Sony World Photography Awards 2014

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Véronique Gray in Art, Culture,art,entertainment 0 Comments

Have you ever heard of the Sony World Photography awards? The competition is open to professional, amateur and student photographers.

The professionals compete for L’Iris d’Or and a $25,000 (USD) cash prize. The names of the 15 winners will be announced on April 30th in London.

The amateurs compete for the title of Open Photographer of 2014 and a cash prize of $5,000 (USD). The winners will be announced on March 18th.

In the Youth competition the judges will select 3 photographers under the age of 20. The work of all winners and finalists will be exhibited at the Somerset House in London May.

See below some of the amazing photos of the finalists:

Hao Li Taiwan Finalist – Conceptual Professional Competiton 2014- copyright Hao Li

Colombian drag queen and Miss Bambuco Gay 2012 in the dressing room at a gay bar in Bogota few minutes before the beginning of the National Bambuco Gay Pageant 2013. For this contest the drag queens dress traditional Colombian clothes and dance the ?bambuco?, a regional, folkloric, 'religious related' dance of the Andes, characterized by the elegance of its movements and precious dresses. Generally couples dance the ?bambuco? and men lead women, in this series women are drag queens. This drag queen is from Huila - a region in the South of Colombia - where the folk dance comes from and where there is a big tradition around the 'bambuco' that children learn at school. People in Bogota don't know how to dance the bambuco, for this reason the winner of the Drag Pageant is generally from Huila, as well as the men that dance with the ladies, and the judges of the contest. Bogota, July 19, 2013

This drag queen is from Huila – a region in the South of Colombia – where the folk dance comes from and where there is a big tradition around the ‘bambuco’ that children learn at school. People in Bogota don’t know how to dance the bambuco, for this reason the winner of the Drag Pageant is generally from Huila, as well as the men that dance with the ladies, and the judges of the contest. Bogota, July 19, 2013 – copyright Viviana Peretti Italy Finalist Arts & Culture Professional Competiton 2014