We featured many incredible photographers on our Instagram feed in 2017. As the year comes to an end, we take a look back at the 17 most popular photos of the year.

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'.