Roughly 140,000 photos from all over the world were submitted to the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards competition, and today we finally have the results.
Sit back and enjoy – these are certainly some of the most astonishing photos we’ve ever seen.
1. Jump of Life
Cheung Lai San, Hong Kong
Hong Kong National Award – 1st Place
2. Rain in an ancient town
Chen Li, China
Open Travel – Winner
3. Poor god
Arup Ghosh, India
Open People – Winner
4. What are you staring at !?
Chin Boon Leng, Singapore
Singapore National Award – 1st Place
5. Under the staircase
Holger Schmidtke, Germany
Open Architecture – Winner
6. Photographer story – Behind the Scene
Hairul Azizi Harun, Malaysia
Open Split Second – Winner
7. A touch of a 17th century Dutch painting
Theo de Witte, the Netherlands
Netherlands National Award – 1st Place
8. Starry lighthouse
Ivan Pedretti, Italy
Open Panoramic – Winner
9. Fire Dragon
Chi Hung Cheung, Hong Kong
Hong Kong National Award – 2nd Place
10. Hummingbird
Kristhian Castro, Colombia
Colombia National Award – 2nd Place
11. Samsara
Wolfgang Weinhardt, Germany
Germany National Award – 3rd Place
12. Exit
Michael Nordqvist, Sweden
Nordics National Award – 1st Place
13. Not Superman
Irwansyah, Indonesia
Indonesia National Award – 1st Place
14. Panco
Adhi Prayoga, Indonesia
Indonesia National Award – 2nd Place
15. Tin Oven Builders
Minh Ngo Thanh, Vietnam
Vietnam National Award – 3rd Place
16. Rodeo
Valerie Prudon, France
Open Arts & Culture – Winner
17. The Mongol
Simon Morris, United Kingdom
United Kingdom National Award – 2nd Place
18. The Calm Before the Storm
Sean Batten, United Kingdom
United Kingdom National Award – 1st Place
19. Untitled
Elly Prestegard, Norway
Nordics National Award – 2nd Place
20. Untitled
Bobby Bong, Indonesia
Indonesia National Award – 3rd Place
21. The inhabitant of Szack of Ukraine and her horse
Mateusz Baj, Poland
Poland National Award – 1st Place
22. Sahara Express
Rafael Gutiérrez Garitano, Spain
Spain National Award – 1st Place
23. Organillero
Cristian Alvarado, Chile
Chile National Award – 1st Place
24. Ripples in the calm lake
Dowon Choi, South Korea
South Korea National Award – 1st Place
25. Going Home
Neville Jones, Australia
Australia National Award – 1st Place
26. Mourning ceremony Imam Hussein
Bohran Mardani, Iran
Youth Culture – Winner
27. Untitled
Andrew Cornaga, New Zealand
New Zealand National Award – 2nd Place
28. Confesiones
Luis Chandi Páez, Ecuador
Ecuador National Award – 1st Place
29. Facing the Deep
Patrick Ems, Switzerland
Switzerland National Award – 1st Place
30. Morning Fishing
Trinh Xuan Hai, Vietnam
Vietnam National Award – 1st Place
31. Lightning
Lise Sundberg
Nordics National Award – 3rd Place
32. Lightsnake
Holger Schmidtke, Germany
Germany National Award – 1st Place
33. Life and line
Turjoy Chowdhury, Bangladesh
Youth Environment – Winner
34. First Snow
Vlad Eftenie, Romania
Open Low Light – Winner
35. Fire Breath
David Carchi, Ecuador
Ecuador National Award – 3rd Place
36. Untitled
Minwei Yan, China
China National Award – 3rd Place
37. Children Day
Suthas Rungsirisilp, Thailand
Thailand National Award – 1st Place
38. Untitled
Paulina Metzscher, Germany
Youth Portraits – Winner
39. Smiles in the Cemetery
Milko Torres Ramirez, Peru
Peru National Award – 1st Place
40. Muddy Smile
Alpay Erdem, Turkey
Open Smile – Winner
