Entries open for the Sony World Photography Awards today and the organisers have announced a new competition and additional categories.

 

May 28, 2010: Entries open for the Sony World Photography Awards today and the organisers have announced a new competition and additional categories.
The Open competition, which replaces the amateur competition, has been created for the growing number of people with a love of photography. It has nine categories: After Dark, Architecture, Arts & Culture, Fashion, Landscape, Nature & Wildlife, People, Sport and Travel. This competition is judged on a single image.
Professional and ø¢â‚¬Ëœserious enthusiast’ photographers are invited to join the Professional competition and will be judged on a body of work. The 14 professional categories are arranged into three genres – Commercial, Fine Art and Photojournalism & Documentary – and new categories include Lifestyle, Still Life, and People.
Winners of the Professional and Open categories will each receive their trophies at the Sony World Photography Awards ceremony in London on 27 April 2011. The winner of the L’Iris d’Or / Sony World Photographer of the Year will also be revealed and will be presented with $25,000 (USD) plus Sony’s Alpha digital SLR camera equipment. The overall Open competition winner will receive $5,000 plus Sony’s Alpha digital SLR camera equipment.
The competition is free to enter and all images submitted must have been shot in 2010. Photographers may enter either the Professional or Open competition – but not both. Entries close at 23.59GMT on Wednesday 5 January 2011. Full details about the World Photography Organisation and the Sony World Photography Awards can be found at www.worldphoto.org.