The Sony World Photography Awards travels extensively each year, giving photographers even more international exposure. Exhibitions in the past have visited (among other places) Milan, Paris, Berlin, Seoul, Buenos Aires and Tokyo.
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2024 Travelling exhibition
Sony Imaging Gallery Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
17 May to 23 May 2024
Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Showcases some of the best images from the Open, Youth and Student competitions of the 2024 Awards
Sony Imaging Gallery Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
24 May to 30 May 2024
Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Showcases some of the best images from the Professional competitions of the 2024 Awards
Fotofestival Lenzburg, Lenzburg, Switzerland
25 May to 23 June
Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Around 50 images shown as an open-air exhibition across the town of Lenzburg
Museo Diocesano Carlo Maria Martini, Milano, Italy
6 June to 29 September 2024
Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Showcases some of the best images from the 2024 Awards
De La Sól, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
12 to 14 July 2024
Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Showcases some of the best images from the 2024 Awards
Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA), Hanoi, Vietnam
3 to 4 August 2024
Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Showcases some of the best images from the 2024 Awards
Busan International Photo Festival, Busan, Korea
22 August to 22 September 2024
Sony World Photography Awards 2024
A selection of images from the Professional competitions shown at the photo festival
Promenade des Artistes, Montreal, Canada
29 August to 15 October 2024
Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Showcases some of the best images from the 2024 Awards
Fotofest, Hastings, New Zealand
14 September to 22 September 2024
Sony World Photography Awards 2024
A selection of images from the Open and Youth competitions shown at the photo festival
Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, Germany
11 October 2024 to 19 January 2025
Sony World Photography Awards 2024
Showcases some of the best images from the 2024 Awards
2023 Travelling exhibition
MAC Lima, Lima, Peru
15 February to 10 March, 2024
Sony World Photography Awards 2023
Showcases some of the best images from the 2023 Awards
Sony Imaging Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
17 to 30 November, 2023
Sony World Photography Awards 2023 exhibition: Part 3
Showcases a selection of the shortlisted photographers from Japan
Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin, Germany
17 November to 28 January, 2024
Sony World Photography Awards 2023 exhibition
Diocesan Museum of Milan, Milan, Italy
16 June to 3 September, 2023
Sony World Photography Awards 2023 exhibition
Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
21 to 22 July, 2023
Sony World Photography Awards 2023 exhibition
Sony Imaging Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
12 to 18 May, 2023
Sony World Photography Awards 2023 exhibition: Part 1
Includes winners of Open, Youth and Student competitions, plus Japan National Award winners
Sony Imaging Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
19 to 25 May, 2023
Sony World Photography Awards 2023 exhibition: Part 2
Showcases winners of the Professional competition and Sustainability Prize winner
Fotofestival Lenzburg, Lenzburg, Switzerland
27 August to 02 October
Sony World Photography Awards 2023
Around 50 images shown as an open-air exhibition across the town of Lenzburg
2022 Travelling exhibition
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
10 November to 22 December
Sony World Photography Awards 2022 exhibition
digitalEVENT, Baden, Switzerland
22 October
Sony World Photography Awards 2022 exhibition
Alpha Female Award winner and shortlist
Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin
21 October to 15 January 2023
Sony World Photography Awards 2022 exhibition
Sony Imaging Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
21 October to 3 November
Sony World Photography Awards 2022 exhibition: Stories 3
A selection of the best stories from the 15th edition of the Awards
MOPA, San Diego, US
8 October to 16 April 2023
Sony World Photography Awards 2022 exhibition
artexarte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
27 September to 23 October
Sony World Photography Awards 2022 exhibition
Busan International Photo Festival, Busan, South Korea
17 September to 16 October
Sony World Photography Awards 2022 exhibition
Photography Show & The Video Show, Birmingham, UK
17 September to 20 September
Sony World Photography Awards 2022 exhibition
Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy
14 September to 30 October
Sony World Photography Awards 2022 exhibition
Fotofestival Lenzburg, Lenzburg, Switzerland
27 August to 2 October
Sony World Photography Awards 2022 exhibition
Around 50 images shown as an open-air exhibition in the Courtyard of Castle of Lenzburg Gardens
Sony Imaging Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
24 to 30 June
Sony World Photography Awards 2022 exhibition: Part 2
Showcases winners of the Professional competition
Sony Imaging Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
17 to 23 June
Sony World Photography Awards 2022 exhibition: Part 1
Includes winners of Open, Youth and Student competitions, plus Japan National Award winners
2021 Travelling exhibition
Galerie Joseph, Paris, France
5 to 14 November
Sony World Photography Awards 2021 exhibition
Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin, Germany
28 October to 12 January
Sony World Photography Awards 2021 exhibition
Fotofestival Lenzburg, Lenzburg, Switzerland
3 to 4 October
Sony World Photography Awards 2021 exhibition
Sony Imaging Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
9 to 15 July
Sony World Photography Awards 2021 exhibition Part 2
Showcases winners of the Professional competition
Sony Imaging Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2 to 8 July
Sony World Photography Awards 2021 exhibition Part 1
Includes winners of the Open, Youth and Student competitions, plus the Japan National Award recipients
Latin America Virtual Exhibition
Includes a specially curated virtual room with work by Latin American photographers recognised in the Sony World Photography Awards 2021
Middle East and Africa Virtual Exhibition
Includes a specially curated virtual room with work by photographers based in the Middle East and Africa recognised in the Sony World Photography Awards 2021
2020 Travelling exhibition
20 to 29 June
Showcases winners from the Professional competition (Part 2)
2019 Travelling exhibition
Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin, Germany
14 November to February 2, 2020
Museo Del Agua, Medellín, Colombia
6 to 27 November
Espace photographique de Sauroy, Paris, France
19 to 27 October
Sony Store, Osaka, Japan
10 to 25 October
Viale Brianza, Monza, Italy
13 September to 3 November
Sony Store, Fukuoka, Japan
6 to 11 September
Busan International Photo Festival, Busan, South Korea
31 August to 28 September
Sony Store, Sapporo, Japan
7 to 15 August
Sony Store, Nagoya, Japan
13 to 26 July
Montbell Store, Hokkaido, Japan
18 July to 18 August
Sony Imaging Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
7 to 20 June
Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
5 to 30 June
Sony Ginza Park, Tokyo, Japan
1 to 23 June
Past exhibitions
Viale Brianza, Monza, Italy
Palazzo Trigona, Sicily, Italy
Sony Imaging Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin, Germany
Galerie GADCOLLECTION, Paris, France
Salon de la Photo, Paris, France
Reggia di Monza, Milan, Italy
Bucharest Photo Fest, Bucharest, Romania
Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium
Sony Square NYC, New York, United States
Expo@Eurovea, Bratislava, Slovakia
Spazio Tadini, Milan, Italy
PhotoKina, Cologne, Germany
U Space, Beijing, China
Tonnara di Marzamemi, Sicily, Italy
Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa | Spazio Norma, Catania, Italy
The Cotton Mill Factory, Pingyao China
Beijing World Art Museum, Beijing, China
Yixian County Photography Festival, Yixian, China
Lishui Museum of Photography, Lishui, China
Lianzhou Foto Festival, Lianzhou, China
China Phoenix Photography Biennale, Hunan, China
House of Art, Bratislava, Slovakia
Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
Galeries Seippel, Cologne, Germany
Photokina, Cologne, Germany
Stainless Gallery, Delhi, India
Liverpool ONE, Liverpool, UK
Gallery photographer.ru, Moscow, Russia
Obscura Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Powerhouse Arena, New York, United States
CCJF, Rio, Brazil
Gallery 21, Tokyo, Japan