From polar bears to skateboarding rebels: The 2025 Sony World Photography Awards finalists unveiled

Posted by Oriccabattery01 from the Business category at 26 Feb 2025 03:00:11 am.

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A group of polar bears huddle on the outskirts of Churchill, Canada, lingering at the edges of human civilisation as their icy habitat recedes. In Belfast, young people born after the Good Friday Agreement navigate a city still shaped by deep-seated divisions. And in India, young women defy deep-rooted gender norms - not with words, but on skateboards.
These are just a few of the powerful visual stories captured by the finalists of the 2025Sony World Photography AwardsProfessional competition.
Now in its 18th year, the contest has once again brought together some of the world’s most thought-provoking photography projects, selecting 30 finalists and shortlisted artists from more than 419,000 submissions spanning 200+ countries and territories.
Their work, ranging from intimate portraiture to sweeping documentary projects, showcases not only impressive technical mastery but also an ability to tell the stories shaping our world today.
This year’s winners will be announced on 16 April in London, with one photographer earning the covetedPhotographer of the Yeartitle and a $25,000 prize.
Here's a look at a handful of this year's most standout finalists and shortlisted entires: -
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Alex Bex: 'Memories of Dust' (Documentary Projects, Finalist)
Exploring the visual vocabulary of the cowboy, to consider new ways of presenting this archetype of masculinity.

Alex Bex, France, Finalist, Professional competition, Documentary Projects, Sony World Photography Awards 2025
- Credit: Alex Bex/Sony World Photography Awards 2025


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© Alex Bex, France, Finalist, Professional competition, Documentary Projects
- Credit: Alex Bex/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Replacement battery for Sony CCD-TR CCD-TR1 CCD-TR11 CCD-TR1100E</figcaption></figure>Andre Tezza: 'Twilight in San Ignacio' (Architecture & Design, Finalist)
Exploring the resilience of the vernacular architecture of Belize, looking at homes built to withstand the challenging tropical climate.
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Andre Tezza, Brazil, Finalist, Professional competition, Architecture & Design
- Credit: Andre Tezza/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Andre Tezza, Brazil, Finalist, Professional competition, Architecture & Design
- Credit: Andre Tezza/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Replacement battery for Sony DCR-DVD103 105 105E</figcaption></figure>Cristóbal Olivares (Environment, Finalist)
Charting the impact of light pollution on the astronomical teams observing the night sky of the Atacama Desert.
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Cristóbal Olivares, Chile, Finalist, Professional competition
- Credit: Cristobal Olivares/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Cristóbal Olivares, Chile, Finalist, Professional competition, Environment
- Credit: Cristobal Olivares/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
</figcaption></figure>Chantal Pinzi: 'Shred the Patriachy' (Sport, Finalist)
Celebrating the women in India who have subverted gender stereotypes and broken barriers by practicing skateboarding.
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Chantal Pinzi, Italy, Finalist, Professional competition, Sport
- Credit: Chantal Pinzi/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Chantal Pinzi, Italy, Finalist, Professional competition, Sport
- Credit: Chantal Pinzi/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
</figcaption></figure>Gui Christ: 'M’kumba' (Portraiture, Finalist)
Illustrating the resilience of Afro-Brazilian communities in the face of local religious intolerance, celebrating the ways in which their spirituality and religious identity is expressed.
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Gui Christ, Brazil, Finalist, Professional competition, Portraiture
- Credit: Gui Christ/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Gui Christ, Brazil, Finalist, Professional competition, Portraiture
- Credit: Gui Christ/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
</figcaption></figure>Julio Etchart & Holly Birtles: 'In Reclaiming the Truth' (Creative, Finalist)
Exploring institutional artefact collections and curation through a postcolonial lens.
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Julio Etchart & Holly Birtles, United Kingdom, Finalist, Professional competition, Creative
- Credit: Julio Etchart & Holly Birtles/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Julio Etchart & Holly Birtles, United Kingdom, Finalist, Professional competition, Creative
- Credit: Julio Etchart & Holly Birtles/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
</figcaption></figure>Kevin Shi (Wildlife & Nature, Finalist)
Highlighting the ways in which polar bears and humans are living in ever-close proximity in the town of Churchill, Canada.
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Kevin Shi, United States, Finalist, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature
- Credit: Kevin Shi/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Kevin Shi, United States, Finalist, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature
- Credit: Kevin Shi/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
</figcaption></figure>Laura Pannack (Perspectives)
Capturing the daily dangers and obstacles that the children face on their journey home from school in the gang-governed Cape Flats area of Cape Town.
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Laura Pannack, United Kingdom, Finalist, Professional competition, Perspectives
- Credit: Laura Pannack/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Laura Pannack, United Kingdom, Finalist, Professional competition, Perspectives
- Credit: Laura Pannack/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
</figcaption></figure>Maria Portaluppi (Environment, Finalist)
Exploring conservation in Guayanquil. Through tender portraits of the animals in their care, she highlights the work done by the Sacha Rescue Foundation.
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Maria Portaluppi, Ecuador, Finalist, Professional competition, Environment
- Credit: Maria Portaluppi/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Maria Portaluppi, Ecuador, Finalist, Professional competition, Environment
- Credit: Maria Portaluppi/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
</figcaption></figure>Owen Davies: 'LIGHT/MASS' (Architecture & Design, Finalist)
Exploring seemingly ‘alien’ urban landscapes in the United States, focusing specifically on monumental buildings with atypical geometries.
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Owen Davies, United Kingdom, Finalist, Professional competition, Architecture & Design, Sony World Photography Awards 2025
- Credit: Owen Davies/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Owen Davies, United Kingdom, Finalist, Professional competition, Architecture & Design
- Credit: Owen Davies/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
</figcaption></figure>Seido Kino (Landscape, Finalist)
Combining archival imagery with contemporary Japanese landscapes, rolling back the surface of the contemporary image to reveal how towns and villages have evolved with the passage of time, and the ways that today’s challenges can be connected to the past.
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Seido Kino, Japan, Finalist, Professional competition, Landscape
- Credit: Seido Kino/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Seido Kino, Japan, Finalist, Professional competition, Landscape
- Credit: Seido Kino/Sony World Photography 2025
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Thomas Nicolon, France, Shortlist, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature
- Credit: Thomas Nicolon/ Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Thomas Nicolon, France, Shortlist, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature
- Credit: Thomas Nicolon/Sony World Photography 2025
</figcaption></figure>Tom Binder (Documentary Projects, Finalist)
Documenting the deep divides shaping social life in Belfast, Northern Ireland, through the lives of young people born after the Good Friday agreement.
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Toby Binder, Germany, Finalist, Professional competition, Documentary Projects
- Credit: Toby Binder/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Toby Binder, Germany, Finalist, Professional competition, Documentary Projects
- Credit: Toby Binder/Sony World Photography 2025
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Yinna Higuera, Colombia, Shortlist, Professional competition, Creative
- Credit: Yinna Higuera/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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James Wylie, United Kingdom, Shortlist, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature
- Credit: James Wylie/Sony World Photography Awards 2025
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Matteo Bastianelli, Italy, Shortlist, Professional competition, Environment, Sony World Photography Awards
- Credit: Matteo Bastianelli/Sony World Photography Awards
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