Last call for entries to the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards

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Are you an enthusiastic photographer and looking for a challenge? Well we just got some news for you, with just a month away until the 10th edition of 2017 Sony World Photography Awards, Sony is releasing new entries from its Open competition today, and asks its judges to share their advice to photographers worldwide entering the Professional, Open and Youth competitions plus the National Awards.

The Sony World Photography Awards, created by the World Photography Organisation, is the world’s largest photography competition. The 2016 competition received a record-breaking 230,103 images from 186 countries, the Photographer of the Year title was won by Iranian photojournalist Asghar Khamseh, and the Open Photographer of the Year title was awarded to Kei Nomiyama from Japan.

All entries to the Sony World Photography Awards are free at www.worldphoto.org. The deadlines for each competition are:

  • 5 January 2017 - Open competition – rewarding the best single images across 10 categories
  • 5 January 2017 - Youth competition – the best single image responding to a set brief by any photographer aged 12 – 19
  • 5 January 2017 - National Awards – uncovering the best single image from over 60 countries entered into the Open competition
  • 10 January 2017 - Professional competition – 10 categories judged upon a body of work

The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in London on 20 April 2017. Prizes include the latest Sony digital imaging equipment, inclusion in the 2017 awards’ book plus cash prizes of $25,000 (USD) for the overall Professional winner and $5,000 (USD) for the overall Open winner.

For more information, visit www.worldphoto.org/press for more details and good luck!