In pictures: Stunning winning images from prestigious Sony World Photography Awards
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Five Degrees
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Harmony
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Ubuntu – I Am Because We Are
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cut outs – pools 2018
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Chosen to be
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Güle Güle
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To the South of the Colourful Clouds
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Meet Bob
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The Edge
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Boxing Against Violence: The Female Boxers Of Goma
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Yuck
The Sony World Photography Awards are one of the world’s largest and most prestigious photography competitions.
The 12th edition saw a record breaking 326,997 submissions by photographers from 195 countries, presenting the world’s finest contemporary photography captured over the past year.
The coveted Photographer of the Year title was presented at a London ceremony to the Italian artist Federico Borella for his series Five Degrees – which focuses on male suicide in the farming community of Tamil Nadu, Southern India.
Upon winning the award, which includes a $25,000 (£19,235) prize, Mr Borella said: “This award is one of the most important things for my career and my life.
“This kind of visibility is amazing because it allows me and my work to reach a global audience, it is a ‘golden ticket’ that happens once in a lifetime.”
Our gallery features the winning images from the 10 professional categories, as well as the overall winner.