The World Photography Organisation is delighted to reveal the National Award winners for the Sony World Photography Awards 2023. The National Awards program is an initiative set up by the World Photography Organisation and Sony to support local photographic communities around the world, with 55 countries taking part this year.
Over 415,000 images from over 200 countries and territories were submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 and over 200,000 were entered to the Open competition (from which the National Awards winner was selected). New to this year’s Awards are four new Regional Awards set up by the World Photography Organisation and Sony Europe. The new Awards spotlight the breadth of photographic talent from a range of countries across Europe and are divided into four categories: the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, the Romania & Moldova Regional Award; the Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania Regional Award; the Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina Regional Award; and the Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria & North Macedonia Regional Award.
All National Award winners receive Sony digital imaging equipment and will be included in the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition and book.
The overall winners in the Student, Youth, Open and Professional competitions of the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 will be announced on 13th April 2023 and will go on display as part of the exhibition at Somerset House, London (14th April to 1st May 2023).
For more information about upcoming announcements and winners please visit www.worldphoto.org
The full rundown of winners is as follows:
National Awards
Austria – Fabian Jung
Bangladesh – Protap Shekhor Mohanto
Cambodia – Chan Sithy Heng Egypt – Abdelrahman Gabr
France – Samia Berbiche
Germany – Andreas Mikonauschke
India – Pradeep Kodimana Ramakrishnan
Indonesia – Mawaruddin Mawaruddin
Japan – Hajime Hirano, Winner
Japan – Kazutoshi Ono, 2nd Place
Japan – Takahiro Toh, 3rd Place
Republic of Korea – Gyu Seob Shim, Winner
Republic of Korea – Kyujin Jeong, 2nd Place
Republic of Korea – Lee Jongkee, 3rd Place
Kuwait – Adil Javed
Malaysia – Eng Tong Tan
Myanmar – Si Thu Ye Myint
Nepal – Rabik Upadhayay
Nigeria – Nukabari Opuama
Pakistan – Yawar Abbas
Philippines – Donell Gumiran
Poland – Mateusz Żurowski
Qatar – Abdulla AL-Mushaifri
Saudi Arabia – Mansoor Mohsen
Singapore – Huazheng Hong
South Africa – Tshabalala Bongani
Sri Lanka – Rajeev Abeysekara
Switzerland – Sandra Handschin
Taiwan – Leo Huang
Thailand – Saravut Vanset
Turkey – Erhan Coral
United Arab Emirates – Oday Shanshal
United States – Angela Perez
Vietnam – Thiện Nguyễn Ngọc
European Regional Awards
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania & Moldova:
– Cristina Băzăr (Romania), Winner
– Ivana Dostálová (Czech Republic), Shortlist
– Dávid Balogh (Hungary), Shortlist
– Maria Guțu (Moldova), Shortlist
– Filip Hrebenda (Slovakia), Shortlist
Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania:
– Milda Vyšniauskaitė (Lithuania), Winner
– Uku Sööt (Estonia), Shortlist
– Niks Freimanis (Latvia), Shortlist
Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina:
– Roberto Pavić (Croatia), Winner
– Armin Durgut (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Shortlist
– Suer Celina (Kosovo), Shortlist
– Ivana Todorović (Montenegro), Shortlist
– Vladimir Zivojinovic (Serbia), Shortlist
– Andrej Tarfila (Slovenia), Shortlist
Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria & North Macedonia:
– Sima Bivolarska-Stoyanova (Bulgaria), Winner
– Elena Georgiou (Cyprus), Shortlist
– Alexandros Othonos (Greece), Shortlist
– Vlatko Rafeski (North Macedonia), Shortlist
Latin American National Awards
– Pável Vélez (Mexico), Winner
– Kevin Moncayo (Ecuador), 2nd Place
– Alejandra del Carmen Elías Zambrano (Peru), 3rd Place
– Solange Avena Bolivia (Argentina), Shortlist
– Reynaldo San Martín (Bolivia), Shortlist
– Oscar Seguel Mangiola (Chile), Shortlist
– Hernan Jaramillo (Colombia), Shortlist
– Manuel Rodríguez (Costa Rica), Shortlist
– Andres Novales (Guatemala), Shortlist
