Below are the successful shortlisted images from 2019 Sony World Photography Awards Open competition, Culture category. View the winners gallery to see the category winners.

Yi Han, China Mainland, 'The Sound of Light'

Lifeng Chen, China Mainland, 'A Red River of Faith'

Pan Jianhua, China Mainland, 'Shadow Puppetry'

Below are the successful shortlisted images from 2019 Sony World Photography Awards Open competition, Creative category. View the winners' gallery to see the category winners.

Martin Stranka, Czech Republic, 'Dreamers and Warriors'

Oscar van Heek, Netherlands, 'The Iron Harvest'

Mariëtte Aernoudts, Netherlands, 'Little Mona Lisa'

Below are the successful shortlisted images from 2019 Sony World Photography Awards Open competition, Architecture category. View the winners' gallery to see the category winners.

Connor Henderson, Australia, 'The Mirrored Entrance of Tokyu Plaza'

Shaun Mills, United Kingdom, 'Sentinel'

Dean Grossmith, United Kingdom, 'A Sense of Scale'