Sony World Photography Awards

[Miaow]

Just found an article/picture gallery on my local news website that they announced the finalists in the Sony World Photo Awards (Is a few weeks old April 15th)

Just thought I'd post this link to the gallery so people could check them out

The 33 finalists in the Sony World Photography Awards

Iit does appear that It's actually finished now according to the actual site - which has the winners listed.
http://www.worldphotographyawards.org/

 

[kellylindseyphotography]

Wow . Whats really interesting to me is how some of them totally knock my socks off and some of them I'm jsut like 'that? that's it?'. Thank you for sharing that link!

 

[EricBrian]

Wow . Whats really interesting to me is how some of them totally knock my socks off and some of them I'm jsut like 'that? that's it?'

I agree. Some really nice/good shots and some I totally don't get.

 

[Overread]

like you two above me - some good shots some nice, some interesting and some that just made little or no sense
(and one or two - that last in particular) that seemed to be to be a tad constructed for a photography award - possibly or it might just be me at 3am

 

[shawnxstl]

first shot is definitely my favorite.

 

[Miaow]

Yeah there's a few 'different' ones - There's quite a few I really like also

Im sorta trying to work out what that 'pregnant boy on a skateboard' could be an advertisement for

 

[shawnxstl]

yeah that one creeped me and a few other people out...

probably the weirdest one.

i also like the nude female shot. the lighting on that is great imo.

something about the water drop speaks to me too

there are a handful of decent shots but some are just like "uhh...what?"

 

[EricBrian]

Here is the link to the winners gallery:
http://www.worldphotographyawards.org/winners/default.asp

 

[Miaow]

It has me amazed that that dog won the nature one - I think only two of the pics I liked (out of the sections) actually won their sections lol

 

[EricBrian]

I am not too thrilled with the pro pictures. I do like the amateur ones.

 

[Rick Waldroup]

In the pro section, I thought the Italian photographer's winner for advertising, "Welcome to Japan", was simply brilliant.