Sony World Photography Awards 2021

Craig Easton named as the Photographer of the Year for his work on the representation of communities in northern England

In Sports Category Anas Alkarbotli won for his series shot at a Karate school near Aleppo, Syria, titled Sport and Fun Instead of War and Fear

Tamary Kudita, from Zimbabwe, for her portrait of a young women dressed in Victorian clothing, holding traditional Shona cooking utensils called African Victorian. won the opne competition — Tamary Kudita, from Zimbabwe, for her portrait of a young women dressed in Victorian clothing, holding traditional Shona cooking utensils called African Victorian. won the open competition

Wildlife and Nature winner Luis Tato from Spain for his photograph of desert locusts

Pubarun Basu from India won the youth photographer of the year youth competition composition and design Sony world photography awards-2021

Sony announced the winners of the professional category of the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards. With Craig Easton named as the Photographer of the Year for his work on the representation of communities in northern England.

His project addresses issues of social deprivation, housing, unemployment and immigration as well as the impact of past and present foreign policy.

Mike Two, Chairman of the 2021 Professional competition said “These are not people who necessarily asked to be photographed, but Craig gained their trust. It is the moral weight behind the work that makes it important and deserving of this prize”. The open competition celebrates the power of single images and this year’s winner is Tamary Kudita, from Zimbabwe, for her portrait of a young women dressed in Victorian clothing, holding traditional Shona cooking utensils called African Victorian.

The winners of the Open, Student, and Youth competitions have also been announced.

The Young Photographer of the Year award wen to 19-year-okd Pubarun Basu from India, for his photograph of No Escape from Reality, which uses cage-like shadows behind curtains to convey a sense of entrapment.

In Architecture category Tomas Vocelka of the Czech Republic won for his photograph of a former military complex that has been transformed into a pet crematorium.

In landscape category Iran’s Silent Neighbourhoods by Majid Hojjati won, “ We have race to eternity, knowing life is fleeting, leaving the lights on behind us as if to say that once upon a time we were alive. Here are the silent neighbourhoods those places free of presence of humanity. The noise can be heard everywhere- but here in these places we are condemned to hear nothing.”

Laura Pannack from the UK, triumphed in the portfolio category with images from a variety of personal projects. “ I believe images need to captivate and evoke emotion, and so, with every frame I shoot, I consider the elements within the frame and outside it.”

In Sports Category Anas Alkarbotli won for his series shot at a Karate school near Aleppo, Syria, titled Sport and Fun Instead of War and Fear,

Wildlife and Nature winner Luis Tato from Spain for his photograph of desert locusts for a series titles Locust Invasion in East Africa. “Swarms of desert locusts from the Arabian Peninsula began rampaging across East Africa in early 2020, devouring crop and vegetation where they landed. Some areas of East Africa such as Kenya had not been such severe desert locust outbreaks in more than 70 years.”