Metal-clad fruit. Bedrooms that defy gravity. A full moon bursting from a volcano. These are some of the surreal scenarios to be found within the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 Open shortlist. Here are five shots we love, selected from over 200,000 submissions spanning 200 countries and territories.
Jordi Coy, Lunar Eruption, 2023
Spain | Landscape Category
Yi Han, The Last Resort, 2023
China | Creative Category
Xiaoye Jin, The Beginning, 2023
China | Object Category
Lukas Palatinus, Desert Sisters, 2023
Slovakia | Portraiture Category
Giuseppe Colarusso, Still Life #6, 2023
Italy | Object Category
The overall winner of the Open competition will be announced at the Awards’ ceremony in London
on 13 April. A selection of images by finalists and shortlisted photographers will be exhibited as part of the Sony World Photography Awards at Somerset House, London, from 14 April-1 May 2023.
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Image Credits:
1&5. © Lukas Palatinus, Slovakia, Shortlist, Open Competition, Portraiture, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
2. © Jordi Coy, Spain, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
3. © Yi Han, China Mainland, Shortlist, Open Competition, Creative, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
4. © Xiaoye Jin, China Mainland, Shortlist, Open Competition, Object, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
6. © Giuseppe Colarusso, Italy, Shortlist, Open Competition, Object, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
