The Sony World Images Awards competitors has been attracting immensely talented creatives from across the globe since 2008, and this 12 months’s nationwide and regional winners are not any exception.
This program, which helps native communities of photographers worldwide, drew in additional than 430,000 photos from 200+ nations for the 2026 version. The profitable entries have been chosen from the Open, Skilled, and Pupil competitions this 12 months – which means you will discover photographers at totally different levels of their careers taking dwelling prizes within the type of Sony gear.
The profitable entries showcase a variety of topics that every inform memorable and hanging tales, and lots of of them function pattern-breaking compositions I can not say I’ve seen earlier than. I’ve chosen only a handful of them that merely took my breath away so that you can peruse beneath.
Colombia’s Juan Jacobo Castillo Barrera has a lovely shot of the Higher Amazon Stubfoot Toad that is endemic to Peru and critically endangered by habitat loss within the area.
Juan Jacobo Castillo Barrera
Nakheon Choi of South Korea captured a slice of life within the nation’s capital, depicting staff enjoyable within the Cheonggyecheon stream that runs by means of Seoul throughout a busy day within the concrete jungle.
Nakheon Choi
Jargalsaikhan Bayarkhand’s profitable entry from Mongolia is a hanging portrait of a Kazakh nomad in conventional apparel and the nation’s sparse panorama framing him.
Jargalsaikhan Bayarkhand
The right monochrome symmetry of a standard meure is the topic of Costa Rica-based Alvaro Cubero Vega’s skilled shot.
Alvaro Cubero Vega
On this body by Nelya Rachkova of Kazakhstan, we see a powerful praying mantis dramatically posing on a thistle flower within the morning mild.
Nelya Rachkova
Lastly, Kyaw Zayar Lin’s picture on the prime of this story options kids fishing within the early hours of the day within the wetlands of Myanmar’s Inle Lake. It superbly captures how people eke out a livelihood from nature.
The general winners and the Photographer of the 12 months will probably be introduced on the prestigious Awards ceremony in London on April 16. Their works, together with greater than 300 photos together with Nationwide award profitable entries, will go on show at the subsequent exhibition at Somerset House beginning the following day, till Could 4.
Hieu Linh Nguyen
Click on by means of our gallery to see extra of my choices, and head to this site for all of the profitable and shortlisted entries.
Wei-Cheng Tsai
For much more spellbinding pictures, try these architectural images from this year’s Sony awards, in addition to arresting compositions from the 2025 Minimalist Photography Awards and unbelievable particulars in last year’s Natural Landscape Photography Awards.
Supply: World Photography Organisation
