Stunning Images Of Global Photography Competition

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'They can be extraordinarily creative, and more than capable of working to their own brief to turn a wonderful idea or moment into a beautiful photograph. In so many ways there are heftier chunks of real life and soul in amateur images than there are in the professional categories – because amateurs do it for the love of taking pictures.
'And the shortlist and winners for this year's Open competition demonstrates that perfectly.'

Sony also announced the three finalists in the Youth category, Alecsandra Dragoi, from Romania, Xu Wei Shou, from Taiwan and Berta Vicent, of Spain, as well as the winner of the 3D category, Slovenian photographer Matjaž Tančič.

Professional category winners and the coveted L’Iris D’Or/ Sony World Photography Awards Professional Photographer of the Year title will be announced at the ceremony in April. The L’Iris D’Or winner will receive nearly £17,000.

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'They can be extraordinarily creative, and more than capable of working to their own brief to turn a wonderful idea or moment into a beautiful photograph. In so many ways there are heftier chunks of real life and soul in amateur images than there are in the professional categories – because amateurs do it for the love of taking pictures.
'And the shortlist and winners for this year's Open competition demonstrates that perfectly.'

Sony also announced the three finalists in the Youth category, Alecsandra Dragoi, from Romania, Xu Wei Shou, from Taiwan and Berta Vicent, of Spain, as well as the winner of the 3D category, Slovenian photographer Matjaž Tančič.

Professional category winners and the coveted L’Iris D’Or/ Sony World Photography Awards Professional Photographer of the Year title will be announced at the ceremony in April. The L’Iris D’Or winner will receive nearly £17,000.

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Hisatomi Tadahiko of Japan took the winning picture for the People category, featuring this married couple relaxing against a drab background

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An explosion of milk: Photographer Matias Galvez said: 'For the human eye to capture this scene with this detail is impossible. But with a camera you have a whole new world to discover'

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Panorama: Yeow Kwang Yeo took this photo of an elderly man's home in a small village outside Jakarta. The man has lived there since he was a boy

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Fragile: Xu Wei Shou's winning photo for the Environment category is a bold black and white image showing a house teetering over a sheer cliff face

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Portrait: Spain's Berta Vicente said: 'One day I came across an uninhabited building. Once inside, I imagined a girl I used to meet in the bus there. I made it true'

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Joie de vivre: Ming Hui Guan went to a slum in ebu City in the Philippines for this picture of some laughing children playing in a Jeepney

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Darkness and light: A Hui-style living room in the old village houses of Yixian, China