why Janet Holmes takes pictures of chickens

Photographer and animals rights advocate Janet Holmes uses the power of positive storytelling in her imagery to promote the need for a world free from animal exploitation

The Poetics of Science

Sheung Yiu's intriguing photographic practice stems from looking at images found in his old school science textbooks. He reveals more about his highly stylised approach to photography and where he finds his inspiration

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