Spectacular Images By The Winners Of Sony World Photography Awards 2014

The winners of the Open, Youth, and National Awards competitions were selected from over 70,000 entries and 139,554 images by amateur and professional photographers from all over the world. The final winners in all three competitions will be announced on 30 April 2014 at a ceremony in London.

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Winners In Open Category

Enhanced category: "Rescue Operation" by Kylli Sparre, Estonia, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Smile category: "Muddy smile" by Alpay Erdem, Turkey, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Panoramic category: "Starry Lighthouse" by Ivan Pedretti, Italy, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Architecture category: "Under the staircase" by Holger Schmidtke, Germany, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Nature & Wildlife category: "The cold pony" by Gert van den Bosch, Netherlands, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Split Second category: Untitled by Hairul Azizi Harun, Malaysia, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards People category: "Poor god" by Arup Ghosh, India, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Arts & Culture category: "Rodeo" by Valerie Prudon, France, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards

Winners In Youth Category

Portraits category: Untitled by Paulina Metzscher, Germany, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Environment category: "Life and Line" by Turjoy Chowdhury, Bangladesh, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Culture category: Anastasia Zhetvina, Russia, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards

Winners In National Category

Hong Kong National Award:  "Jump of Life" by Cheung Lai San, Hong Kong, 1st place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Singapore National Award: "What are you staring at !?" by Chin Boon Leng, Singapore, 1st place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Honk Kong National Award: "Fire Dragon" by Chi Hung Cheung, 2nd Place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Nordics National Award: "Exit" by Michael Nordqvist, Sweden, 1st Place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Thailand National Award: "Children Day" by Suthas Rungsirisilp, Thailand, 1st Place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Indonesia National Award: "Not Superman" by Irwansyah, Indonesia, 1st place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Vietnam National Award: "Tin Oven Builders" by Minh Ngo Thanh, Vietnam, 3rd Place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Peru National Award: "Smiles in the Cemetery" by Milko Torres Ramirez, Peru, 1st place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards China National Award: Untitled by Minwei Yan, China, 3rd Place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Nordics National Award: "Lightning" by Lise Sundberg, 3rd place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards South Korea National Award: "Ripples in the calm lake" Dowon Choi, Korea, 1st place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards United Kingdom National Award: "The Calm Before the Storm" by Sean Batten, United Kingdom, 1st Place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Poland National Award: "The inhabitant of Szack of Ukraine and her horse" by Mateusz Baj, Poland, 1st place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards China National Award: "Horse fighting in Rongshui, Guangxi" by Ngai-bun Wong, China, 2nd Place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Australia National Award: "Going Home" by Neville Jones, Australia, 1st Place, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards