Sony World Photography Awards — the world’s largest photography competition has opened for entries, for 2024.
Open to all photographers, the Awards are an authoritative voice in the photographic industry that has the power to shape the careers of its winning and short-listed photographers. Each year the competition attracts both emerging talent and established artists and presents the world’s best photography from the last 12 months to a global audience.
The World Photography Organisation is a global platform for photography initiatives. Working across more than 180 countries, their aim is to raise the level of conversation around photography by celebrating the best imagery and photographers on the planet.
The Sony World Photography Awards has four competitions:
- Professional – Recognising outstanding bodies of work?
- Open – Rewarding the world’s best single images ?
- Youth – Best single images by photographers aged 12-19
- Student – For photography students worldwide
Fields of Competition:
- Professional – 10 categories, judged on a body of work
- Open – 10 categories, rewarding the best single images
? National Awards – Entries submitted to the Open competition are automatically entered into the National Awards based on nationality (please check if your individual country is participating). - Youth – for all photographers aged 12-19, a single image responding to one brief
- Student Focus – for those studying photography