Winners Highlights from the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards

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The winners for the Open, Youth and National Award competitions of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards were announced today by the World Photography Organisation (WPO).

Selected from over 70,000 entries from across the world, all three competitions were judged on a single shot and prizes ranged from the latest Sony digital imaging equipment to trips to London to attend the Sony World Photography Awards gala ceremony on 30 April 2014. The ten Open winners will also compete for a $5,000 (USD) prize and the Overall Open Photographer of the Year title.

139,554 images were entered in total to the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards: 69,114 Professional entries (winners yet to be announced); 65,512 Open entries and 4,928 Youth entries images. Entries to the National Awards were selected from the Open competition.

Professional category winners and the coveted L’Iris D’Or/ Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year title will be announced at a gala ceremony in London on 30 April 2014. The L’Iris D’Or winner will receive $25,000 (USD) and the Open Photographer of the Year will receive $5,000 (USD).

A full list of the winners of the National Awards programme can be seen at: worldphoto.org/nationalaward
Tickets for the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition in London are now on sale at: worldphoto.org/2014exhibition

Jump of Life
Cheung Lai San, Hong Kong
Hong Kong National Award – 1st Place


Rain in an ancient town
Chen Li, China
Open Travel – Winner


Poor god
Arup Ghosh, India
Open People – Winner


What are you staring at !?
Chin Boon Leng, Singapore
Singapore National Award – 1st Place


Under the staircase
Holger Schmidtke, Germany
Open Architecture – Winner


Photographer story – Behind the Scene
Hairul Azizi Harun, Malaysia
Open Split Second – Winner


A touch of a 17th century Dutch painting
Theo de Witte, the Netherlands
Netherlands National Award – 1st Place


Starry lighthouse
Ivan Pedretti, Italy
Open Panoramic – Winner


Fire Dragon
Chi Hung Cheung, Hong Kong
Hong Kong National Award – 2nd Place


Hummingbird
Kristhian Castro, Colombia
Colombia National Award – 2nd Place


Samsara
Wolfgang Weinhardt, Germany
Germany National Award – 3rd Place


Exit
Michael Nordqvist, Sweden
Nordics National Award – 1st Place


Not Superman
Irwansyah, Indonesia
Indonesia National Award – 1st Place


Panco
Adhi Prayoga, Indonesia
Indonesia National Award – 2nd Place


Tin Oven Builders
Minh Ngo Thanh, Vietnam
Vietnam National Award – 3rd Place


Rodeo
Valerie Prudon, France
Open Arts & Culture – Winner


The Mongol
Simon Morris, United Kingdom
United Kingdom National Award – 2nd Place


The Calm Before the Storm
Sean Batten, United Kingdom
United Kingdom National Award – 1st Place


Untitled
Elly Prestegard, Norway
Nordics National Award – 2nd Place


Untitled
Bobby Bong, Indonesia
Indonesia National Award – 3rd Place


The inhabitant of Szack of Ukraine and her horse
Mateusz Baj, Poland
Poland National Award – 1st Place


Sahara Express
Rafael Gutiérrez Garitano, Spain
Spain National Award – 1st Place


Organillero
Cristian Alvarado, Chile
Chile National Award – 1st Place


Ripples in the calm lake
Dowon Choi, South Korea
South Korea National Award – 1st Place


Going Home
Neville Jones, Australia
Australia National Award – 1st Place


Mourning ceremony Imam Hussein
Bohran Mardani, Iran
Youth Culture – Winner


Untitled
Andrew Cornaga, New Zealand
New Zealand National Award – 2nd Place


Confesiones
Luis Chandi Páez, Ecuador
Ecuador National Award – 1st Place


Facing the Deep
Patrick Ems, Switzerland
Switzerland National Award – 1st Place


Morning Fishing
Trinh Xuan Hai, Vietnam
Vietnam National Award – 1st Place


Lightning
Lise Sundberg
Nordics National Award – 3rd Place


Lightsnake
Holger Schmidtke, Germany
Germany National Award – 1st Place


Life and line
Turjoy Chowdhury, Bangladesh
Youth Environment – Winner


First Snow
Vlad Eftenie, Romania
Open Low Light – Winner


Fire Breath
David Carchi, Ecuador
Ecuador National Award – 3rd Place


Untitled
Minwei Yan, China
China National Award – 3rd Place


Children Day
Suthas Rungsirisilp, Thailand
Thailand National Award – 1st Place


Smiles in the Cemetery
Milko Torres Ramirez, Peru
Peru National Award – 1st Place


Muddy Smile
Alpay Erdem, Turkey
Open Smile – Winner

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