33 finalists of the Sony World Photography Awards 2017 photo contest
Sony has published the shortlist of its award for photographers of the World Photography Awards 2017. In total, the organizers of the event received more than 227.5 thousand applications from all over the world, of which only 33 (including photographers from Russia and Armenia) passed the first stage of the competitive selection.
(33 photos in total)
Photo: Eduard Kornienko, Russian Federation, category "Sport".
Participants of the bodybuilding championship are waiting behind the scenes, Stavropol, Russia.
Photo: Yulia Grigoryants, Armenia, category "Everyday life".
9-year-old Suzanne sits in a rusty car in front of the abandoned building where she lives, Gyumri, Armenia.
Photo: Tom Jacobi, Germany, Landscape category.
Photo: Vito Leone, Italy, category "Culture".
Salento Beach.
Photo: Tim Topple, UK, category "Portraits".
"The lion cub."
Photo: Tavepong Pratoomwong, Thailand, category "Street photography".
"Metropolis".
Photo: Romina Ressia, Argentina, category "Portraits".
"I know what beauty looks like."
Photo: Placido Faranda, Italy, Travel category.
"The woman in Red."
Photo: Masayasu Sakuma, Japan, category "Nature".
February, Nagano Prefecture, filmed at an altitude of 1700 meters.
Photo: Mahesh Shantaram, India, category "Portraits".
Photo: Lorenzo Maccotta, Italy, category "Controversial issues of modernity".
A 33-year-old man working as a web model is sitting in the studio room after the end of the shift.
Photo: Li Song, China, category "Controversial issues of our time".
In 2016, 11-year-old Lee Hang arrived at the weight loss center. At the age of 3, he was diagnosed with Prader—Willi syndrome. When hospitalized, he weighed 155 kg.
Photo: Julien Chatelin, France, category "Architecture".
The Chinese city of Fuling.
Photo: Ivor Prickett, Ireland, category "Current events and news".
The Iraqi men are awaiting interrogation by the Kurdish security service. Who have visited the territories under the rule of ISIS (a terrorist organization banned in Russia. — Ed.) men and teenagers are interrogated for connections with the group and only then released to their families.
Photo: Grant Hegedus, Great Britain, category "Still Life".
Photo: Emrah Karako, Turkey, category "Culture".
Iran, Muharram is the first month of the Muslim calendar.
Photo: Christina Simons, Iceland, category "Everyday life".
A 6-year-old boy, Salvador, is waiting for him to be able to go to a bullfight.
Photo: Christian Vizl, Mexico, category "The surrounding world".
Mexico, Baja California, Gulf of California.
Photo: Ann Ric, Malaysia, category "Nature".
Fujisan Marathon.
Photo: Andrs Gallardo Albajar, Spain, category "Still Life".
Photo: Amber Bracken, Canada, category "Modern problems".
Inside the wigwam, where signatures were left on the walls by people from all over North America opposing the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
Photo: Alex Andriesi, Romania, category "Enhanced photography".
Photo: Alessio Romenzi, Italy, category "Current events and news".
Soldiers of the Libyan troops.
Photo: Zsolt Hlinka, Hungary, category "Architecture".
Photo: Joe Raedle, USA, category "Current events and news".
A woman stands knee-deep in water on the porch of her house during floods in Louisiana.
Photo: Ioana Moldovanyu, Romania, category "Everyday life".
The doctor was called to the house of a child who has otitis media due to improper bathing. According to Eurostat, Romania ranks first in the number of child deaths.
Photo: Giulia Piermartiri Edoardo Delille, Italy, category "Portraits".
Photo: Felicity McCabe, UK, category "The world around".
Photo: Carloman Macidiano Cspedes Riojas, Peru, category "Portraits".
Photo: Anisleidy Martnez Fonseca, Cuba, category "Portraits".
Carmen Saheras is 85 years old, she was born in Cuba to a Spanish immigrant family. She is still nostalgic for how they lived before the revolution.
Photo: Andreas Hemb, Sweden, category "Wildlife".
Buffaloes at the watering hole, South Africa.
Photo: Ami Vitale, USA, category "The surrounding world".
An employee of the Wolongas Hetaopig center cradles a panda bear in his arms.
Keywords: Sony World Photography Awards | Final | Photographers | Photo contest