Stručni žiri svetskog fotografskog takmičenja, Sony World Photography Awards, proglasio je nagala ceremoniji u Londonu, dobitnike Sony World Photography nagrada u profesionalnoj, otvorenoj i omladinskoj kategoriji.
U profesionalnoj kategoriji pobedu je odnela serija slika koje u ulaze u srce ljudske tragedije, „Kriza ebole preplavljuje glavni grad Liberije” (Ebola Crisis Overwhelms Liberian Capital), fotografa Džona Mura.
Nemački fotograf-amater Armin Apel je pobednik u otvorenoj kategoriji, za najboljeg mladog fotografa proglašen je 19-godišnji student Jong Lin Tan iz Malezije, dok je Svetlana Blagodareva iz Sankt Peterburga studentski fotograf godine. Nagrada za izvanredan doprinos fotografiji otišla je u ruke čuvenom fotografu Elioru Ervitu. Nakon 60 godina karijere, Ervit je prepoznat širom sveta po svojim iskrenim, najčešće ironičnim crno-belim fotografijama svakodnevnice.
ENGLAND. Kent. 1968.This series is about people who live on the edges of the city. In the morning mist they struggle with the remainder of sleep, in the dawn they drowse. Only the subtle envelope of unconsciousness makes each feel comfortable in between the skyscrapers, bridges and overpasses, so inhospitable in the darkness.This series is about people who live on the edges of the city. In the morning mist they struggle with the remainder of sleep, in the dawn they drowse. Only the subtle envelope of unconsciousness makes each feel comfortable in between the skyscrapers, bridges and overpasses, so inhospitable in the darkness.A Doctors Without Borders (MSF), health worker in protective clothing carries a child suspected of having Ebola at the MSF treatment center on October 5, 2014 in Paynesville, Liberia. The girl and her mother, both showing symptoms of the virus, survived and were released about a week later.Omu Fahnbulleh stands over her husband Ibrahim after he fell and died in a classroom used for Ebola patients.A woman crawls towards the body of her sister as Ebola burial team members take her away.A burial team from the Liberian Red Cross sprays disinfectant over the body of a woman suspected of dying of the Ebola virus on August 14, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Teams retrieved dozens of bodies from all over the capital of Monrovia, where the Ebola virus spread quickly last summer.I took this image while paragliding over Räumliches Bildungszentrum, in Biberach an der Riss. It was an early morning in May, it had rained all night, and it was perfect conditions to get good contrasts. I took five flights between 2013 – 2014 trying to get the perfect shot, with perfect contrast and shadows, until I finally got it this morning in May 2014This is the back alley of my grandmother’s house in Alor Setar, Kedah. The flower and tree is there for almost a decade, growing and flourishing with limited resources. I shot this during Chinese New Year when the sky is the clearest and the amount of light pollution is the lowest around the area here.
