The World Photography Organisation is delighted to disclose the finalists and shortlisted photographers within the Professional competitors for the Sony World Photography Awards 2023. Now in its sixteenth yr, the Awards’ Professional competitors rewards distinctive collection of labor each for technical ability and an authentic method to storytelling.
The winner of Photographer of the Year 2023 is chosen from the Professional finalists and introduced on 13 April. A collection of photographs by finalists and shortlisted photographers can be exhibited as a part of the Sony World Photography Awards at Somerset House from 14 April-1 May 2023.
Over 415,000 photographs from over 200 nations and territories have been submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 and over 180,000 have been entered into the Professional competitors – the very best variety of entries on document.
The three finalists and initiatives per class of the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 are:
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
In In Memoriam: Muralla Roja by Ricardo Bofill, Andres Gallardo Albajar (Spain) pays tribute to the celebrated Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill (d. 2022), by a collection of photographs of the maze-like interiors and exteriors of one among his most iconic buildings. In Stal-Vernacular Animal Sheds, Servaas Van Belle (Belgium) chronicles the structure of animal shelters. Shot centre-frame in dense fog, the photographer considers the humility and humanity of those scarred and weather-beaten buildings. Meanwhile in Cement Factory, Fan Li (China Mainland) captures the imposing stays of an deserted cement manufacturing unit in Southern China, shot in stark black and white.
CREATIVE
In The Right to Play, Lee-Ann Olwage (South Africa) explores feminine empowerment by training, utilizing flower collage methods so as to add a way of pleasure, playfulness and hope to her portraits. In Africa Blues, Edoardo Delille and Giulia Piermartiri (Italy), use a projector to overlay photographs of environmental devastation onto scenes of on a regular basis life as a means of highlighting the affect of local weather change in Mozambique. Meanwhile, in Noemi Comi’s (Italy) Lupus Hominarius archive imagery is juxtaposed with shiny tones to discover historic folks tales of Werewolves in Calabria, Italy, the place the legend was generally used to maintain girls near dwelling.
DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS
In Gaza struggles to accommodate the dwelling and the useless as inhabitants grows, Mohammed Salem (Palestinian Territory) follows a household compelled by overcrowding within the Gaza space to arrange shelter and stay in a cemetery. In The Women’s Peace Movement in Congo Hugh Kinsella Cunningham (United Kingdom) seeks to make clear the often missed contributions of native girls to the continuing peace efforts within the Democratic Republic of Congo. Tariq Zaidi’s (United Kingdom) Inside the Hamar Weyne Fish Market: the Heart of Mogadishu, Somalia, vividly captures the vitality and ambiance of the town’s busiest fish market, the place it stays a key supply of financial exercise regardless of the continuing civil warfare.
ENVIRONMENT
Charting the gradual demise of the Colorado River, Jonas Kakó’s (Germany) The Dying River explores the methods wherein in depth human interference has impacted surrounding communities and their lifestyle. Miruku by Marisol Mendez (Bolivia) and Federico Kaplan (Argentina), focuses on the intersection of local weather vulnerability and gender inequality by a collection of photographs of an indigenous neighborhood from La Guajira in Colombia, experiencing a devastating water scarcity. Elsewhere, in Green Dystopia Axel Javier Sulzbacher (Germany) investigates the burden and violent toll of the rising demand for avocadoes in Michoacan, Mexico.
LANDSCAPE
Taken over a course of 76 solo flights and 200 hours within the air, Event Horizon by Kacper Kowalski (Poland) is a collection of strikingly summary ice patterns over our bodies of water in Poland in winter. In Postcards from Afghanistan after forty years of warfare Bruno Zanzottera (Italy) captures the scars borne by the panorama of Afghanistan. Fabio Bucciarelli’s (Italy) Loss and Damage is a research of the destruction brought on by 4 years of consecutive flooding in South Sudan, depicted in photographs of buildings and automobiles half-submerged by the floodwaters.
PORTFOLIO
Riverland and different initiatives by Marjolein Martinot (Netherlands) captures the sensation of an extended and languid summer season in images of bathers in Southern France. In Marylise Vigneau’s (France) Portfolio, the photographer presents a set of contrasting moments: from an previous veteran recovering from Covid, to a portrait of somewhat lady in Lahore. Meanwhile James Deavin’s (United Kingdom) Portfolio was taken whereas the photographer was dwelling in Saudi Arabia, and juxtaposes photographs of migrant employees with photographs of leisure.
PORTRAITURE
Afghanistan’s Girls Athletes by Ebrahim Noroozi (Iran) portrays girls with the tools of the sports activities they’re now forbidden from taking part in by the Taliban, their identities hid by burqas. Our War by Edgar Martins (Portugal) is a homage to Martins’ pal, photojournalist Anton Hammerl who was killed through the Libyan civil warfare in 2011 and whose stays haven’t but been discovered. The collection is structured as a self-portrait of Hammerl by posed photographs of the individuals he had photographed and met. Jean-Claude Moschetti’s (France) Egungun appears to be like at conventional costumes worn in Benin as a part of voodoo rituals which honour spirits of the ancestors and perpetuate their recollections.
SPORT
In Female Pro Baseball Player Succeeds in All Male Pro League, Al Bello (United States) paperwork the achievements of Kelsie Whitmore, the primary feminine skilled baseball participant to play in an all-male skilled league. In Mundialito, Andrea Fantini (Italy) captures the drama and pleasure of probably the most vital Indigenous Football Cups in South America. Meanwhile in Fallou Diop, the Unpredicted Hope of the Racetrack, Thomas Morel-Fort (France) follows a younger jockey making a reputation for himself on the monitor in Senegal.
STILL LIFE
Cryogenia by Jagoda Malanin (Poland) considers the geological interval of Cryogenian by images of small treasures chosen by her daughter and frozen into ice shapes, posing the query of what we are going to depart behind us. Inspired by the comings and goings of a close-by backyard store, Kechun Zhang (China Mainland) created The Sky Garden, a collection of surreal photographs depicting vegetation and rocks hoisted by the air by cranes. In La Visita, Carloman Macidiano Céspedes Riojas (Argentina) paperwork the completely different meals requested by inmates in a jail in northern Peru, the pictures representing the tenderness, and affection of visiting households.
WILDLIFE & NATURE
Following a journey deep into the forest, Sriram Murali (India)’s collection Billions of Synchronous Fireflies Light up a Tiger Reserve captures the dazzling sight of hundreds of fireflies synchronising their flashes. Meanwhile, Adalbert Mojrzisch (Germany) reveals the surprising vibrant colors and patterns of bugs underneath the microscope in Small Backlit Animals. In Cities Gone Wild, Corey Arnold (United States) tracks black bears, coyotes and raccoons throughout the United States, exploring how these animals are uniquely outfitted to co-exist with people in city environments.
The work of finalist and shortlisted photographers within the Professional competitors was judged by: Mariama Attah, Head of Exhibitions at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK; Tandazani Dhlakama, Assistant Curator at Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa; Elisa Medde, Editor in Chief, FOAM Magazine, Netherlands; Ioana Mello, Independent Curator and Photo Editor; Directing Member, FotoRio, Brazil; Sujong Song, Senior Curator, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Republic of Korea; and Mike Trow, Independent Curator and Photo Editor and Chair of the Jury.
Commenting on behalf of the jury, Chair of the Jury, Mike Trow says: ‘Finding original and different viewpoints photographically is challenging – but ever more rewarding as photographers embrace global visual trends and at the same time explore their own culture and history. In 2023 we have come up with another exciting and challenging set of competition winners from across the globe and covering such a range of narratives…from bold takes on architecture to empowering documentary work, daring portraiture and beautiful and heartfelt creative work. All categories brought up a wide range of opinions from the experienced and respected jury members. They covered the profound and ongoing discussions around narrative truth and agency in art, as well as wider environmental, political and societal viewpoints. I hope those who get to see the work can get a sense of why we chose what we chose and can see how photography talks to all of our own personal experiences of life.’
The general winners within the Student, Youth, Open and Professional competitors of the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 can be introduced on the 13 April 2023 and can go on show as a part of the exhibition at Somerset House, London from 14 April-1 May 2023. For extra details about winners and shortlists please go to www.worldphoto.org
PROFESSIONAL COMPETITION 2023 FINALISTS AND SHORTLIST
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN Finalists Fan Li, China Mainland Servaas Van Belle, Belgium Andres Gallardo Albajar, Spain Shortlist Javier Arcenillas, Spain Pavlo Dorohoi, Ukraine Peter Franck, Germany Johanna Marcela Garavito Morales, Colombia Miguel Gutierrez, Venezuela Mitsuru Sakurai, Japan | CREATIVE Finalists Noemi Comi, Italy Lee-Ann Olwage, South Africa Giulia Piermartiri & Edoardo Delille, Italy Shortlist Richard Boll, United Kingdom Alessandro Cinque, Italy Valentina Fusco, Italy Juliana Jacyntho, Brazil Tommaso Sacconi, Italy Emily Steinberger, USA | DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS Finalists Hugh Kinsella Cunningham, UK Mohammed Salem, Palestinian Territory Tariq Zaidi, UK Shortlist Alessandro Cinque, Italy Radu Diaconu, Canada Mingrui Liu, China Mainland Yoese Mariam, Indonesia Mads Nissen, Denmark Frederick Olivera Gonzales, Peru Emin Sansar, Turkey |
ENVIRONMENT Finalists Jonas Kakó, Germany Marisol Mendes (Bolivia) & Axel Javier Sulzbacher, Germany Shortlist Lasse Branding, Germany Fatma Fahmy, Egypt Haider Khan, India Angela Ponce, Peru Simone Tramonte, Italy Bruno Zanzottera, Italy | LANDSCAPE Finalists Fabio Bucciarelii, Italy Kacper Kowalski, Poland Bruno Zanzottera, Italy Shortlist Cesar Dezfuli, Spain Nicholas Holt, UK Amélie Labourdette, France Brais Lorenzo Couto, Spain Alessandro Mallamaci, Italy Francesco Merlini, Italy George Steinmetz, USA | PORTFOLIO Finalists James Deavin, UK Marjolein Martinot, Netherlands Marylise Vigneau, France Shortlist Israel Fuguemann, Mexico Jack Gasiorowski, Poland ADVERTISEMENT Tadas Kazakevicius, Lithuania Taiye Omokore, Nigeria Ines Vansteenkiste-Muylle, Belgium |
PORTRAITURE Finalists Edgar Martins, Portugal Jean-Claude Moschetti, France Ebrahim Noroozi, Islamic Republic of Iran Shortlist Jae In Lee, Republic of Korea Toby Binder, Germany Jerome Delay, France Colin Delfosse, Belgium Sasha Maslov, Ukraine | SPORT Finalists Al Bello, USA Andrea Fantini, Italy Thomas Morel-Fort, France Shortlist Giuseppe Carotenuto, Italy Josef Hlavka, Czech Republic Ronald Hoogendoorn, Netherlands Anthony Smith, Canada John Wessels, South Africa Nicola Zolin, Italy | STILL LIFE Finalists Carloman Macidiano Céspedes Riojas, Peru Jagoda Malanin, Poland Kechun Zhang, China Mainland Shortlist Austin Crail, USA Alun Crockford, UK Elaine Duigenan, UK Klaus Lenzen, Germany Rodrigo Masina Pinheiro, Brazil Liz Mcburney, UK |
WILDLIFE & NATURE Finalists Corey Arnold, USA Adalbert Mojrzisch, Germany Sriram Murali, India Shortlist Martin Broen, USA Julia Christe, Germany Masahiro Fujita, Japan Dillon Marsh, South Africa Aneesh Sankarankutty, India Zhu Zhu, Canada |
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ABOUT SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
Produced by the World Photography Organisation, the internationally acclaimed Sony World Photography Awards is among the most vital fixtures within the international photographic calendar. Now in its sixteenth yr, the free-to-enter Awards are a world voice for pictures and supply a significant perception into up to date pictures right this moment. For each established and rising artists, the Awards provide world-class alternatives for publicity of their work. The Awards moreover recognise the world’s most influential artists working within the medium by the Outstanding Contribution to Photography award; the famend Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi is the 2023 recipient of this award, becoming a member of a distinguished checklist of iconic names together with Martin Parr, William Eggleston, Candida Hofer, Nadav Kander, Gerhard Steidl, Edward Burtynsky and Graciela Iturbide. The Awards showcase the works of successful and shortlisted photographers at a prestigious annual exhibition at Somerset House, London. worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography-awards-exhibition
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IMAGE CREDITS – GRID (FROM TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT):
© Andres Gallardo Albajar, Spain, Finalist, Professional competitors, Architecture & Design, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
© Noemi Comi, Italy, Finalist, Professional competitors, Creative, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
© Lee-Ann Olwage, South Africa, Finalist, Professional competitors, Creative, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
© Marisol Mendez & Federico Kaplan, Bolivia, Argentina, Finalist, Professional competitors, Environment, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
© Hugh Kinsella Cunningham, United Kingdom, Finalist, Professional competitors, Documentary Projects, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
© Dillon Marsh, South Africa, Shortlist, Professional competitors, Wildlife & Nature, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
© James Deavin, United Kingdom, Finalist, Professional competitors, Portfolio, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
© Johanna Marcela Garavito Morales, Colombia, Shortlist, Professional competitors, Architecture & Design, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
© Jerome Delay, France, Shortlist, Professional competitors, Portraiture, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
© Ines Vansteenkiste-Muylle, Belgium, Shortlist, Professional competitors, Portfolio, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
© Edgar Martins, Portugal, Finalist, Professional competitors, Portraiture, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
© Taiye Omokore, Nigeria, Shortlist, Professional competitors, Portfolio, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
© Colin Delfosse, Belgium, Shortlist, Professional competitors, Portraiture, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
© Ebrahim Noroozi, Iran, Islamic Republic Of, Finalist, Professional competitors, Portraiture, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
© Angela Ponce, Peru, Shortlist, Professional competitors, Environment, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
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