Sony World Photography Awards 2014

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