25 Of The Best Photos From The 2015 Sony World Photography Awards Shortlist
The 2015 Sony World Photography Awards gathered some of the best amateur and professional photos around the world and showcased them in an epic collection of the year’s best photography. The shortlist for this year’s competition is sure to please, featuring a series of beautiful and powerful images from a range of different categories.
The competition received a record total of 173,444 images from 171 countries this year – 24% more than in 2014. The overall winners, who will be revealed on April 23rd, are competing for a total of $30,000 in cash prizes. Participants competed in 13 professional, 10 open and 3 youth categories.
The contest is an inexhaustible well of amazing photography – when we wrote about the contest several months ago, we highlighted a completely different set of photos, all of which were stunning and none of which are highlighted here.
More info: worldphoto.org (h/t: huffpost)
“On the Tundra” by Simon Morris — People, Open
A Young Nenets boy plays in -40 degrees on Yamal in the Winter in Siberia.
“Old Shepherd” by Saeed Barikani — People, Open
An old Shepherd that had been surprised by snow storm in Gilan’s countrysides in the north of Iran.
“Frog Story” by Harfian Herdi — Nature & Wildlife, Open
Three cute frogs at morning light.
“Cat Mothers” by Ramil Gilvano — Lifestyle, Professional
Series of images from the life of photographer’s family
“CAESAR” by Christian Berthelot — Professional, Portraiture
“Caesar” are portraits of children. They were all born by caesarean section and they only have a few seconds of life – all survived. These photographys are the first performance of a new human being, unique and primal.
“Pray” by Muhammad Berkati — Arts & Culture, Open
Taken in Bromo Indonesia.
“Sweat and Blood” by Marcin Kloce — Sport, Professional Competition
The photographs show a training session of sumo wrestlers from Miyagino stable in the Ryogoku district of Tokyo. The training was a very unique event as it was attended by Yokozuna Akuho Sho, who presented his master skills by taking part in several regular fights, all of which he obviously won. Special emphasis was put on showing how demanding sumo is an dhow fit and flexible the wrestlers are, what could be a surprise to those, who would judge them only by their appearance.
“Restricted Areas” by Danila Tkachenko — Landscape, Professional
The project “Restricted areas” is about utopian strive of humans for technological progress. Humans are always trying to own ever more than they have – this is the source of technical progress, which was the means to create various commodities, standards, as well as the tools of violence in order to keep the power over others. Better, higher, stronger – these ideals often express the main ideology of the governments, for these goals they are ready to sacrifice almost everything.
“Blue Fields” by Simon Butterworth — Landscape, Professional
The images were shot from a light aircraft flying at between 4,000 & 5,000ft. The height was crucial in order to flatten perspective by using long focal lengths. Time of day and cloud cover were also critical, the abstract effect being heightened by complete lack of signifying shadow.
“Underwater Grace” by Jonathan Yeap Chin Tiong — Sport, Professional
The photographer attempts to capture the underwater grace and juxtaposition of the synchronized swimming team trainings in Singapore.
“Acid Survivors in India” by Jordi Pizarro — Conceptual, Professional
A portrait series showing the effect of the acid attacks in India. The first picture is a reproduction of her pictures before the attack and the other one is a portrait that I took.
“Shadow City” by Ronaldo Land — Sports, Professional
Skate in Rio de Janeiro
“Pelican Feeding” by Melissa Little — Nature & Wildlife, Open
These pelicans are resident on the point at Port Vincent on the Yorke Peninsular in South Australian and have become as opportunistic as the seagulls waiting for fish offal.
“Exuberance” by Christine Kapuschinsky Johnson — Smile, Open
“A Life Apart: The Toll Of Obesity” by Lisa Kranttz — Contemporary Issues, Professional
For years, Hector Garcia Jr. battled severe obesity and all its consequences: the pain, the ridicule and the lost hopes. After years of repeatedly gaining and losing hundreds of pounds, Garcia, who at one point weighed 636 pounds, once again was stuck in the back bedroom of his parents’ modest house, in San Antonio, Texas. His weight put him in a category known as severely obese, which makes up about 6.3 percent of the U.S. population.
“Miracle Mile” by Gina Nero — Architecture, Open
Miracle Mile is my first photograph taken after relocating to Los Angeles from New York.
“Hundred And Forty Centimeters” by Sabine Lewandowski — People, Professional
Down syndrome is not a disease, it is not curable. People with Down syndrome have often physical and mental impairments that make them different from others. Since 2012 it is possible to determine by means of non-invasive tests before birth whether a child will have Down’s syndrome, as necessary, initiate an abortion. The photo series “one hundred and forty centimeters” raises questions about our relationship with the stigma of “living with impairment,” and the technical possibilities to determine this even before birth.
“Glasgow; Second City of The Empire. On the run up to the Scottish Referendum,” by Dougie Wallace — Portraiture, Professional
In Iraq, life expectancy is 67. Minutes from Glasgow city centre, it’s 54 The North South Divide. The Project London’s, Kensington & Chelsea has the UK’s highest life expectancy at birth, 84.4 years for men and 89.0 years for women Scotland’s, Greater Glasgow & Clyde had the lowest life expectancy 73.1 for men and 78.9 years for women It is even worse in a small pocket of Glasgow known as the Calton, where the World Health Organisation (WHO) puts average male life expectancy at 54).
“Swedish dads” by Johan Bavman — People, Professional
No other country provides such generous terms of parental leave as Sweden. The current system allows parents to stay at home with their child during 480 days in total – while receiving an allowance from the State. Out of these 480 days, sixty must be taken by the father or else are lost.
“Futuristic Archaeology” by Daesung Lee — Conceptual, Professional
Futuristic Archeology – Desertification in Mongolia Nomadic life has been central to traditional Mongolian culture throughout history. Even with changes brought about by urbanisation in recent years, 35% of Mongolians are living a nomadic life and thus still depend on their vast, open land for survival. This is increasingly difficult because their traditional way of life is now being threatened due to serious changes in the land. According to a survey made by the Mongolian government, around 850 lakes and 2000 rivers and streams have dried out.
“The secondary trainer” by Anthony Kham — Sport, Professional
Long time member of the gym, Rocky provides comfort and acceptance to the performer.
“Une Crise Humanitaire2″ by Corentin Fohlen — Contemporary Issues, Professional
Gore, Tchad. 1er juin 2014. Chad/CAR refugees/ Gore hospital/Guidi Oumarou, 19, seats on a bed at Gore hospital where her 2 year-old son, Mama Sale, is being treated for acute malnutrition. They arrived in Chad four months ago after two weeks walking in the bush to escape violence in CAR. She was at the hospital in CAR when the rebels circled the hospital and she had to flee with her sick boy.
“Headless” by Adrian Jaszczak — Arts & Culture, Open
Photo taken during Artistic Gymnastics Tournament in Poland. Girls that participated were aged 8-12.
“Animal Behaviour” by Kimmo Metsaranta — Still Life, Professional
In the series I have constructed still live images using cats. Animals have their own will and they will not pose at the behest of the photographer.
