See the some of the best new entries to the Open competition of the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards, from the week commencing Dec 12.

With 2016 coming to a close, we lookback and presentsome of our favourite images from the Professional categories of 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.

"I'm a French photographer living in London and I started this project involving a Gameboy Camera.With it I try to show a world where the line between familiar and new is blurred."

Joni Sternbach is a native New Yorker. She uses both large format film and early photographic processes to create contemporary landscapes and environmental portraits.

7 days, 7 images on the World Photography Organisation Instagram feed:#WPOfavsfeature: @salvalopez.

Florian W. Mueller is a Cologne based photographer with 15+ years experience in photography. His work isexhibited and published internationally and has received numerous awards.

Judges are looking for good composition, creativity and clear photographs.This year, we are asking our young photographers to respond to the brief:Beauty

"For me, the Arctic is one of the most fascinating places of the earth, but also one of the most endangered. The Arctic is constantly moving and shifting, melting reforming, appearing and disappearing."

See the some of the best new entries to the Open competition of the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards. Entry is free.

"We are explorers. We always have been. We dreamt of scaling mountains, exploring other continents, diving deep into the ocean and flying in high up the air."