The Italian Federico Borella is the Photographer of the Year according to the jury of the 2019 Sony World Photography Award. Five Degrees, his project about male sucide samong the farmer community of one of the Indian areas more affected by drought which has also won the Documentary Photograpoy section, has been choosen among the winners in each category of the competition, as Boxing Against Violence: The Female Boxers Of Goma by Alessandro Grassani (Sport) and Güle Güle by Jean-Marc Caimi e Valentina Piccinni (Scoperta). The german Stephen Zirwes has been awarded in the Architecture category with Cut Outs – Pools 2018, while to the British-Chinese Yang Wang Preston goes the Landscape one with To the South of the Colourful Clouds, part of the wider project Forest, and to the Spanish Álvaro Laiz the Portrait one with The Edge series. American artist Christy Lee Rogers is the Photographer of the Year in the Open category with the image Harmony, from her series Muses.
Sony World Photography Awards 2019: Federico Borella is the Photographer of the Year
The winners for all the professional categories have been declared during the ceremony for the 12th edition of the prestigious international award held in London.
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From the series Five Degrees, by Federico Borella, Italy, 1st Place, Professional competition, Documentary, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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From the series Five Degrees, by Federico Borella, Italy, 1st Place, Professional competition, Documentary, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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From the series The Edge, Álvaro Laiz, Spain, 1st Place, Professional competition, Portraiture, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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From the series Boxing Against Violence: The Female Boxers Of Goma, by Alessandro Grassani, Italy, 1st Place, Professional competition, Sport , 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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From the series Chosen [not] to be, by Marinka Masséus, Netherlands,1st Place, Professional competition, Creative, 2019 Sony World Photography
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From the series Güle Güle, by Jean-Marc & Valentina Caimi & Piccinni, Italy, 1st Place, Professional, Discovery, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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Fron the series Youk, by Nicolas Gaspardel and Pauline Baert, France, 1st Place, Professional Still Life, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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From the series Pools 2018, by Stephan Zirwes, Germany, 1st Place, Professional competition, Architecture , 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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Harmony, from the series Muses, by Christ Lee Rogers, United States, 1st place Open Photographer of the Year, Sony World Photograpy Awards
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From the series To the South of the Colourful Clouds, by Yan Wang Preston, United Kingdom, 1st Place, Professional competition, Landscape , 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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From the series Meet Bob, by Jasper Doest, Netherlands, 1st Place, Professional competition, Wildlife , 2019 Sony World Photography
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Sergi Villanueva, Spain, Student Photographer of the Year, 2019, Sony World Photography Awards
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From the series Five Degrees, by Federico Borella, Italy, 1st Place, Professional competition, Documentary, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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From the series Five Degrees, by Federico Borella, Italy, 1st Place, Professional competition, Documentary, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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From the series The Edge, Álvaro Laiz, Spain, 1st Place, Professional competition, Portraiture, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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From the series Boxing Against Violence: The Female Boxers Of Goma, by Alessandro Grassani, Italy, 1st Place, Professional competition, Sport , 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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From the series Chosen [not] to be, by Marinka Masséus, Netherlands,1st Place, Professional competition, Creative, 2019 Sony World Photography
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From the series Güle Güle, by Jean-Marc & Valentina Caimi & Piccinni, Italy, 1st Place, Professional, Discovery, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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Fron the series Youk, by Nicolas Gaspardel and Pauline Baert, France, 1st Place, Professional Still Life, 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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From the series Pools 2018, by Stephan Zirwes, Germany, 1st Place, Professional competition, Architecture , 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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Harmony, from the series Muses, by Christ Lee Rogers, United States, 1st place Open Photographer of the Year, Sony World Photograpy Awards
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From the series To the South of the Colourful Clouds, by Yan Wang Preston, United Kingdom, 1st Place, Professional competition, Landscape , 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
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From the series Meet Bob, by Jasper Doest, Netherlands, 1st Place, Professional competition, Wildlife , 2019 Sony World Photography
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