© Monica Flannery, Australia, Commended, Open, Architecture, 2018 Sony World Photography Awards

We are delighted to invite all photographers to enter the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. Celebrating the finest contemporary photography from the past year, the Awards are FREE to enter and offer amazing prizes, vast exposure, visibility, and opportunities to photographers worldwide.



CHOOSE BETWEEN FOUR COMPETITIONS

Professional - outstanding bodies of work between 5-10 images across ten categories

- outstanding bodies of work between 5-10 images across ten categories Open - rewarding the world’s best single images across ten categories

- rewarding the world’s best single images across ten categories Youth - a single brief for emerging talent aged 12-19

- a single brief for emerging talent aged 12-19 Student - for photography students across the globe

BRAND NEW CATEGORIES

The 2019 Awards sees the introduction of two challenging new categories in the Professional competition: Brief and Documentary. Brief asks photographers to compose a body of work on a specific theme. The inaugural theme for this year is "Identity". Documentary is a new category for bodies of work portraying facts about a chosen subject, giving insight into contemporary issues and news.

© Alfio Tommasini, Switzerland, 3rd Place, Professional competition, Contemporary Issues , 2018 Sony World Photography Awards

INCREDIBLE PRIZES AND EXPOSURE

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 and $5,000 (USD) to the Open Photographer of the Year.



All winning and shortlisted photographers 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.

BECOME A MONTHLY WINNER



This year, our editors will again be rewarding monthly winners (from June - January, chosen from the best entries to the Open competition). You could win: The Official 2018 Book (worth £39.98), a blog feature showcasing your best work, plus a 20 Image Bundle, so you can enter more images into the Open competition!



Find out more about our monthly prizes here.



DEADLINES AND IMPORTANT INFO



Student: November 30, 2018 - 13:00 GMT

Open / Youth: January 4, 2019 - 13:00 GMT​

Professional: January 11, 2019 - 13:00 GMT



We hate to see great work get disqualified... please ensure you read the rules carefully for each competition.

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