EXTRAORDINARY entries to the world’s biggest photography competition have been revealed today.
Now in its 11th year, the Sony World Photography Awards celebrates the finest contemporary photography from the past 12 months.
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'Buildings Forest' by Songshen Jiang taken above Hong Kong's forest of skyscrapersCredit: Songshen Jiang
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'Happiness is in The Small Things' by Cezar Gabriel Popescu shows merchant seamen sunbathing on the deck of an oil tankerCredit: Cezar Gabriel
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This long-exposure photograph was taken in Mallorca, Cap de Formentor by Diego Faus MomparlerCredit: Diego Faus Momparler
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This view of a hotel in Verona, Italy, by photographer Lorenzo Linthout aims to explore 'the concept of photographing silence in the urban jungle'Credit: Lorenzo Linthout
Photographs entered so far offer incredible glimpses of life on Earth from a bird’s eye view of skyscrapers in Hong Kong to divers in naturally dyed waters in caves in Mexico.
Spectacular sights like bolts of lightning and wild horse being tamed in Turkey are captured as well as more mundane things like swimming pools and car parks.
Portraits of monkeys and human beings are also among the entries.
All offer a unique look at the world we live in.
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This picture by Víctor Vargas Altamirano shows the daily movement in the Oculus Subway Station in New YorkCredit: VICTOR VARGAS
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A flyboard performance show at Dubai Marina taken by Riyas MuhammedCredit: Riyas Muhammed
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This photograph called 'reflection' is by Ranajit Chatterjee and was taken in Kolkata and shows the front of the British built LIC BuildingCredit: Ranajit Chatterjee
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'Sacred Monk Meal' by Matheus Hobold Sovernigo is an observation of life in Credit: Matheus Hobold Sovernigo
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This entry by Anastasia Kaloshina is untitled but aims to show how 'beautiful and amazing Albino people are'Credit: Anastasia Kaloshina
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'The Leader' depicts the leader of a group of mandrill monkeys and was entered by Shirly Pricillia'Credit: Shirly Pricillia
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'Wild Horses' by F. Dilek Uyar was taken in a village called Hörmetçi in Kayseri, TurkeyCredit: F. Dilek Uyar
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On the Brink of Extinction by Hamish Mitchell was 'taken in Kruger National Park, South Africa under stormy skies, symbolising the crisis facing rhinosCredit: Hamish Mitchell
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'Sleepy' by Ichsan Sudarmanto photographs a little sleepy girl who's waiting to appear in a marching band competition in IndonesiaCredit: Ichsan Sudarmanto
Alongside the submissions, this year’s judging panel were also announced to the public, including British Vogue Picture Editor Mike Trow and The Photographers’ Gallery Founder Sue Davies OBE.
For those wanting to enter the prestigious competition, Mr Trow said: “Pick your stories carefully, see how they fit with your belief structures.
“Research the story, and other people’s work in the area, and then shoot it.
“Be ruthless in your editing and quality control, and be consistent in the presentation of images. And always get the opinion of others – how they see things is not necessarily how you see it and will help give objectivity to the sense of whether your pictures work or not.”
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A salt caravan in the Danakil Desert in Ethiopia, by Guillaume PetermannCredit: Guillaume Petermann
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'The Universal Being' by Debmalya Roy Choudhuri shows a place called Rishikesh in IndiaCredit: Debmalya Roy Choudhuri
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Berufsschule Pool ...Robert Götzfried wanted to catch lines, patterns and colours of a swimming poolCredit: Robert Goetzfried
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Klaus Lenzen in his 'Car Park' shows parking lot in Moenchengladbach in Germany aims to discover the colours, forms and structuresCredit: Klaus Lenzen
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The photo was taken on a beach, in Villajoyosa, Alicante, Spain, and is by Felipe Tomas Jiménez OrdóñezCredit: Felipe Tomás Jiménez Ordóñez
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Cenote Tajma-Ha, Yucatan, Mexico, by Joana Villar - the yellowish colour of the water is obtained from the high levels of tannic acid thereCredit: Joana Villar
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'Fireflies Flying' was taken in Jiangsu, a city in Nanjing province, near the Linggu Temple scenic areaCredit: Jiamin Lu
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'Touched by the Sun' by Irena Walania was captured in Lofoten, NorwayCredit: Irena Walania
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Les rêveries de Monsieur C is an entry in the composed section which imagines a 'poetic world'Credit: dominikG
The open and youth competitions close on January 4, while entries for the professional competition must be submitted by January 11.
Prizes include £18,560 for the overall Photographer of the Year as well as the latest Sony digital imaging equipment and inclusion in the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition and 2017 awards book.
Further details about the Sony World Photography Awards and the World Photography Organisation can be found at .
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Cornflowers by Udo Dittmann was part of his project 'Garden Symphony' where he used only flowers and herbs from his own gardenCredit: Udo Dittmann
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Drama in the Mountains, by Ales Krivec, shows a spectacular view of Slovenia's highest mountain, TriglavCredit: Ales Krivec
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This photo, by photographer Dmitry Mordolff, shows a man with a grey beard dressed in shabby old clothes with a German ShephardCredit: [email protected]
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