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The 2014 Sony World Photography Awards have finally published the winners of their world-wide photo competition. This year, 139,554 images from 70,000 entries made it into the competition. The winners of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards have finally been announced, picked from over 130,000 images from 70,000 photographers.
Here are my favorite finalists and winners, definitely a talented and original crowd!
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| Enhanced category: “Rescue Operation” by Kylli Sparre, Estonia, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Smile category: “Muddy smile” by Alpay Erdem, Turkey, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Panoramic category: “Starry Lighthouse” by Ivan Pedretti, Italy, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Architecture category: “Under the staircase” by Holger Schmidtke, Germany, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Split Second category: Untitled by Hairul Azizi Harun, Malaysia, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Nature & Wildlife category: “The cold pony” by Gert van den Bosch, Netherlands, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| 18 People category: “Poor god” by Arup Ghosh, India, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Arts & Culture category: “Rodeo” by Valerie Prudon, France, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Portraits category: Untitled by Paulina Metzscher, Germany, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Environment category: “Life and Line” by Turjoy Chowdhury, Bangladesh, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Culture category: Anastasia Zhetvina, Russia, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Indonesia National Award: “Not Superman” by Irwansyah, Indonesia, 1st place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Singapore National Award: “What are you staring at !?” by Chin Boon Leng, Singapore, 1st place, 2014 Sony World |
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| Honk Kong National Award: “Fire Dragon” by Chi Hung Cheung, 2nd Place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Nordics National Award: “Exit” by Michael Nordqvist, Sweden, 1st Place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Hong Kong National Award: ”Jump of Life” by Cheung Lai San, Hong Kong, 1st place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Thailand National Award: “Children Day” by Suthas Rungsirisilp, Thailand, 1st Place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Vietnam National Award: “Tin Oven Builders” by Minh Ngo Thanh, Vietnam, 3rd Place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| China National Award: Untitled by Minwei Yan, China, 3rd Place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Peru National Award: “Smiles in the Cemetery” by Milko Torres Ramirez, Peru, 1st place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| Nordics National Award: “Lightning” by Lise Sundberg, 3rd place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| South Korea National Award: “Ripples in the calm lake” Dowon Choi, Korea, 1st place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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| United Kingdom National Award: “The Calm Before the Storm” by Sean Batten, United Kingdom, 1st Place, 2014 Sony World |
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| Poland National Award: “The inhabitant of Szack of Ukraine and her horse” by Mateusz Baj, Poland, 1st place, 2014 Sony |
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| China National Award: “Horse fighting in Rongshui, Guangxi” by Ngai-bun Wong, China, 2nd Place, 2014 Sony World |
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| Australia National Award: “Going Home” by Neville Jones, Australia, 1st Place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards |
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