These Exquisite Images Have Been Revealed to Be the Winners of Sony National & Regional Photography Awards

The World Photography Organization is an organization that aims to raise awareness of photography worldwide through a wide program of exhibitions, awards, and competition. It was established in 2017 by Founder and CEO Scott Gray.

To celebrate photography on a wider scale, each year they provide a platform to Sony, which celebrates photographers in more than 50 countries and awards Sony National & Regional prize. The program has been quite a success, awarding more than 500 photographers around the world by handpicking the best single images from each of the countries for nine years in a row.

The organization arranges international exhibition tours and competitions, giving the chance to each participant to showcase its work.

Scroll down below to see a collection of some of the most exquisite images that are chosen as the winners of this competition.

#1 Indonesia Winner: ‘Poems For Sisters’, By Hardijanto Budyman

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You are angels in disguise
Side by side or miles apart
Sisters will always be connected by the heart

#2 Viet Nam Winner: ‘Waiting’, By Tuan Nguyen Quang

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#3 Sri Lanka Winner: ‘Hustle For Survival’, By Isira Sooriyaarachchi                 

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On a weekday in August, while I was wandering along Main Street, Colombo, this man caught my attention among the crowds of people and busy traffic. I crossed to the middle of the road and pulled out my phone to capture the life of a worker doing his best to survive during the Covid-19 pandemic.

#4 Emil Wieringa Hildebrand, Norway, National Award Winner 

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#5 Bangladesh Winner: ‘Her Name Is Chandi ‘, By Sabbir Hossen

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A portrait of a child working in a paddy field. She works alongside her parents as it allows her to continue her studies. Her passion was inspiring.

#6 Myanmar Winner: ‘Foggy Morning Fishing’, By Min Min Zaw

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This scene shows a father and son catching fish early one winter morning. In Myanmar, children work with their parents to bring in an income for the whole family.

#7 Greece Winner: ‘Foggy Farming’, By Thoedoros Apeiranthitis

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#8 Philippines Winner: ‘Looking For Water’, By Donell Gumiran

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In Ethiopia’s South Omo, the tribes who live in the valley depend on the Omo River for survival. Sixty-two million Ethiopians lack access to safe water. This is everyday life for them.

#9 Estonia Winner: “Back to Beginning 3” by Höije Nuuter

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#10 Poland Winner: ‘The Moon Girl’, By Kamila J. Gruss

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#11 Romania Winner : Cristina Venedict 

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#12 Lithuania Winner: ‘Traditional Crafts: Portrait Of A Toymaker’, By Simas Bernotas

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Ancient crafts are imbued with the wisdom of previous generations, with each nation having its own tales and myths about them. For this series, I captured Lithuanian crafters with a mystical spirit in an attempt to show them as devoted caretakers of declining traditions. This image is one of many from that project.

#13 Egypt Winner: ‘The Mevlevi Dancer’, By Abdelhamid Fawzy Tahoun

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Tanoura is an Egyptian dance, performed in circular motions, which has its spiritual origins in Sufism. Its performers believe that all movement in the universe starts and ends at the same point, so this is reflected in the dance, with the continuous spinning making them appear like planets moving in space.

#14 Taiwan Winner – Chueh Yu-Liang

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#15 Austria Winner: ‘Horse Against Black Background’, By Michaela Steiner

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#16 Cambodia Winner: ‘I Miss You’, By Sean Channal

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#17 Serbia Winner: ‘Serbia’s Red Gold Pepper Harvest’, By Vladimir Zivojinovic

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An elderly woman prepares threads of red paprika in Donja Lokosnica, Serbia. In this village in a valley in South Morava, some 250 of the 280 households are involved in the growing of pepper – although depopulation means this number is in decline. Around 500 tons of ground pepper is produced in a 250-hectare area.

#18 Italy Winner: ‘Fox Portrait’, By Davide Giannetti

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#19 Malaysia Winner: ‘Long-Tailed Macaque’, By Yoganathan Yoke

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#20 Bulgaria Winner: ‘Extraterrestrial Earth – Mars ‘ By Eniz Karadzha

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This dam is usually full, but had dried up. Scenes such as this show the effects of climate change are becoming more obvious. After a couple of weeks spent studying the angle of the sun, not to mention a bit of luck, I managed to take the image I’d hoped for.

21. United States Winner: ‘Hourglass’, By Patrick Mueller

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A snaking dune in Death Valley meets the saddle of the surrounding mountains.

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Each parent has a different parenting style. With each parenting style comes a different way of showing a misbehaving child their wrongdoing, along with a different way of correcting such wrongdoings.

This father had a very terrible daughter. In his post in the Am I The A-Hole subreddit, he began by describing his daughter as someone who had a bad attitude and barely made it through high school. This is in contrast with her younger sister, who was the cream of the crop. To reward the younger, he thought of taking her on a fully-paid vacation. When the older heard of it, she wanted to come but agreed that she would pay her expenses. Come the day of the trip, the older hadn’t paid for her trip yet because she assumed that her father would vouch for her. Follow the full story below!

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This father is asking if he was wrong for not fully paying for her daughter’s vacation




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The father received split reactions from those who believed he did nothing wrong and those who believed he practiced favoritism.









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