Sony World Photography Awards reveal dazzling 2021 National Winners View 24 Images
Zdeněk Vošický, Czech Republic, Winner, National Awards, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards 2/24
Since places of worship are closed, these men pray on the Astroturf pitch, while adhering to social distancing
Mehmet Aslan, Turkey, Winner, National Awards, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards 3/24 4/24
The image was created by taking individual shots of an oxidised iron structure and recomposing them later into a balloon-like image
Shai Apeloig, Sweden, Winner, National Awards, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards 5/24
Hiroki Nose, Japan, 2nd Place, National Awards, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards 6/24
S. Muramatsu, Japan, 3rd Place, National Awards, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
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Updated / Sunday, 14 Feb 2021
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The Last Winter by Yukihito Ono, Japan, Winner, National Awards, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards (Yukihito Ono/PA)
From prayers on astro turf to snow-capped trees, a hopeful long-tailed macaque and a mesmeric car park configuration, the National winners of the Sony World Photography Awards 2021 have been crowned.
This portion of the awards (overall winners across all categories will be announced in April) celebrates a project set up by the World Photography Organisation to encourage and champion the work of local photographic communities globally.
These are just some of the winning images to enjoy…
Sony s World Photography Awards 2021 has crowned Wong Chek Poh as Singapore s National Award winner.
Artists from 53 countries took part in this year s programme, and over 330,000 images from 220 territories were submitted to the competition.
On Feb. 9, the winners of the National Awards given to the best single images from each of the countries that participated were announced.
The winners were selected via the 165,000 entries submitted via the Open competition.
The winning photo from Singapore Top image from Wong Chek Poh via worldphoto.org
Wong s photo was picked from the Landscape category of the Open competition of the awards, which saw 165,000 entries in total and was selected by the judges to be the National Award winner for Singapore.