"I am a black and white photographer who is in love with art and this is why what I aim is to bring these two mediums together in my work and in how I experience it."

Pål Hansen's portrait of Graham Norton is shortlisted in the Open competition of the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards.

We are delighted to reveal theoverall winners of the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards. See them at Somerset House until 6th May.

The reaction to this year's Sony World Photography Awards was incredible... and record-breaking, with the most amountof entries (319,561) in our 11-year history.

"Photography subtly plays with the border between illusion and reality. Is it real? Is it fake? Life in Dubai is a bit the same."

At this years exhibition of the Sony World Photography Awards, the World Photography Organisation will be selling fine art photographic prints on site of the exhibited photographers.

Each week we will be choosing 10 highlightedimages (5 from Open and 5 from Pro) ahead of all the images being displayedat the2018 Exhibition in Londonfrom 20th April - 6th May.

"My characters find themselves almost anonymous, melting in places, vanishing into them, constantly looking for any possibility of escape."

To coincide with the 2018 Exhibition at Somerset House, from 20th April- 6th May, we've launched a new dedicated print sales store.

Julien Mauve's work has quickly caught the attention of a global audience, taking us on an often enigmatic visual journey.