Impressive photos win the 2018 Sony Photography Awards
From more than 320,000 entries from over 200 countries and territories, the Sony Photography Awards 2018 has found impressive and outstanding works according to different themes.
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| American photographer Mitch Dobrowner won second place in the landscape category for his stunning images of storm clouds and skies. Mitch said he couldn't put into words the experience of shooting the photo. |
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| Photographer Antonio Gibotta captured images of the 200-year-old festival of Els Enfarinat, also known as the “Flour Fight,” which takes place every year in Alicante, Spain. |
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| Megan Johnson was awarded the Young Photographer of the Year award for her image of cliffs near her home in Connecticut. The black and white image captures the complex loneliness of everyday life. |
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| Bulgarian photographer Veselin Atanasov captured a stunning image during a forest trip in the Balkans. |
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| Rasmus Flindt Pedersen submitted a series of photos he took during two trips to Mosul, Iraq, in 2017, during the battle to liberate Mosul from IS control. According to AP, an estimated 11,000 people were killed in the battle. |
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| Student Photographer of the Year is 20-year-old Canadian Samuel Bolduc, whose series of images explores the environmental burden of plastic waste. Samuel hopes the images highlight the urgent need to tackle plastic pollution. |
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| Photographer Michelangelo captured hundreds of marble quarries in the Apuan Alps, which have been in operation since the time of the ancient Romans. The series depicts the rustic, majestic and unique beauty of the area. |
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| In the news and events category, Mohd Samsul Mohd Said won the award for his series of photographs of ethnic Rohingya people forced to flee Rakhine State, Myanmar. Up to 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar into Bangladesh because of violence in Rakhine. |
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| Every Wednesday at Spurgeons Academy, a small school in Kibera’s maze of streets and narrow alleys, students take their desks out of the classroom and clear the floor for dance class. The ballet class is part of Annos Africa and the One Fine Day charity that takes place in slums around Kenya. |
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| Thousands of Palestinian workers spend up to four hours crossing checkpoints every day to get to work. Eduardo Castaldo, who took the photos, says they were taken to reflect on oppression. |
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| Photographer Anush Babajanyan captured this image of twins at the Koumassi Grande Mosque. In some West African countries, twins are believed to have special powers and people often come to them when in need, hoping that the twins' power will help their wishes come true. |
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| Topping the sports category is photographer Balaz Gardi with this image of buzhazi, a sport in Afghanistan where riders fight to reach an animal carcass as their target. |
