"I don't like the hustle and bustle of big cities, I preferto explore the wilderness. I like to be in many places at the same time- that is the way I try to compensate for the lost years of my youth."

"This medium has never failed to motivate me to create new work. I will do photography as long as I can feel a strong bond with my camera, and I hope it will last a lifetime."

"My love of landscape and solitude; the drama of light and weather over the terrain is a spiritual inspiration. It's rapid changes and the variety of changing scenes leaves me ecstatic..."

This year's theme requires photographers to present a strong series of 5-10 images that look beyond the ordinary and every day. Entries close February 6th, 2018.

"I love that landscape photography takes what might be a chaotic, busy scene, and allows the photographer organize it into something that is beautifully structured."

Welcome to our penultimateselection of thesingle images submitted totheOpen competitionof the2018 Sony World Photography Awards.