Varun Thota is a Product Designer, living and working in Hong Kong. He is shortlisted in the Professional Landscape category of the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards.

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"I just try and set out to create different and unique images from these events and also with my photography in general. I guess that is the biggest part of my process."

Each week, we will be choosing 10 highlightedimagesahead of all the images being displayedat the 2018 Exhibition in London from 20th April - 6th May.

"I am very intrigued by the surreal moments in nature that I come across. Most of the time this results in a compulsion to capture this artistically."

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We are delighted to reveal the shortlist for the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards. Almost320,000 images were entered across all competitions.

"Sometimes I just don't see any potential photographs I want to take, even if I'm in a place I enjoy. Not everything needs to be photographed for the sake of taking a photograph."

"I love the new perspectives that drone photography has enabled. It has really brought a new dimension to what I'm able to achieve with a camera."

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