世界で最もエントリー数が集まるSony Word Photography Awards。2014年度にはなんと総作品数は約14万に達した。その中から今回頂点を目指し集結し、Youth,Open及びNationalアワードの最優秀作品(Winner)が決定した。どの作品も甲乙付け難い良作ばかりとなっているので、下紹介したい。
本コンテストは、エントリー費用も必要なく、オンラインで作品提出できるのが魅力の一つである。

Winners In Open Category

Enhanced category: “Rescue Operation” by Kylli Sparre, Estonia
Smile category: “Muddy smile” by Alpay Erdem, Turkey
Panoramic category: “Starry Lighthouse” by Ivan Pedretti, Italy
Architecture category: “Under the staircase” by Holger Schmidtke, Germany
Nature & Wildlife category: “The cold pony” by Gert van den Bosch, Netherlands
Split Second category: Untitled by Hairul Azizi Harun, Malaysia
People category: “Poor god” by Arup Ghosh, India
Arts & Culture category: “Rodeo” by Valerie Prudon, France

Winners In Youth Category

Portraits category: Untitled by Paulina Metzscher, Germany
Environment category: “Life and Line” by Turjoy Chowdhury, Bangladesh
<Culture category: Anastasia Zhetvina, Russia

Winners In National Category

Hong Kong National Award:  ”Jump of Life” by Cheung Lai San, Hong Kong, 1st place
Singapore National Award: “What are you staring at !?” by Chin Boon Leng, Singapore, 1st place
Honk Kong National Award: “Fire Dragon” by Chi Hung Cheung, 2nd Place
Nordics National Award: “Exit” by Michael Nordqvist, Sweden, 1st Place
Thailand National Award: “Children Day” by Suthas Rungsirisilp, Thailand, 1st Place
Indonesia National Award: “Not Superman” by Irwansyah, Indonesia, 1st place
Vietnam National Award: “Tin Oven Builders” by Minh Ngo Thanh, Vietnam, 3rd Place
Peru National Award: “Smiles in the Cemetery” by Milko Torres Ramirez, Peru, 1st place
China National Award: Untitled by Minwei Yan, China, 3rd Place
Nordics National Award: “Lightning” by Lise Sundberg, 3rd place
South Korea National Award: “Ripples in the calm lake” Dowon Choi, Korea, 1st place
United Kingdom National Award: “The Calm Before the Storm” by Sean Batten, United Kingdom, 1st Place
Poland National Award: “The inhabitant of Szack of Ukraine and her horse” by Mateusz Baj, Poland, 1st place
China National Award: “Horse fighting in Rongshui, Guangxi” by Ngai-bun Wong, China, 2nd Place
Australia National Award: “Going Home” by Neville Jones, Australia, 1st Place
via:www.worldphoto.org