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Sony’s commitment
The objective of the Sony World Photography Awards is to establish a platform for the continuous development of photographic culture. The Awards do this by recognising great contributions to photography in the past through the Outstanding Contribution to Photography prize as well as finding new talents of the future and providing them with the opportunity to be promoted and exhibited around the world. Sony is commited to photographic culture by extending their relationship with individual winners beyond the Awards to develop the individuals’ careers.
Announcement timeline
The Sony World Photography Awards 2022 results will be revealed as follows:
2021
November – Outstanding Contribution to Photography
2022
January – Student competition and Youth competition shortlists
February – National and Regional Awards winners, Professional competition finalists and shortlist
March – Open competition category winners and shortlist
April – Overall winners