"Our culture praises superficial beauty, loudness, overconfidence. The best things are frequently quiet and unassuming, often unseen or ignored."

Christian Vizl’s extraordinary underwater photos have landed him 3rd Place in the Natural World category of the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards.

"For each project, I always start with an initial idea, then spend months researching and exploring it playfully in sketchbooks. This time I’ve been working with photographs and video as well."

"The reportage in Lalibela was shot over the three days I spent following an incredible flow of pilgrims wandering from one rock-hewn church to another."

"This series shows what happens when you take the names of meals in a literal sense. It shows what happens when you begin to look at the language surrounding food..."

Sony today introduced its new revolutionary digital camera, the α9 (model ILCE-9).

"We fight against our mortality, denying it, yet photographs are there to prove our inescapable destiny. The idea of getting older is heart-rending."

"Look for features of the building you can use to compose your photographs, such as repetition or patterns in the façade, colonnades or interesting details."

"There will always be young people and even though the political situation might change many challenges of their daily life will stay the same."

We are delighted to reveal the grand prize winners for the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards.Belgian photographer Frederik Buyckx securestitle of Photographer of the Year.