Student and Youth shortlists have been announced! Here's a first look at the celebrated series
"To be good photographers I believe you need good education in all disciplines, to see and learn about the world in all its facets. Be hungry of knowledge."
The judges are looking to award the best single images from across the 10 diverse categories, from Architecture and Landscape to Still Life and Street Photography.
Winning & shortlisted photographers will be included in a global press campaign, featured across the World Photography Organisation website and exhibited at Somerset House, London in Spring 2017.
He photographed street vendors, protesters, mothers, children, the homeless, street animals and his lovers and friends.
"The scale and dimensions was outrageous. The architecture was mind-blowing. The feeling was other-wordly. It was love at first sight."
Sony UK Ambassador Michael Wayne Plant began as a freelance advertising and architectural photographer in Brisbane, Australia.
Overall winners announced
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