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The rare black panther not seen in Africa for 100 years: Sony World Photography Awards 2021
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Now in its 14th year, the free to enter Awards are a global voice for photography and provide a vital insight into contemporary photography today.
We now bring you some of our favourite images from this year’s batch.
Silence is Golden
An anechoic chamber is perhaps the quietest place in the world, and this example at The University of Ferrara (Italy) is no exception. Derived from Greek, the word anechoic literally means “free of echo”. Entering the chamber is an almost mystical experience: sound doesn’t reverberate and those who enter gradually lose their equilibrium as the initial euphoria transforms into an eerie sensation of disorientation. The violin-player pictured in the chamber would still be able to hear her own playing, but without any reverberation at all.