Sony World Photography Awards winners announced

The winners of the annual Sony World Photography Awards have been announced this morning following a virtual ceremony. Winners were crowned across both the professional and open competition, in categories such as landscape, portrait, creative and motion. Winners in the professional competition include three UK-based photographers across different categories: Creative Winner: Mark Hamilton Gruchy (United Kingdom) for his series The Moon Revisited Portfolio Winner: Laura Pannack (United Kingdom) for her submission Portfolio Overview Portraiture Winner: Craig Easton (United Kingdom) for his series Bank To. Easton was also named The Photographer of the Year title and accompanying $25,000 cash prize, plus a range of Sony’s digital imaging kit Bank Top, a collaboration with writer and academic Abdul Aziz Hafiz, examines the representation (and misrepresentation) of communities in northern England, focusing on the neighbourhood of Bank Top in Blackburn. The project forms part of Easton’s wider work in the region including Thatcher’s Children (2nd place, Documentary Projects, 2021 Professional competition,), an investigation into the chronic nature of poverty as experienced by three generations of one family; and Sixteen (shortlisted in the Portraiture category of the 2017 Awards), a look into the dreams, aspirations and fears of 16 year-olds from all walks […]

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