This year The Sony World Photography Awards celebrates its 11th anniversary. It is one of the most respected and influential photography competition. Every year the Awards gather the best photography from around the world and this year is no exception. We are presented with the most breath-taking photographs by both professional and amateur artists.

The competition received a record total of 319,561 images. It hands out awards to 4 different categories; Professional (body of work), open (single images), youth (photographers aged 12-19), and student focus. One photo of each participating country is presented with a National Award.
All category winners will receive cutting-edge digital imaging equipment from Sony. Cash prizes of $25k will be presented to the Photographer of the Year and $5k to the Open Photographer of the Year.

Tell us what your favorites are in the comments and don’t forget to check out last year’s winners.

More info: worldphoto.org

#1 Martin Stranka, Czech Republic National Award

#2 Brendon Cremer, South Africa National Award

#3 Paranyu Pithayarungsarit, Thailand National Award

#4 Suphakaln Wongcompune, Thailand National Award

#5 Isabelle Bacher, Austria National Award

#6 Kyaw Win Hlaing, Myanmar National Award,

#7 Chin Boon Leng, Singapore National Award

#8 Wenjie Qiao, United States National Award

#9 Lynn Wu, Taiwan National Award

#10 Santiago Borja, Ecuador National Award

#11 Pedro Jarque, Peru National Award

#12 Junghye Lee, South Korea National Award

#13 Petar Sabol, Croatia National Award

#14 Min Ly, Cambodia National Award

#15 Ingrid Vekemans, Belgium National Award

#16 Yen Sin Wong, Malaysia National Award

#17 Veselin Atanasov, Bulgaria National Award

#18 Sylvia Michel, Switzerland National Award

#19 Justyna Zdunczyk, Poland National Award

#20 Tina Signesdottir Hult, Norway National Award

#21 Md. Tofazzal Hossain, Bangladesh National Award

#22 Ales Krivec, Slovenia National Award

#23 Bassam Allam, Egypt National Award

#24 Takashi Nakazawa, Japan National Award

#25 Nicky Loh, Singapore National Awar

#26 Zeyar Htun, Myanmar National Award

#27 Vinh Dao, Vietnam National Award

#28 Mikkel Beiter, Denmark National Award

#29 Jianguang Zhou, China National Award

#30 Erika Valkovicova, Slovakia National Award

#31 Kenneth O Halloran, Ireland National Award

#32 Nuket Uluc, Turkey National Award

#33 Tien Sang Kok, Malaysia National Award

#34 Damon Beckford, Finland National Award

#35 Manuel Armenis, Germany National Award

#36 Don Ferdinand Tabbun, Uae National Award

#37 Katy Gomez Lopez, Spain National Award

#38 Nicu Spinu, Romania National Award

#39 Lennart Hessel, Sweden National Award

#40 Yoon Jeongvin, South Korea National Award

#41 Chris Round, Australia National Award

#42 Achintha Dahanayake, Sri Lanka National Award

#43 Moin Ahmed, Bangladesh National Award