"I love to play with new ideas mentally and communicate them through experimental techniques in my photographs. It's an act of extensive freedom."

To celebrate International Women's Day, we asked 7 of our female staff members based in London to choose their favourite Open and Professional images by female photographers from the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards shortlist.

Belgian photographer Kevin Faingnaert has won the 2017 ZEISS Photography Award. Kevin's series 'Føroyar' depictslife on remote and sparsely populated villages on the Faroe Islands.

'Hackney Studios' is a long-termproject by East London resident and photographer, Jenny Lewis, now published by Hoxton Mini Press.

"The word 'snapshot' is usually used in a derogatory way, but it doesn't have to imply disposable or unthinking, it can be elevated beyond that."

"From a composing perspective 99% of my shots are top-down, with the drone camera perpendicular to the ground. I like how top-down shots redesign our classic perspective, forcing to compose each shot accordingly."