Over 51,000 photographers from 148 countries submitted their work to the 2011 Sony World Photography Open contest.  But only 10 of these amateur photographers were picked by a panel of distinguished judges as the winners.  The photographers represent every corner of the globe and their photographs represent 10 different categories from action to architecture to travel to people and more.  The 10 winning photographs will be exhibited at the World Photography Festival at London’s Somerset House from 26 April – 22 May.  Each winning photograph will also be published  in the Winner’s Book and each photographer will receive Sony DSLR camera equipment (a great prize in the opinion of a Sony Alpha user).  In addition, one of the ten will be selected as the Open Photographer of the Year and receive a $5000 cash prize.

The winners and their categories are:

Action: Chan Kwok Hung (Hong Kong)
After Dark: Chumlong Nilkon (Thailand)
Architecture: Marek Troszczynski (Poland)
Arts & Culture: Hubert Januar (Indonesia)
Fashion: Edina Csoboth (Hungary)
Nature & Wildlife: Andiyan Lutfi (Indonesia)
Panoramic: Wolfgang Weinhardt (Germany)
People: Raghuranjan Sarkar (India)
Smile: Carlos Henrique Reinesch (Brazil)
Travel: James Chong (Singapore)

There is some incredible talent among these ten winners.  I have posted one of my favorites here.  But because they all are so well composed and created it is too difficult to select just one.  So check back over the next few days for each of the ten winning photographs to be posted.

Sony World Photography Open Winner Raghuranjan Sarkar

Winner in the People category from India – Raghuranjan Sarkar
© Raghuranjan Sarkar courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011

 

Action: Chan Kwok Hung (Hong Kong) After Dark: Chumlong Nilkon (Thailand) Architecture: Marek Troszczynski (Poland) Arts & Culture: Hubert Januar (Indonesia) Fashion: Edina Csoboth (Hungary) Nature & Wildlife: Andiyan Lutfi (Indonesia) Panoramic: Wolfgang Weinhardt (Germany) People: Raghuranjan Sarkar (India) Smile: Carlos Henrique Reinesch (Brazil) Travel: James Chong (Singapore)

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