30 Best Photos From The Sony World Photography Awards 2019

The competition is set up to welcome photographers from all walks of life, with free entry, and open to visionaries of all ages and skill levels, "from emerging 12-19-year-olds, enthusiastic hobbyists, and students, to established professionals, there is a competition and a category for everyone." Entries are split into categories such as Architecture, Documentary, Landscape, Portraiture, Sports, Street Photography, Wildlife, Travel, Culture, and more.

This year the competition received a record-breaking number of entries with more than 327,000 images entered into the four competitions: Professional, Open, Student and Youth. The following list is some of the best entries from the upcoming awards, which will be announced on April 17th. A total prize fund of $30,000 (USD) along with the latest Sony digital imaging equipment will be shared between winning contestants.