The Sony World Photography Awards 2023 has just announced its overall winners at a gala ceremony in London.
It is a renowned photography competition with a top prize of $25,000, open to all. It has been elevating photographers' careers for 16 years.
Here is a list of winners in different categories.
video: pexelsEdgar Martins was named Photographer of the Year for 'Our War', which honours photojournalist Anton Hammerl, who died during the Libyan Civil War.
The award was won by Fan Li's Cement Factory. Now left barren, the Tieshan cement factory is located in Guilin City in South China.
Outstanding Contribution to Photography was for 'Untitled', from the series Illuminance by Rinko Kawauchi. She is a renowned Japanese photographer.
Winner: Hugh Kinsella Cunningha from UK, for his picture that shows a women's peace movement in Congo, a country that has seen nearly 2 decades of conflict.
Corey Arnold won the award for his series 'Cities Gone Wild', in which he tracks black bears, coyotes and raccoons – that have survived human-built landscape.
'The Right To Play' by Lee-Ann Olwagn was conferred this award. Olwagn worked with girls from Kenya who have avoided FGM and child marriage.
Winner: Al Bello (US), for the series Female Pro Baseball. The photos are of Kelsie Whitmore, 1st female professional baseball player to play in an all-male pro league.
The Sky Garden series by Kechun Zhang won this award. The still captures 'Landscape Gardening', a practice dating back to ancient times.
Marisol Mendez & Federico Kaplan from Japan won this award for their series Miruku which features Wayuus, an indigenous tribe from Colombia.