Craig Easton who captured the culture and misrepresentation of communities has been named World Photographer of the Year 2021.
Run by the World Photography Organisation (WPO), the Sony World Photography Awards are in their 14th year. More than 330,000 images were entered across 10 categories in four different competition classes: Professional, Open, Student, and Youth.
Craig was announced World Photographer of the Year 2021 by Scott Gray founder and CEO of the World Photography Organisation in online ceremony.
His series Bank Top was a collaboration with writer and academic Abdul Aziz Hafiz that focuses on the Bank Top area of Blackburn. It featured the residents and the shopkeepers from different backgrounds and cultures.