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Sony World Photography Awards presents the best single photographs from the past year
They announced the Open competition’s category winners and shortlists, chosen from over 430,000 submissions into the Sony World Photography Awards 2026.
Explore over 100 striking, stand-alone images captured by photographers from around the world, each one telling a powerful story in a single frame.
Sony World Photography Awards
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