{"id":431632,"date":"2026-02-18T04:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/431632\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T04:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:07:07","slug":"everyones-a-winner-sony-world-photography-awards-2026-open-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/431632\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone&#8217;s a winner: Sony World Photography Awards 2026 Open Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stunning examples of colour, texture, vibrancy and movement are key components among the winners of the Sony World Photography Awards.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>To mark its 19th edition, the competition judge, Ruby Rees-Sheridan, Assistant Photography Curator, at Britain&#8217;s National Portrait Gallery, chose pictures taken in the past year across 10 categories: Architecture, Creative, Landscape, Lifestyle, Motion, Natural World &amp; Wildlife, Object, Portraiture, Street Photography and Travel. <\/p>\n<p>According to the organisers, each single shot was judged on its &#8220;power to pique curiosity, spark imagination, and reveal a wider narrative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More than 430,000 thousand entries were received from over 200 countries. <\/p>\n<p>The Open Photographer of the Year will be revealed on 16 April at a gala ceremony in London, presented with a \u20ac4,000 cash prize and a range of Sony camera equipment. <\/p>\n<p>Check out the winners in each category:<\/p>\n<p>Architecture<\/p>\n<p>Creative<\/p>\n<p>Landscape<\/p>\n<p>Lifestyle<\/p>\n<p>Motion<\/p>\n<p>Natural World &amp; Wildlife<\/p>\n<p>Object<\/p>\n<p>Portraiture<\/p>\n<p>Street Photography<\/p>\n<p>Travel<\/p>\n<p>A selection of winning and shortlisted images will be shown as part of the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition at Somerset House from 17 April &#8211; 4 May 2026, and will then travel to other locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stunning examples of colour, texture, vibrancy and movement are key components among the winners of the Sony World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,20267,1120,96,8798,20976,6487,622,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-431632","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-awards","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-exhibition","15":"tag-immersive-tpl","16":"tag-photography","17":"tag-sony","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}