At Large  March 19, 2021  Jeremy Howell

Sony World Photography Awards 2021 Winners Announced

Created: Fri, 03/19/2021 - 12:07
Author: jeremy
Copyright: © F.Dilek Uyar, Turkey, Category Winner, Open, Street Photography, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

Last year offered innumerable compelling subjects to photographers around the world. The 2021 Sony World Photography Awards honor the best single images from 2020. Images are judged within one of the following ten categories: architecture, creative, landscape, lifestyle, motion, natural world & wildlife, object, portraiture, street photography, and travel. While we are all still making sense of 2020, the ten category winning images below will help us remember and reflect upon a year like no other.

Image Descriptions Provided by World Photography Organization

 

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Copyright: © Khanh Phan, Vietnam, Category Winner, Open, Travel, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
A woman dries trays of fish at Long Hai fish market in the Vung Tau province of Vietnam
Drying Fish by Khanh Phan

"A woman dries trays of fish at Long Hai fish market in the Vung Tau province of Vietnam. Thousands of trays of scad are dried on rooftops and in yards by hundreds of workers. I came to Long Hai on a photo trip and was overwhelmed by the scale of the fishing village."

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Copyright: © Marijo Maduna, Croatia, Category Winner, Open, Motion, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
"A young girl shows off her skills, diving from a cliff on the island of Lokrum in Croatia."
Girl Power by Marijo Maduna

"A young girl shows off her skills, diving from a cliff on the island of Lokrum in Croatia."

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Copyright: © Cristo Pihlamäe, Estonia, Category Winner, Open, Natural World & Wildlife, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
rabbit or hare with tongue sticking out
Little Kiss by Cristo Pihlamäe
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Copyright: © Kata Zih, Hungary, Category Winner, Open, Object, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
room with Sewing mannequin and window
Memento by Kata Zih

"Autumn of 2020…Pandemic, lockdown, solitude, memories…"

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Copyright: © Lyudmila Sabanina, Russian Federation, Category Winner, Open, Portraiture, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
boy sitting in dark room thinking
Son by Lyudmila Sabanina

"Another side of childhood: contemplation and calm."

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Copyright: © F.Dilek Uyar, Turkey, Category Winner, Open, Street Photography, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
"During the coronavirus pandemic, the Health Affairs unit of Ankara Municipality sprays all public transportation, day and night."
Disinfection by F.Dilek Uyar

"During the coronavirus pandemic, the Health Affairs unit of Ankara Municipality sprays all public transportation, day and night."

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Copyright: © Tamary Kudita, Zimbabwe, Category Winner, Open, Creative, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
I wanted to portray a hybrid African-Victorian Taking a Victorian dress and merging it with traditional shona cooking utensils was my way of showing a multifaceted identity
African Victorian by Tamary Kudita

"With this image, I wanted to portray a hybrid African-Victorian: my way of probing the stereotypical contextualization of the black female body. I provide an alternative version of reality, where dualities fuse to create a new visual language. Taking a Victorian dress and merging it with traditional shona cooking utensils was my way of showing a multifaceted identity."

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Copyright: © Klaus Lenzen, Germany, Category Winner, Open, Architecture, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
"The stairs at the Hyatt hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany." Blue sky shines in right corner, framed by darkness and white stairs
The Blue Window by Klaus Lenzen

"The stairs at the Hyatt hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany."

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Copyright: © Mariano Belmar , Spain, Category Winner, Open, Lifestyle, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
older women and younger woman on beach standing at edge of water in swim suits
Días de Playa by Mariano Belmar 

"Summer, Mediterranean Sea, Spain, Alicante, beach and morning walk: a way of life."

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Copyright: © Juan López Ruiz, Spain, Category Winner, Open, Landscape, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
"Electric storm above a solitary tree in the lavender fields of Brihuega, Guadalajara, Spain."
Electric Storm on Lavender by Juan López Ruiz

"Electric storm above a solitary tree in the lavender fields of Brihuega, Guadalajara, Spain."

About the Author

Jeremy Howell

Jeremy Howell is the Co-Creator and Editor-In-Chief of Art & Object.