{"id":544237,"date":"2026-04-22T07:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/544237\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:29:26","slug":"sony-world-photography-awards-2026-all-the-winning-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/544237\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony World Photography Awards 2026: All The Winning Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sure, you might back yourself as a decent photographer, but there are camera-wielding artists out there which snap images that tell emotional stories, shed light on the state of our planet, or completely reframe familiar, everyday objects in striking and eye-catching ways.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Thursday April 16, those photographers united at the 19th annual\u00a0Sony World Photography Awards<\/a>\u00a0in London<\/a>, and this year, over 430,000 images from over 200 countries and territories were submitted, with the very best being selected for prizes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Winner of the prestigious\u00a0Photographer of the Year 2026 went to Citlali Fabi\u00e1n for the series \u2018Bilha, Stories of my Sisters\u2019.\u00a0Born in Mexico\u2019s\u00a0Yalalteca Indigenous community but based in London,\u00a0Fabi\u00e1n\u00a0used photography to explore cultural identity and pride, and was awarded\u00a0$25,000, Sony Digital Imaging equipment and the\u00a0the chance to present a solo showcase at the Sony World Photography Awards 2027 exhibition for her incredibly moving submissions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, winners across categories such as wildlife, architecture, and portraiture where selected, too, so below is a flavour of all the winning images from this year\u2019s ceremony.<\/p>\n

The winners of the Sony World Photography Awards 2026<\/p>\n

Architecture & Design\u00a0\u2014 Homes of Haor,\u00a0Joy Saha (Bangladesh)<\/p>\n

\"Sony
\nPhotograph: Joy Saha \/ Sony World Photography Awards 2026 <\/p>\n

Creative, and winner of Photographer of the Year 2026\u00a0\u2014 Bilha, Stories of My Sisters,\u00a0Citlali Fabi\u00e1n (Mexico)<\/p>\n

\"Sony
\nPhotograph: Citlali Fabi\u00e1n \/ Sony World Photography Awards 2026 <\/p>\n

Documentary Projects\u00a0\u2014 Under the Shadow of Coca,\u00a0Santiago Mesa (Colombia)<\/p>\n

\"Sony
\nPhotograph: Santiago Mesa \/ Sony World Photography Awards 2026 <\/p>\n

Environment\u00a0\u2014 Notes on How to Build a Forest,\u00a0Isadora Romero (Ecuador)<\/p>\n

\"Sony
\nPhotograph: Isadora Romero \/ Sony World Photography Awards 2026 <\/p>\n

Landscapes\u00a0\u2014 Constructed Landscapes,\u00a0Dafna Talmor (United Kingdom)<\/p>\n

\"Sony
\nPhotograph: Dafna Talmor \/ Sony World Photography Awards 2026 <\/p>\n

Perspectives\u00a0\u2014 Sunny Side Up: A Portrait of the Most Average K-Parenting Today,\u00a0Seungho Kim (South Korea)<\/p>\n

\"Sony
\nPhotograph: Seungho Kim \/ Sony World Photography Awards 2026 <\/p>\n

Portraiture\u00a0\u2014 The Faithful,\u00a0Jean-Marc Caimi & Valentina Piccinni (Italy)<\/p>\n

\"Sony
\nPhotograph: Jean-Marc Caimi & Valentina Piccinni \/ Sony World Photography Awards 2026 <\/p>\n

Sport\u00a0\u2014 Buzkashi,\u00a0Todd Antony (New Zealand)<\/p>\n

\"Sony
\nPhotograph: Todd Antony \/ Sony World Photography Awards 2026 <\/p>\n

Still Life\u00a0\u2014 Talking Without Speaking\u00a0Vilma Taubo (Norway)<\/p>\n

\"Sony
\nPhotograph: Vilma Taubo \/ Sony World Photography Awards 2026 <\/p>\n

Wildlife & Nature\u00a0\u2014 Crossing Point,\u00a0Will Burrard-Lucas (United Kingdom)<\/p>\n

\"Sony
\nPhotograph: Will Burrard-Lucas \/ Sony World Photography Awards 2026 <\/p>\n

Catch this year\u2019s\u00a0Sony World Photography Awards exhibition at London\u2019s Somerset House<\/a> from now until May 4.\u00a0For more information, visit the official website<\/a>. Oh, and have a look at last year\u2019s winners<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Did you see that Iceland is giving away an all-expenses-paid trip \u2013 and \u20ac43,000 \u2013 to \u2018bad photographers\u2019<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Plus:\u00a0This European summer hotspot has launched a \u2018selfie trail\u2019 for tourists<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stay in the loop: sign up to our\u00a0free Time Out Travel newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for all the latest travel news and best stuff happening across the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sure, you might back yourself as a decent photographer, but there are camera-wielding artists out there which snap…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[170720,1897,6225,6485,6486,20669,23440,1120,96,23441,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-544237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-areas-europe","9":"tag-art","10":"tag-arts","11":"tag-arts-and-design","12":"tag-artsanddesign","13":"tag-audience-location-audience-worldwide","14":"tag-categories-art","15":"tag-design","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-news-art","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544237","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=544237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}