The World Photography Organization is delighted to reveal the finalist and shortlisted photographers in the Professional competition for Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA) 2023. Now in its 16th year, the Awards’ Professional competition rewards exceptional series of work both for technical skill and an original approach to storytelling.
Over 415,000 images from over 200 countries and territories were submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 and over 180,000 were entered into the Professional competition – the highest number of entries on record.
The three finalists and projects per category of the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 are:
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
Finalists
Fan Li, China Mainland
Servaas Van Belle, Belgium
Andres Gallardo Albajar, Spain
Shortlist
Javier Arcenillas, Spain
Pavlo Dorohoi, Ukraine
Peter Franck, Germany
Johanna Marcela Garavito Morales, Colombia
Miguel Gutierrez, Venezuela
Mitsuru Sakurai, Japan
CREATIVE
Finalists
Noemi Comi, Italy
Lee-Ann Olwage, South Africa
Giulia Piermartiri & Edoardo Delille, Italy
Shortlist
Richard Boll, United Kingdom
Alessandro Cinque, Italy
Valentina Fusco, Italy
Juliana Jacyntho, Brazil
Tommaso Sacconi, Italy
Emily Steinberger, USA
DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS
Finalists
Hugh Kinsella Cunningham, UK
Mohammed Salem, Palestinian Territory
Tariq Zaidi, UK
Shortlist
Alessandro Cinque, Italy
Radu Diaconu, Canada
Mingrui Liu, China Mainland
Yoese Mariam, Indonesia
Mads Nissen, Denmark
Frederick Olivera Gonzales, Peru
Emin Sansar, Turkey
ENVIRONMENT
Finalists
Jonas Kakó, Germany
Marisol Mendes (Bolivia) & Federico Kaplan (Argentina)
Axel Javier Sulzbacher, Germany
Shortlist
Lasse Branding, Germany
Fatma Fahmy, Egypt
Haider Khan, India
Angela Ponce, Peru
Simone Tramonte, Italy
Bruno Zanzottera, Italy
LANDSCAPE
Finalists
Fabio Bucciarelii, Italy
Kacper Kowalski, Poland
Bruno Zanzottera, Italy
Shortlist
Cesar Dezfuli, Spain
Nicholas Holt, UK
Amélie Labourdette, France
Brais Lorenzo Couto, Spain
Alessandro Mallamaci, Italy
Francesco Merlini, Italy
George Steinmetz, USA
PORTFOLIO
Finalists
James Deavin, UK
Marjolein Martinot, Netherlands
Marylise Vigneau, France
Shortlist
Israel Fuguemann, Mexico
Jack Gasiorowski, Poland
Tadas Kazakevicius, Lithuania
Taiye Omokore, Nigeria
Ines Vansteenkiste-Muylle, Belgium
PORTRAITURE
Finalists
Edgar Martins, Portugal
Jean-Claude Moschetti, France
Ebrahim Noroozi, Islamic Republic of Iran
Shortlist
Jae In Lee, Republic of Korea
Toby Binder, Germany
Jerome Delay, France
Colin Delfosse, Belgium
Sasha Maslov, Ukraine
STILL LIFE
Finalists
Carloman Macidiano Céspedes Riojas, Peru
Jagoda Malanin, Poland
Kechun Zhang, China Mainland
Shortlist
Austin Crail, USA
Alun Crockford, UK
Elaine Duigenan, UK
Klaus Lenzen, Germany
Rodrigo Masina Pinheiro, Brazil
Liz Mcburney, UK
WILDLIFE & NATURE
Finalists
Corey Arnold, USA
Adalbert Mojrzisch, Germany
Sriram Murali, India
Shortlist
Martin Broen, USA
Julia Christe, Germany
Masahiro Fujita, Japan
Dillon Marsh, South Africa
Aneesh Sankarankutty, India
Zhu Zhu, Canada
The overall winners in the Student, Youth, Open and Professional competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 will be announced on 13 April 2023 and will go on display as part of the exhibition at Somerset House, London from 14 April-1 May 2023.
