The best images revealed by Sony World Photography Awards 2021

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A photo of a woman surrounded by fish drying in Vietnam and another showing lightning over a lavender field in Spain are among the winners of 10 categories at the open Sony World Photography Awards 2021 competition, announced on Thursday.

Organized by the World Photography Organization, the annual Open competition selects the “best individual images” in categories such as travel, architecture and street photography.

Vietnamese photographer Khanh Phan won the travel category for the image of dried fish, which was taken at the Long Hai fish market in Ba Ria -Vung Tau, Vietnam.

Spanish photographer Juan López Ruiz won the landscape category for capturing the moment of lightning over a lavender field, with a lone tree in the center.

Electric storm over a lone tree in the lavender fields of Brihuega, Guadalajara, Spain.

Spanish photographer Juan López Ruiz won the landscape category for this image. Credit: Juan López Ruiz / 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

German photographer Klaus Lenzen won the architecture category for the image of a set of stairs at the Hyatt Hotel in Dusseldorf, which seem to float in space.

F. Dilek Uyar, from Turkey, was also named the winner of the street photography category for photographing a municipal worker in Ankara, Turkey, disinfecting a train platform.

The winners in the other six categories are as follows: Tamary Kudita, Zimbabwe, in the creative category; Mariano Belmar Torrecilla, Spain, lifestyle; Marijo Maduna, Croatia, movement; Cristo Pihlamäe, Estonia, the natural world and wildlife; Kata Zih, Hungary, object; and Lyudmila Sabanina, Russian Federation, portrayal.

A woman dries fish trays at the Long Hai fish market in Vung Tau province, Vietnam. Thousands of trays are dried on the roofs and in the yards of hundreds of workers. I came to Long Hai on a photo trip and was overwhelmed by the stairs of the fishing village.

Vietnamese photographer Khanh Phan won the travel category for this image. Credit: Khanh Phan / 2021 Sony World Photography Awards

The 10 winners of the category will now be considered for the overall title and a prize of $ 5,000. I also receive a selection of Sony digital imaging equipment. The overall winner of the Open competition will be announced on April 15.

Over 100 photographers were selected for the contest along with the category winners. The winning and selected works will be presented in a virtual exhibition on the website of the World Photography Organization.

The 2021 competition was judged by Gastón Deleau, director of the FOLA Gallery (Fototeca Latinoamericana – Latin American Photo Library) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Scroll through the gallery above to see the 10 winners of the category in the open competition Sony World Photography Awards.

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