Below are the successful shortlisted images from 2019 Sony World Photography Awards Open competition, Portraiture category. View the winners' gallery to see the category winners.

Mikeila Borgia, Argentina, 'Diamond Skin'

Yuliya Kalamiytsava, Belarus, 'Little Present. (Flowers for Julia)'

Sean Hayes, United Kingdom, 'Nabil'

Below are the successful shortlisted images from 2019 Sony World Photography Awards Open competition, Natural World & Wildlife category. View the winners' gallery to see the category winners.

Nadia Aly, United States, 'Huddle'

Nick Edwards, United Kingdom, 'Bedraggled Hare Ballet '

Tracey Lund, United Kingdom, 'Underwater Gannets'

Below are the successful shortlisted images from 2019 Sony World Photography Awards Open competition, Motion category. View the winners' gallery to see the category winners.

Christy Lee Rogers, United States, 'Harmony'

Brooke Bartletta, United States, 'Runners I'

Francois Lenoir, Belgium, 'Spa F1 Crash'

Remy Whiting, United Kingdom, 'Night Swim'

Below are the successful shortlisted images from 2019 Sony World Photography Awards Open competition, Landscape category. View the winners' gallery to see the category winners.

Hal Gage, United States, 'Stumps, Alder Lake, Nisqually River, Washington'

Neil Burnell, United Kingdom, 'Executioner'

Gérard Bret, France, 'Illusion'

Below are the successful shortlisted images from 2019 Sony World Photography Awards Open competition, Culture category. View the winners gallery to see the category winners.

Yi Han, China Mainland, 'The Sound of Light'

Lifeng Chen, China Mainland, 'A Red River of Faith'

Pan Jianhua, China Mainland, 'Shadow Puppetry'

Below are the successful shortlisted images from 2019 Sony World Photography Awards Open competition, Creative category. View the winners' gallery to see the category winners.

Martin Stranka, Czech Republic, 'Dreamers and Warriors'

Oscar van Heek, Netherlands, 'The Iron Harvest'

Mariëtte Aernoudts, Netherlands, 'Little Mona Lisa'

Below are the successful shortlisted images from 2019 Sony World Photography Awards Open competition, Architecture category. View the winners' gallery to see the category winners.

Connor Henderson, Australia, 'The Mirrored Entrance of Tokyu Plaza'

Shaun Mills, United Kingdom, 'Sentinel'

Dean Grossmith, United Kingdom, 'A Sense of Scale'