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"Sensitive people faced with the prospect of a camera portrait put on a face they think is the one they would like to show to the world... Every so often what lies behind the facade is rare and more wonderful than the subject knows or dares to believe."
- Irving Penn
Each Thursday we'll be looking back over the last three years of the Sony World Photography Awards and choosing the best images from across a range of categories. Free to enter and open to all photographers, the awards’ are an authoritative voice in the photographic industry, with the power to shape the careers of its winning, shortlisted and commended photographers.
This week we take a look at some of the best commended, shortlisted and winning Portraiture photos...
© Sergey Lyashko, Russia, Commended, Open, People, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards
© Suk Wai Kwok, China, Commended, Open, People, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards
© Tadas Kazakevicius, Lithuania, Shortlist, Open, Portraits, 2017 Sony World Photography Awards
© Tim Topple, UK, Shortlist, Open Competition, Portraits, 2017 Sony World Photography Awards
© Priscila Beal, Brazil, Commended, Open, People, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards
© Jonas Hafner, Germany, Commended, Open, People, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards
© Dara Scully, Spain, Commended, Open, People, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards
© Borodkina Mariia, Russia, Shortlist, Open, People, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards
© Annela Samuel, Estonia, Commended, Open, Portraits, 2017 Sony World Photography Awards
© Alexander Vinogradov, Russia, Winner, Open, 2017 Sony World Photography Awards
© Agnieszka Marusczyk, Polish, Commended, Open, People, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards
