Sony World Photography Awards - Somerset House

Ernest Goh, Headshot #55 - 2nd place: Nature & Wildlife

The 2013 Sony World Photography Awards have been announced - the winners and shortlisted work will be on show at Somerset House until 12 May.
Below is a selection of the winning images - find full details of all winners and all the images on the World Photography Organisation website. Click on images to enlarge.

Andrea Gjestvang – winner, L'Iris d'Or (Photographer of the Year)

Valerio Bispuri, Prisons of South America - Winner: Contemporary Issues

Ilya Pitalev, North Korean soldiers and civilians on the stand of the Kim Il-sung stadium - Winner: Current Affairs

Myriam Meloni, from The Limousine series - Winner: Arts & Culture

Elmar Akhmetov - Winner: Low Light (Open Competition)

Natalia Wiernik, Thanksgiving - Student Focus Award

Vanessa Colareta, Still life with oranges, lemons and bread - Winner: Still Life

Klaus Thymann, i-D Iceland - Winner: Fashion & Beauty

Christian Åslund, from advertising campaign for Jim Rickey shoes - Winner: Campaign

Jens Juul, Six Degrees of Copenhagen - Winner: Portraiture

Roman Pyatkovka, Soviet Photo - Winner: Conceptual

Sony World Photography Award - Somerset House

Bernard Pieterse, Sossusvlei (winner, Youth Category: Environment)

The 2012 Sony World Photography Awards have been announced: the winners and runners up will be on dispaly as part of World Photo London at Somerset House until 20 May 2012.

Below is a selection from the winners -  see details of all Professional category winners here and Open Competiotion winners here. Click on images to enlarge.
The Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award went to William Klein - see separate blog entry, here.

Ana Gregoric, In Between, (winner Open Competition: People)

Giovanni Frescura, Upupa (winner Open Competition: Nature & Wildlife)

Karina Sembe, Cécile (winner Youth Category: Portraits)

Mitch Dobrowner, Cell-Lightning, Dundee, Texas winner of the L’Iris d’Or - the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year

Natalia Belentsova, Symphony of Fire (winner Open Competition: Low Light)

Piotr Stasiuk, Marriage (winner Open Competiton: Smile)

Sanket Khuntale, indifest (winner Open Competition: Art & Culture)

Simon Norfolk, Afghanistan: 10 Years on after the War (winner Professional Category: People)