{"id":254727,"date":"2026-01-27T21:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/254727\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T21:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:17:16","slug":"one-of-these-10-students-will-win-the-2026-sony-world-photography-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/254727\/","title":{"rendered":"One of These 10 Students Will Win the 2026 Sony World Photography Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Sony World Photography Awards<\/a> has unveiled the shortlisted photos in its 2026 Student competition. The shortlisted projects showcase the exceptional photographic talent of the next generation of photographers. <\/p>\n

In total, the 2026 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards, the competition\u2019s 19th edition, received more than 430,000 entries from photographers in over 200 countries and territories. It\u2019s arguably the largest and most prestigious photography competition in the world, and per usual, the Student segment featured heated competition. <\/p>\n

The 10 Shortlisted Student Photographers in the 2026 Sony World Photography Awards <\/p>\n

For the 2026 Student competition, photography students from leading universities worldwide were tasked with submitting a series of 5-10 photos in response to the brief Together. The 10 shortlisted series all responded to the brief in striking ways. All the photographers approached human connection in unique ways. <\/p>\n

\"A\u00a9 Julian Cabral (Argentina, Universidad Nacional de San Mart\u00edn, Argentina) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 \"Two\u00a9 Julian Cabral (Argentina, Universidad Nacional de San Mart\u00edn, Argentina) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 <\/p>\n

For example, Julian Cabral from the Universidad Nacional de San Mart\u00edn in Argentina created an autobiographical photo series, Triplets, exploring the close bond between himself and his two brothers. Meanwhile, Jubair Ahmed Arnob of the Counter Foto \u2014 A Center for Visual Arts in Bangladesh explored nostalgia and a rapidly changing landscape in their hometown through the series The Place Where I Used to Play. <\/p>\n

\"A\u00a9 Jubair Ahmed Arnob (Bangladesh, Counter Foto \u2014 A Center for Visual Arts, Bangladesh) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 \"A\u00a9 Jubair Ahmed Arnob (Bangladesh, Counter Foto \u2014 A Center for Visual Arts, Bangladesh) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 \"Three\u00a9 Ci Song (China, Drexel University, United States) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 \"Two\u00a9 Ci Song (China, Drexel University, United States) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 <\/p>\n

Chinese photography student Ci Song, who studies at Drexel University in the United States, photographed communities in West Philadelphia grappling with ongoing gentrification. Indian photographer Aakash Gulzar from the University of Kashmir delivered intimate portraits of pigeon keepers, focusing on their close connections to their birds. <\/p>\n

\"A\u00a9 Aakash Gulzar (India, University of Kashmir, India) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 \"A\u00a9 Aakash Gulzar (India, University of Kashmir, India) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026<\/p>\n

Teresa Halbreiter, a student at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, was one of numerous shortlisted photographers who captured photos focusing on the shared experiences of groups of people. Halbreiter\u2019s series, Stillgestanden (\u2018Attention\u2019) approaches femininity in the male-dominated German Armed Forces. Chinese student Yulai Xu, who studies at the University of the Arts London, tackled family relationships in the series, Fish Tail. Australian photography student Matte Dixon of Griffith University approached how people\u2019s uneasiness can foster a shared understanding in the series Suspiria de Profundis. <\/p>\n

\"A\u00a9 Teresa Halbreiter (Germany, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 \"A\u00a9 Teresa Halbreiter (Germany, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 \"A\u00a9 Yulai Xu (China, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 \"A\u00a9 Yulai Xu (China, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 \"A\u00a9 Matte Dixon (Australia, Griffith University, Australia) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 \"A\u00a9 Matte Dixon (Australia, Griffith University, Australia) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026<\/p>\n

Belgian photographer Laura Anna Rossa, who goes to LUCA School of Arts Sint Lukas in Brussels, befriended a long-term patient at a psychiatric ward in the Belgian countryside and documented their time together. Chanel Grobler, a South African photography student at Open Window Institute, focused on quiet places with faint traces of human presence for her shortlisted series. Finally, Chinese photographer Zifan Zhang, who studies at the Danish School of Media and Journalism, focused on a young generation of Latvians as they come of age and figure out how they will shape Latvia\u2019s future. <\/p>\n

\"A\u00a9 Laura Anna Rossa (Belgium, LUCA School of Arts Sint Lukas, Belgium) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 \"Two\u00a9 Laura Anna Rossa (Belgium, LUCA School of Arts Sint Lukas, Belgium) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 \"Two\u00a9 Zifan Zhang (China, Danish School of Media and Journalism, Denmark) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 \"A\u00a9 Zifan Zhang (China, Danish School of Media and Journalism, Denmark) | Sony World Photography Awards 2026 <\/p>\n

The winner of Student Photographer of the Year will be selected from the 10 shortlisted photographers above and will be announced at the Sony World Photography Awards 2026 ceremony in London on April 16. The university of the overall winning photographer will receive Sony Digital Imaging equipment worth 30,000 euros, or nearly $36,000. <\/p>\n

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