Prizes Sony’s World Photographic They revealed the winners of their prestigious competition, now in their 18th edition, emphasizing the most powerful, wired and visually impressive images of the last year.
At the ceremony in London, a British photographer Zed Nelson He was appointed photographer of the year by his amazing and deeply timely series Anthropocene illusionWhich explores the destroyed relations of mankind with nature. From safari -parks to Green spaces Synthetic, Nelson images show the world in which the savage is placed, and the natural one is something different.
The night also celebrated the winners of professional, open, student and youth competitions – along with a special summer cottage of the legendary photographer of the documentary, Susan Meislas, who received a reward for exceptional contributions for the photograph this year.
From the intimate portraits of adolescents who have grown in communities separated from Northern Ireland, to the celebration of Indian women who challenge gender stereotypes through skateboarding, the winning images of this year are now extensive exposure to Somerset -House in London, which will be a patent until May 5, 2025.
Here is a small selection of the most impressive victorious images this year:
Zed Nelson: “Anthropocene illusion” (photographer of the year)
Six years in which the path of the destructive influence of mankind on the planet is examined, is disguised as artificial and set experience in nature.
Olivier united: “Tboutida la Schute” (Open photographer of the year)
A photograph that reflects the danger and emotions of the moment, the knight is thrown out of his installation during TboutTraditional Moroccan horse show.
Daniel Diane-Ji Wu (young photographer of the year)
For his excellent image of a skateboarder who made a trick, Siluad at sunset in Venis -Bich, Los -Angeles.
Michaela Val Supply Medina: “The last day when we saw mountains and the sea”
A project that explores the complexity of female prison spaces and people who inhabit them from prisoners. It was held in the women’s penitentiary centers San Migel, San Khoakin and Walparaiso, from March to July 2024.
Toby Bindder: “Separated Youth of Belfasta” (documentary projects, winner)
He documents that this means for young people born after the signing of a peace agreement is growing under this tension between generations in the Protestant and Catholic regions of Northern Ireland.
Shantal Pinzy: “Grind Patriarchate”
To capture the stories of young Indian women who use the skateboard as a form of resistance – challe up gender stereotypes and complain to public places.
Gui Christ: ‘m’kumba’ (sport, winner)
Illustrates the stability of Afro-Brazilian communities in the face of local religious intolerance. His name comes from the ancient word of the Congo to designate spiritual leaders before local society is distorted to reduce African religions.
Laura Pannak: “Traveling home from school” (prospects, winner)
Explore the stormy life of young people in the Cape Flates area, in Cape Town, South Africa, controlled by Gang, where their daily trips imply the risk of death.
Nicholas Harrido Houset: “Alchemy Text” (winner of the Awards “Environment”)
The celebration of hereditary techniques for staining artisans of the chinchera, Peru, emphasizing their complex and slow art and natural materials that they use.
Rihannon Adam: “Rhi-Entry” (creative, winner)
The project, which follows the extraordinary trip of the artist Rihannon Adam as the only woman selected for a civil mission to the Moon – an ambitious art residence on board SpaceX, which was unexpectedly canceled, as a result of which the crew was chosen into a weapon with an obsolete dream and future unfinished.
Kino Seid: “Layers of time”
The study of the economic growth of Japan in post-war, matching file photographs since the 1940s according to current scenes, emphasizing the development method, has formed modern problems, such as pollution and imbalance of the population.
Ulan Svitukha: “Tokyo toilet project”
It is documented by impressive and artistic public bathrooms, redesigned in Sibuya, Tokyo – capturing the way that the functional architecture can turn the space of everyday life into visually involved and carefully thought -out stages.
Peter Frank: “I’m still waiting”
A series of collages that examine the moments of pauses and uncertainty – capturing quiet tension directly before something will change.
Antonio Lopez Diaz: Olympic team of Chad (Sport, 3rd place)
A documentary about four chaders, whose trip became an Olympic gymnast in Spain, gives the creation of the first federation of gymnastics of the child.
Alex Bex: “Memories of dust”(Documentary projects, 3rd place)
The study of the visual dictionary of cowboy in order to consider new ways to present this archetype of masculinity.
Raul Belinchon: “Dirty Angels”
He documents the consequences of the worst floods in Spain, Valencia, and focuses on young volunteers – by the nickname “mud angels”, which selflessly helped in the restoration efforts.