San Diego, CA—The World Photography Organization (WPO) revealed the Professional competition 2023 finalists and shortlisted photographers for the Sony World Photography Awards 2023.
Now in its 16th year, the Professional competition rewards exceptional series of work both for technical skill and an original approach to storytelling. Further, the winner of Photographer of the Year 2023 is chosen from the Professional finalists. The WPO will announce that winner on April 13.
More than 415,000 images from 200+ countries and territories were submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards 2023. What’s more, 180,000+ were entered into the Professional competition—the highest number of entries on record.
“Finding original and different viewpoints photographically is challenging but ever more rewarding as photographers embrace global visual trends and at the same time explore their own culture and history,” commented Mike Trow, jury chair.
“In 2023 we have come up with another exciting and challenging set of competition winners from across the globe and covering such a range of narratives. . . .from bold takes on architecture to empowering documentary work, daring portraiture and beautiful and heartfelt creative work.”
A selection of images by finalists as well as shortlisted photographers will exhibit as part of the Sony World Photography Awards at Somerset House, London, from April 14 to May 1, 2023.
Furthermore, the WPO will reveal the overall winners in the Student, Youth, Open and Professional competition of the Sony World Photography Awards on April 13, 2023. They will also go on display as part of the exhibition at Somerset House.
Professional Competition 2023 Finalists & Shortlist
Following are the finalist as well as shortlisted photographers in each of the Professional competition’s categories.
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
© James Deavin, United Kingdom, Finalist, Professional Competition, Portfolio, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
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
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, United States
© Fabio Bucciarelli, Italy, Finalist, Professional Competition, Landscape, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
Landscape
Finalists
- Fabio Bucciarelli, 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, United States
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
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
Wildlife & Nature
Finalists
- Corey Arnold, United States
- Adalbert Mojrzisch, Germany
- Sriram Murali, India
Shortlist
- Martin Broen, United States
- Julia Christe, Germany
- Masahiro Fujita, Japan
- Dillon Marsh, South Africa
- Aneesh Sankarankutty, India
- Zhu Zhu, Canada
Sport
Finalists
- Al Bello, United States
- Andrea Fantini, Italy
- Thomas Morel-Fort, France
Shortlist
- Giuseppe Carotenuto, Italy
- Josef Hlavka, Czech Republic
- Ronald Hoogendoorn, Netherlands
- Anthony Smith, Canada
- John Wessels, South Africa
- Nicola Zolin, Italy
Still Life
Finalists
- Carloman Macidiano Céspedes Riojas, Peru
- Jagoda Malanin, Poland
- Kechun Zhang, China Mainland
Shortlist
- Austin Crail, United States
- Alun Crockford, UK
- Elaine Duigenan, UK
- Klaus Lenzen, Germany
- Rodrigo Masina Pinheiro, Brazil
- Liz Mcburney, UK
