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Professional competition
Professional competition
Enter your best photo series - you could win $25,000, a range of top Sony digital imaging equipment plus benefit from global exposure
Open competition
Open competition
Enter your best single images - you could win $5,000, a range of top Sony digital imaging equipment plus benefit from global exposure
Youth competition
Youth competition
Dedicated to young photographers aged from 12 to 19 years-old - first prize is top Sony digital imaging equipment plus benefit from global exposure
Student competition
Student competition
Provides a platform for photography students worldwide - first prize is top Sony digital imaging equipment plus benefit from global exposure
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.