Here's our weekly selection of thebest entries tothe2018 Sony World Photography Awards. If your image is showcased in today's blog,you’ve been chosen as among the best entries so far!

"Themedium of photography can be powerful. It is a way of capturing amoment in time well enough so that it isvisuallyarrestingto someone that was not even there."

"There are so many ways to express your ideas through photography. Photography is a lump of possibilities and astonishments."

There are now just over two weeks to go until the deadline for the Open competition in the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards! Submissions close Jan 4th, 2018.

In 2017Asger Ladefoged was shortlisted in two Professional categories of the Sony World Photography Awards with his projects, 'Alternative Teaching' and 'The Fight for Mosul'.

The ZEISS Photography Award offers photographersthe opportunity to showcase their talent to a distinguished jury and international audience. ZEISS equipment and travel funds up for grabs.

"I am always seeking out adventure to capture what I see. I'm traveling in my Ford Transit 2003 campervan, which makes it possible to wake up in a new location every day!"

As always, we have chosen ourbest entries of the weekto theOpen competition. If your image is showcased,you’ve been chosen by our editors as among the best entries so far.

"Black Dotsis the result of almost three years spent traversing our most remote landscapes in an attempt to better understand what these buildings are, where they’re located and the culture that surrounds them."

"There are so many distractions in modern connected life, and for me, to really see and visually compose, you have to turn off and tune out for a while."