Toby Binder studied graphic design at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, and focused on photography during that time. Binder was shortlisted in the 2018 Zeiss Photography Award with a series called "Youth of Belfast".
Marco Grassi is a landscape photographer from Italy. During a one-year trip to New Zealand in 2013, he discovered his passion for photography.
Paul Hamilton is a self-taught fine art photographer, with work published worldwide. His work covers architecture, coastal, landscape, and abstract genres.
Japanese photographer Yukari Chikura (地蔵 ゆかり) was shortlisted in the Professional Landscape category of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards and she recently won the 2017 Steidl Book Award Asia.
Take a look at some awarded series in the last three years of the Sony World Photography Awards.
Read our interview with Brendan Embser, one of the five judges in the Professional Competition of the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards.
Julia Huber is an Austrian photographer. She is a student at the university of Salzburg and besides photography her biggest passion is ski jumping.
Greg Funnell is a London based photographer whose work for charities and NGO’s in the UK and abroad across Africa, South East Asia and Latin America often involves delivering the goods in unstable environments.
Gianmaria Gava is an Italian artist and photographer who won 1st Place with his series called "Buildings" in the Architecture category of the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards
The Sony World Photography Awards 2025 is now open
