Sony World Photography Awards

The Sony World Photography Awards is the world’s biggest photography competition. Its aim is to recognize and reward the best contemporary photography in the world.

The awards offer categories across all genres of photojournalism, fine art and commercial photography.  The categories include: current affairs; nature & wildlife; arts & culture, portraiture; contemporary issues; sport; landscape; still life; lifestyle; architecture, and more.

The recipient of the 2015 L’Iris d’Or / Sony World Photography Awards’ Photographer of the Year title is American photographer John Moore. The 2015 edition attracted over 173,000 entries from 171 countries and winners will be announced on 23 April.  In addition to cash prizes for the overall Professional and Open Photographers of the Year, category winners also receive the latest digital imaging equipment from Sony and Sony Mobile.

The stunning catalog was printed by Pigini Group Printing Division (www.piginigroup.com/printing.asp).

For more information, visit: www.worldphoto.org/about-the-sony-world-photography-awards