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The World Photography Organisation was established in 2007 by Founder and CEO Scott Gray. Our purpose is to raise the level of conversation around photography worldwide, through a year-round programme of exhibitions, awards and competitions. Our mission is to support photographers around the world, to celebrate and show their work, as well as nurture the medium of photography on a global scale. Our value lies in the integrity of our expertise, our years of experience and the strength of our relationships with both individual photographers as well as our industry-leading partners around the world. The World Photography Organisation is a global platform for photography which activates initiatives, in over 50 countries each year, that help support artists working in the medium of photography. From international exhibition tours, online competitions, and prestigious awards to collaborative projects and high-end art fairs, we embrace photography in all its forms, and are dedicated to the success of our community of artists and photographers.
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Always free to enter, the Sony World Photography Awards are divided into four different competitions: Professional (series of images), Open (single image), Student (theme) and Youth (theme). All winners receive amazing prizes, such as Sony digital imaging equipment, cash prize (up to £25,000), work included in the exhibitions and in the Sony World Photography Awards book! This is the perfect occasion to lift up photographers career and get their work seen by leading actors within the industry.
Youth competition - young photographers aged 12 to 19 years old can enter up to three images of any type and category that respond to the theme ‘Your Everyday’.
Student competition - open to anyone aged 18+ currently studying photography as part of their main degree or as one of their classes, the Student competition welcomes series of five to 10 images interpreting the brief “In a Changing World”.
Open competition - regrouping different categories such as Architecture, Object, Portraiture, Street Photography, Travel and many more, the Open competition welcomes all photographers aged 18+ who wish to submit their most striking single images taken in 2022. Any submission from female photographers to this competition will automatically be entered into the Alpha Female Award, a prize set up to empower female photographic talent and promote their work to an international level.
Professional competition - all photographers aged 18+ can enter their best series of five to 10 images into the 10 different categories of this competition.
For more information about the Sony World Photography Awards, please go to www.worldphoto.org
Rewards
Photography of the Year
$25 000Inclusion in the Sony World Photography Awards book, Sony digital imagery kit and more
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