"This medium has never failed to motivate me to create new work. I will do photography as long as I can feel a strong bond with my camera, and I hope it will last a lifetime."

"My love of landscape and solitude; the drama of light and weather over the terrain is a spiritual inspiration. It's rapid changes and the variety of changing scenes leaves me ecstatic..."

This year's theme requires photographers to present a strong series of 5-10 images that look beyond the ordinary and every day. Entries close February 6th, 2018.

"I love that landscape photography takes what might be a chaotic, busy scene, and allows the photographer organize it into something that is beautifully structured."

Welcome to our penultimateselection of thesingle images submitted totheOpen competitionof the2018 Sony World Photography Awards.

We featured many incredible photographers on our Instagram feed in 2017. As the year comes to an end, we take a look back at the 17 most popular photos of the year.