Entries open for 2015 Sony World Photography Awards

Photographers will compete for a range of cash prizes and the latest cutting edge digital imaging equipment from Sony.   Overall winners will be announced at a gala ceremony held in London on 23 April 2015.

The 2015 Sony World Photography Awards include the following competitions:

• Professional ““ 15 categories judged on a series of work
• Open ““ 10 categories judged on a single image
• Youth ““ three categories for photographers under 20. Judged on a single image
• Student Focus ““ for higher education photography students aged 18-30

The Open and Youth competitions will close for entries at 23.59 GMT on Monday 5 January 2015 with the exception of the Professional competition, which will close at 23.59 GMT on Thursday 8 January 2015.  

The brief for the 2015 Student Focus competition is to shoot a single image that symbolises contemporary consumer culture. The image can be sensationalist or low-key but it must be something the photographer feels is a reflection of today’s society. Entries to the Student Focus competition close on 6 December 2014.  

The key dates for the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards are:

• 6 December 2014 ““ Student Focus competition closes
• 5 January 2015 ““ Open and Youth competition close
• 8 January 2015 ““ Professional competition closes
• 10 February 2015 ““ Shortlist for Professional, Open, Youth and Student Focus competitions revealed
• 17 March 2015 ““ Outstanding Contribution to Photography recipient announced
• 31 March 2015 ““ Open and Youth winners revealed
• 23 April 2015 ““ L’Iris d’Or/Photographer of the Year plus Professional category winners and Open, Youth and Student Focus Photographers of the Year revealed at gala ceremony held in London
• 24 April-10 May ““ 2015 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House, London  

Professional, amateur, youth and student photographers from across the world can enter their best work for free at www.worldphoto.org.