The 2014 Sony
World Photography Awards, organised by the World Photography
Organisation, opens for entries today. Professional, amateur, youth and
student photographers from across the world can enter their best work
for free at www.worldphoto.org.
Photographers will compete for a range of cash prizes and the latest
digital imaging equipment from Sony. Overall winners will be announced
in London on 30 April 2014.
Since its
launch in 2007, over 555,000 images from 230 countries have been
submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards. Seeking the very best
in international contemporary photography, the awards have established
themselves as one of the world’s leading photography competitions. The
most recent winner of the L’Iris d’Or/ Photographer of the Year title is
Norwegian photographer Andrea Gjestvang for a powerful series of
portraits of children and youths who survived the July 2011 massacre on
the island of Utøya, outside Oslo.
The
winner of the 2014 L’Iris d’Or/Photographer of the Year title will be
presented with $25,000 (USD) and the Open Photographer of the Year will
receive $5,000 (USD). All category winners will receive the latest
digital imaging equipment from Sony and the Student Focus winner will
receive new, cutting edge Sony equipment for their university. Winning
and shortlisted photographs will also be published in the 2014 edition
of the Sony World Photography Awards book and exhibited at Somerset
House, London.
The 2014 Sony World Photography Awards include the following competitions:
- Professional – 15 categories judged on a series of work
- Open – 10 categories judged on a single image
- Youth – three categories for photographers under 20
- Student Focus – for higher education photography students aged 18-30
The
Open and Youth competition will close for entries at 23.59 GMT on
Monday 6 January 2014 with the exception of the Professional competition
which will close at 23.59 GMT on Thursday 9 January 2014. A list of
categories can be found in the notes to editors.
The
brief for the Student Focus competition is to shoot a single image for
the front page of a newspaper. The image can be sensationalist or
low-key but it must make the viewer want to learn more and draw
attention to an issue that has meaning for the photographer. Entries to
the Student Focus competition close on 6 December 2013.
The key dates for the 2014 awards are:
- 6 December – Student Focus competition closes
- 6 January – Open and Youth competition close
- 9 January – Professional competition closes
- 4 February – shortlist for Professional, Open and Youth competitions revealed
- 18 February – Student Focus shortlist announced
- 18 March – Open and Youth winners revealed
- 31 March – Outstanding Contribution to Photography recipient announced
- 30 April – L’Iris d’Or/Photographer of the Year plus Professional category winners and Open, Youth and Student Focus Photographers of the Year revealed at gala awards ceremony held in London
- 1 May – end May – 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House, London
Further details about the Sony World Photography
Awards and the World Photography Organisation can be found at
www.worldphoto.org
For all press enquiries please contact:
Jill Cotton at World Photography Organisation
+44 (0) 20 7886 3049/ + 44 (0)7557 261 537 / jill@worldphoto.org
For all press enquiries please contact:
Jill Cotton at World Photography Organisation
+44 (0) 20 7886 3049/ + 44 (0)7557 261 537 / jill@worldphoto.org
- 2014 Sony World Photography Awards – full list of categories
● Architecture
● Arts & Culture
● Campaign
● Conceptual
● Contemporary Issues
● Current Affairs
● Fashion & Beauty
● Landscape
● Lifestyle
● Nature & Wildlife
● People
● Portraiture
● Sport
● Still Life
● Travel
● Arts & Culture
● Campaign
● Conceptual
● Contemporary Issues
● Current Affairs
● Fashion & Beauty
● Landscape
● Lifestyle
● Nature & Wildlife
● People
● Portraiture
● Sport
● Still Life
● Travel
OPEN COMPETITION
● Architecture
● Arts & Culture
● Enhanced
● Low-light
● Nature & Wildlife
● Panoramic
● People
● Smile
● Split second
● Travel
● Arts & Culture
● Enhanced
● Low-light
● Nature & Wildlife
● Panoramic
● People
● Smile
● Split second
● Travel
YOUTH COMPETITION
● Environment
● Portrait
● Culture
- All competitions are free to enter and all images submitted must have been shot in 2013. Photographers may enter either the Professional or Open competition; it is not possible to enter both. Full conditions of entry are available at www.worldphoto.org
- Images from the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards are available via the World Photography Organisation press centre. Please register at press.worldphoto.org/register
David Edwards.
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