Presently photography is considered as art, a simple camera like the brush and the canvas has become an indispensable tool for many artists that do express their emotions via the particular tool. But like most contemporary arts, the idea of a photo is even more important than the work itself – the idea of the work takes precedence over its formal aspects. I always wanted to become a photographer, but as you already know, penguins have small hands and I couldn’t stabilize the camera (that’s why I am into blogging now!).
The World Photography Organisation (WPO) announced last March (2014) the winners of the Open, Youth and National Award competitions of the Sony World Photography Awards 2014.
- 139,554 images
- 69,114 professional entries
If you want to see a full list of the entries and winners, you can have a look here. Below I put together the first 20 winners highlights – try to enjoy the magic view in each of them. “H/T” twistedsifter.
1. Jump of Life – Cheung Lai San, Hong Kong | Hong Kong National Award (1st Place).
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2. Rain in an ancient town – Chen Li, China | Open Travel (Winner).
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3. Poor god – Arup Ghosh, India | Open People (Winner).
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4. What are you staring at !? – Chin Boon Leng, Singapore |Singapore National Award (1st Place).
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5. Under the staircase – Holger Schmidtke, Germany | Open Architecture (Winner).
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6. Photographer story – Behind the Scene – Hairul Azizi Harun, Malaysia | Open Split Second (Winner).
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7. A touch of a 17th century Dutch painting – Theo de Witte, the Netherlands | Netherlands National Award (1st Place).
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8. Starry lighthouse – Ivan Pedretti, Italy | Open Panoramic (Winner).
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9. Fire Dragon – Chi Hung Cheung, Hong Kong | Hong Kong National Award (2nd Place).
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10. Hummingbird – Kristhian Castro, Colombia | Colombia National Award (2nd Place).
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11. Samsara – Wolfgang Weinhardt, Germany | Germany National Award (3rd Place).
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12. Exit – Michael Nordqvist, Sweden | Nordics National Award (1st Place).
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13. Not Superman – Irwansyah, Indonesia | Indonesia National Award (1st Place).
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14. Panco – Adhi Prayoga, Indonesia | Indonesia National Award (2nd Place).
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15. Tin Oven Builders – Minh Ngo Thanh, Vietnam | Vietnam National Award (3rd Place).
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16. Rodeo – Valerie Prudon, France | Open Arts & Culture (Winner).
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17. The Mongol – Simon Morris, United Kingdom | United Kingdom National Award (2nd Place).
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18. The Calm Before the Storm – Sean Batten, United Kingdom | United Kingdom National Award (1st Place).
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19. Untitled – Elly Prestegard, Norway | Nordics National Award (2nd Place).
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20. The inhabitant of Szack of Ukraine and her horse – Mateusz Baj, Poland | Poland National Award (1st Place).
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