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The World Photography Organization has revealed the winners of the Sony World Photography Awards ‘Open’ competition category for 2020, in other words: ‘Best individual images of 2019’. From Architecture through Wildlife, 2019 produced some truly amazing images.
More than 100 photographers were shortlisted for the “Open” competition, but only 10 can claim the “winning” category title. These include a biblical group photo from an Iggy Pop concert, a charming cheetah portrait, a powerful Columbia protest photo, and a shocking photograph of a dead fish in a plastic bag that tragically won the “Still Life” category. “
The ten winners will receive “Sony’s latest digital imaging equipment” and compete for the title of Open Photographer of the Year, to be announced on June 9.
Scroll down to see the winners of the 10 categories, and for more information on the Sony World Photography Awards or to see the full list for each category, you can do so on the World Photography website.
Winner – Architecture
Photographer: Rosaria Sabrina Pantano
Name of the image: Emotional geometry
Image Description: After returning to Sicily for the holidays, I and a group of friends visited Fiumara d’Arte, an open museum that exhibits sculptures made by contemporary artists, located on the banks of the Tusa River. Among these works is the 38th parallel of Mauro Staccioli, a pyramid that is located at the exact point where the geographical coordinates touch the 38th parallel.
Winner – Creative
Photographer: Suxing Zhang
Name of the image: Knot
Image Description: This image is from my series “Hua”, which means flower in Chinese. Flowers are often used as metaphors for life and eroticism in art. Hua explores the commonalities and connections between flowers and the feminine, in particular emotional vulnerability and sensitivity. Qualities like calm and emotions like uncertainty, fear, anxiety and loneliness translate into conceptual and artistic forms.
At Knot, I use a combination of light and texture to create strong images that enhance the senses. I like to use symbolic and metaphorical ingredients in my work, which I hope will allow the public to combine their own subjectivity with the objectivity of photography, leading to different interpretations and emotions.
Winner – Culture
Photographer: Antoine Veling
Name of the image: Mark 5:28
Image Description: When audience members were invited onstage to dance at an Iggy Pop concert at Sydney Opera House, Australia on April 17, 2019, it showed the warm welcome that Australians extend to foreign artists traveling long distances to reach to them.
A woman’s outstretched arm reaches out to touch Iggy. He seems to be unaware of his approach as the crowd press around him. One of Iggy’s assistants, Jos (in the gray plaid shirt) tries to make some space around Iggy. The scene recalls a passage from the Bible: “Because she thought, ‘If I only touch his clothes, I will be healed'” (Mark 5: 25-34, line 28). The image has been compared to religious paintings by Caravaggio and his chiaroscuro technique. He went crazy on social media, making 40,000 people, including Iggy Pop, very happy.
Winner – Landscape
Photographer: Craig McGowan
Name of the image: Ice reflections
Image Description: A lone iceberg, nestled against the fjord walls in the northeast of Greenland National Park.
Winner – Movement
Photographer: Alec Connah
Name of the image: Going down!
Image Description: Despite measuring 125 meters in height, the six cooling towers of the Ironbridge Power Station in Shropshire, England were demolished in just 10 seconds on December 6, 2019. The towers had been a feature of the landscape for 50 years, but they were shot down as part of a new development on the site.
The demolition had taken a long time to arrive: the towers were close to a river, a railway line and a protected forest, so its destruction had to be precise. This photo was taken from my garden, which is on the slope opposite the site.
Winner – Natural world and wildlife
Photographer: Guofei Li
Name of the image: Tai Chi diagram
Image Description: These cheetahs had just eaten an antelope and licked blood stains off their faces. It is a very rare pose, and one that reminded me of the traditional Chinese Tai Chi diagram. The photo was taken in Botswana in January 2019.
Winner – Portrait
Photographer: Tom Oldham
Name of the image: Black Francisco
Image Description: MOJO magazine photographers enjoy a rare degree of freedom and confidence with what is generally an open report. This allows us to capture our own experience with very high-profile musicians. However, when we photograph famous singers, we are often painfully aware of how many times the babysitter has sat down.
I like to acknowledge this and asked Charles (aka Black Francis) to show me the level of frustration that photo shoots can generate. He offered this perfect gesture of exasperation, and the image acted as the main portrait in the film.
Winner – Still Life
Photographer: Jorge Reynal
Name of the image: An ocean of plastic
Image Description: Every year, eight million tons of plastic ends up in our oceans, which is equivalent to emptying a garbage truck into the water every minute. This is my protest against pollution.
In my language (Spanish), we use the words “Still Life” to refer to still life, which ironically translates to “Still Life”.
Winner – Street Photography
Photographer: Santiago Mesa
Name of the image: Colombia Resists
Image Description: In recent years, a series of protests have erupted in Latin America. The reasons for this discontent range from a proposed end to fuel subsidies in Ecuador to an increase in metro fares in Chile, and feelings of inequality and a general lack of opportunity in Colombia. In Medellín, in northwestern Colombia, street vendors and workers were participating in a march when the Medellín riot squad dispersed them.
Winner – Trip
Photographer: Adrian Guerin
Name of the image: Traveling on a Saharan freight train
Image Description: At 2.5 km long, the iron ore train in Mauritania is one of the longest trains in the world. It covers more than 700 km on its journey from the coastal city of Nouadhibou to the Saharan desert of Zouérat. More than 200 wagons are laden with rocks in Zouérat, before the train begins its long journey back to Nouadhibou.
I rode the train in both directions in July 2019. In the first leg of the trip I learned that to photograph the entire train I had to stand on the rocks for height, position myself in a rear wagon to get the full view, and hold the sun behind me. Unfortunately, none of this was possible until the morning of day three, at which point I had almost given up.
This photo was taken while balancing on my toes on a mountain of rocks, trying to stay stable as the train rocked from side to side.
Image credits: All photos are individually credited, used courtesy of the World Photography Organization / Sony World Photography Awards.
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