Från och med den 1 juni 2024 kan bidrag till den 18:e upplagan av Sony World Photography Awards lämnas in via worldphoto.org. Att anmäla sig ​ är gratis för alla.

Sony World Photography Awards är ett stort årligt evenemang som uppmärksammar den bästa samtida fotografin i världen. Priserna hyllar de bilder som formar dagens visuella språk och ger stor exponering och betydande möjligheter för fotografer över hela världen. Utmärkelseprogrammet organiseras av Creo och dess fotografiavdelning, World Photography Organisation, vilket utgör kärnan i verksamheten och främjar dess uppdrag om att stärka kreativa talanger. Sony stödjer tävlingen för att bidra till den fortsatta utvecklingen av fotografisk kultur genom att ge en global plattform till dagens talanger.

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SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2025

COMPETITION LAUNCH

Submissions to the 18th edition of the Sony World Photography Awards are open from 1 June 2024, and free for all to enter via worldphoto.org.

The Sony World Photography Awards is a major annual moment recognising the best contemporary photography in the world. Celebrating the images shaping our visual language today, the Awards gives vast exposure and significant opportunities to photographers across the globe. Organised by Creo through its photography strand, World Photography Organisation, the Awards are at the core of Creo’s programming, furthering its mission to empower creative talent. Sony supports the Awards to help the continued development of photographic culture by giving a global platform to today’s talent.

Photographers worldwide are invited to submit to the Awards’ four competitions: Professional, celebrating outstanding series of work between five to 10 images, across ten categories; Open, rewarding the best single images of the year, across ten categories; Youth, championing images by emerging talent aged 19 and under; and Student, highlighting the projects of photography students across the globe.

Additional awards programmes include the National & Regional Awards, the Latin America Professional Award and the Alpha Female Award. Among the key prizes is the Sustainability Prize, developed in collaboration with the United Nations Foundation and Sony Pictures.

Entry to the Awards is completely free and photographers are judged anonymously by a panel of industry leading judges.

NEW IN 2025

​New Professional competition category: Perspectives
​The 2025 Awards introduces an engaging new category in the Professional competition; entrants will have the opportunity to submit a body of work to the category Perspectives. This category welcomes series that tell a story through a variety of formats and genres - from using a documentary or creative approach to mixing portraiture, landscapes and still life - brought together in an intentional manner and in a cohesive edit with a clear sense of narrative. The judges are looking for bodies of work ranging from well-known stories or everyday moments captured in new angles, to depicting lesser-known subcultures or reimagining local tales, the series should demonstrate a distinct voice and a fascination with the subject. ​
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​Student competition Brief: In the Beginning ​
​For this year’s Student competition, photographers are asked to respond to the brief In the Beginning. The start of something new can be an exciting prospect and documenting the point in time or space at which something begins has been a popular theme for photography projects throughout time.

For this year’s brief, students are asked to show through a series of five to 10 images the first part or earliest stage of something. Be it following a new life, sharing the start of someone’s day, following the preparations and beginning of a particular occasion or celebration, or revealing the promise of new technology, the story, approach and photographic style can be in any genre. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

The images can be taken on any device, shot in any style. While creative responses are encouraged, photographers must stick to the brief.

​Youth competition Brief: Open Call - Show us your best images!
​For this year’s Youth competition, photographers are invited to enter their favourite photographs taken in 2024. Entrants can submit up to three of their striking single images from the past year and share them with the judges. All photographic styles, genres and approaches are welcome.

2025 PRIZES AND DEADLINES

The Sony World Photography Awards is open to submissions from 1 June 2024. Full competition and category descriptions can be found at worldphoto.org.

Deadlines for submission across the Awards’ four competitions are:

​Professional: 10 January 2024, 13:00 GMT

Open: 3 January 2025, 13:00 GMT

Student: 29 November 2024, 13:00 GMT

Youth: 3 January 2025, 13:00 GMT

​All category winners of the Professional, Open, Youth and Student competitions will receive digital imaging equipment from Sony. In addition, cash prizes of $25,000 (USD) will be presented to the Photographer of the Year, $5,000 (USD) to the Open Photographer of the Year and $5,000 (USD) to the winner of the Sustainability Prize. The winner of the Photographer of the Year title will also be rewarded with a solo presentation of their work as part of the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition in London the following year. All winning and shortlisted photographers’ works will be exhibited at the annual Sony World Photography Awards exhibition in London and will then be toured internationally. The winning images will also be published in the annual Awards’ book.

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ABOUT SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
​Produced by the World Photography Organisation, the internationally acclaimed Sony World Photography Awards is one of the most important fixtures in the global photographic calendar. Now in its 18th year, the free-to-enter Awards are a global voice for photography and provide a vital insight into contemporary photography today. For both established and emerging artists, the Awards offer world-class opportunities for exposure of their work. The Awards additionally recognise the world’s most influential artists working in the medium through the Outstanding Contribution to Photography award; previous recipients include William Eggleston (2013), Mary Ellen Mark (2014), Martin Parr (2017), Gerhard Steidl (2020), Graciela Iturbide (2021), Edward Burtynsky (2022), Rinko Kawauchi (2023) and Sebastião Salgado (2024). The Awards showcase the works of winning and shortlisted photographers at a prestigious annual exhibition at Somerset House, London.

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​ABOUT WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY ORGANISATION ​
​World Photography Organisation is a leading global platform dedicated to the development and advancement of photographic culture. Its programming and competition initiatives provide valuable opportunities for artists working in photography and help broaden the conversation around their work. The Sony World Photography Awards is World Photography Organisation’s principal programme. Established in 2007, it is one of the world’s biggest and most prestigious photography competitions; celebrating the work of leading and emerging practitioners and attracting tens of thousands of visitors annually to its exhibitions worldwide. World Photography Organisation is the photography strand of Creo, responsible for delivering initiatives and programming across three sectors: photography, film and contemporary art. Follow the World Photography Organisation on Instagram (@worldphotoorg), X (@WorldPhotoOrg) and LinkedIn/Facebook (World Photography Organisation).

​CREO
​Creo initiates and organises events and programming across three key strands: photography, film and contemporary art. Established in 2007 as World Photography Organisation, Creo has since grown in scope, furthering its mission of developing meaningful opportunities for creatives and expanding the reach of its cultural activities. Today, its flagship projects include the Sony World Photography Awards, Sony Future Filmmaker Awards, PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Photo London and PHOTOFAIRS New York. Working in partnership with Angus Montgomery Arts, Creo helps deliver the group’s ventures, comprising some of the world’s leading art fairs. Taking its name from the Latin for ‘I create’, it is in this spirit that Creo sets out to empower and give agency to creative voices. creoarts.com

​SONY GROUP CORPORATION ​
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​SONY CORPORATION
​Sony Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation and is responsible for the Entertainment, Technology & Services (ET&S) business in the Sony Group. With the vision to "continue to deliver Kando and Anshin* to people and society across the world through the pursuit of technology and new challenges," Sony Corporation supports the Sony Group with technology to create the entertainment of the future together with creators. For more information, visit: www.sony.net ​

*Both Japanese words, Kando means emotion and Anshin has various meanings such as peace of mind, reassurance, reliability and trust.