After a year of fierce competition, the 2022 Sony World Photography Professional Competition has finally come to an end. Top photographers from all over the world have jointly presented a wonderful visual feast to everyone. Without further ado, let’s enjoy these amazing works together. [ multi-picture warning, the more exciting it goes, the more exciting it goes. ]
portrait champion, photographer of the year: Adam Ferguson's immigration, Adam Ferguson
from Australia. Adam Ferguson successfully won the first place in the portrait category and won the best photographer of the year. This set of works records that Mexican immigrants are waiting to pass through to the United States. The author uses tripod and shutter line to allow immigrants to press the shutter to capture the moments themselves, which also brings motivation to them while recording their lives.
Animal and Nature Champion: The Story of the Fox, Radisics
The author spent more than eight months sitting in front of the window of the cottage in the middle of the forest. A little fox often appears after dusk, and the author named it Roxi. Most nights, the author will set the lights in advance, wait for Roxy to appear, and observe and record its behavior in the dark . After reading this set of works, you will definitely admire the author's patience just like me.
Architectural champion: village, Domagoj Burilović
In the 19th century Croatia area, people built villages, built houses with grilled bricks, and life was comfortable and comfortable. But with the influence of the war later, people gradually left the villages to seek a better life, and the uninhabited houses were slowly destroyed by nature as history passed.
Documentary Champion: Children in Venezuela's financial crisis, Jan Grarup
The financial crisis in Venezuela has caused many people to need assistance, especially children. They have no shelter, no clean water and food. After reading this set of works, do you suddenly feel that you are living a very happy life?
Landscape champion: Life on Earth, Lorenzo Poli
After billions of years of precipitation, the earth has changed from desolate to full of vitality. On Earth, water is the source of all things, and all living things rely on it to thrive. The author hopes to reflect the unification of the external world of life through photos.
portfolio champion: Hugh Fox's portfolio, Hugh Fox
environmental champion: Living in transformation, Shunta Kimura
The author took these photos in the Gabra League of Bangladesh from early October to late November, 2021, which is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. This set of photos records the peaceful lives of people affected by climate change in this transition.
Sports champion: Kwarup, Ricardo Teles
Kwarup is a ceremony to commemorate the dead in Brazil New Valley indigenous The highlight of this celebration is a martial arts competition called Huka-huka. This not only has the symbolic significance of competition, but also shows the strength and spirit of young people. This year's ceremony is a tribute to those who died between 2020 and 2021, four out of five of whom died due to the coronavirus.
Still life champions: Constellations, Haruna Ogata and Jean-Etienne Portal
These photos were taken in a studio in Paris in September 2020, purely for still life photo creation.
Creative Champion: Apocalypse, Alnis Stakle
Author says he is very interested in the contemporary meaning embodied in classic art, science and news, so he used open source images from art museums, scientific institutions and image libraries, which are considered iconic witnesses to the present and the past.
Geek has something to say
Above works are from Sony World Photography Awards. Due to limited space, there are no complete winning works here. Interested friends can search and view them by themselves.
OK. What do you think of the above champion works? Which one can impress you the most? Let’s share it in the comment section.
