The Sony World Photography Awards celebrated their 16th anniversary in 2023. This year, this competition rewarding amateurs and professionals has decided between 416,000 shots submitted by photographers from more than 200 countries.
16 years of competition and 416,000 shots for 2023
In addition to the various categories (wildlife, still life, portfolio, etc.), among professionals, the prize for photographer of the year was awarded to Edgar Martins. This 46-year-old Portuguese already enjoys a solid reputation. He was awarded for his series Our Warin tribute to his friend, the photojournalist Anton Hammerl, kidnapped and murdered by militias during the Libyan civil war in 2011.
He leaves with the sum of $25,000 (about €23,000) and a batch of Sony photo equipment. The very first prize for sustainable development was awarded to the Italian Alessandro Cinque. Finally, among amateurs (open), Mexican Dinorah Graue Obscura wins the trophy.
The Sony World Photography Awards exhibition runs at Somerset House in London between April 14 and May 1, 2023. Visitors will find over 200 prints from the participating photos.
Photographer of the Year: Edgar Martins (Portugal)
Sustainable development: Alessandro Cinque (Italy)
Photographer of the Year – Open : Dinorah Graue Obscura (Mexico)
Student Photographer of the Year: Long Jing (China)
Young Photographer of the Year: Hai Wang (China)
Professional category winners
Architecture & design: Fan Li (China)
Creative: Lee-Ann Olwage (South Africa)
Documentary projects: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham (UK)
Environment: Marisol Mendez (Bolivia) & Federico Kaplan (Argentina)
Landscape: Kacper Kowalski (Poland)
Portfolio: James Deavin (UK)
Portrait: Edgar Martins (Portugal)
Sports: Al Bello (USA)
Still life: Kechun Zhang (China)
Wildlife & Nature: Corey Arnold (USA)
Trophy of the Alpha woman : Zhu Yang (China)
Finally, note that the prize for outstanding contribution to photography for 2023 was awarded to Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi.