A selection of some of the strongest
images from the professional and open shortlist for the 2012 Sony World
Photography awards
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| Flower by Alexandr Afonin, a winner in the open shortlist – enhanced category |
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| Car poolers by Alejandro Cartagena, a winner in the professional shortlist – people category |
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| A mother feeding her young in a nest made
inside a wood recovery by Giovanni Frescura, a winner in the open
shortlist – nature and wildlife category |
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| Life in the exclusion zone by Donald Weber, a winner in the professional shortlist – current affairs category
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| Death row prisoners' last meals by Helen Grace Ventura Thompson, a winner in the professional shortlist – still life category |
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| Marked for life by Laura Pannack, a winner in the professional shortlist – campaign category |
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| S'Ardia by Mattia Vacca, a winner in the professional shortlist – arts and culture category |
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| Symphony of fire by Natalia Belentsova, a winner in the open shortlist – low light
category |
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| Loi-kra-tong festival in Thailand by Pansiri Pikunkaew, from the open shortlist – low light category |
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| Waiting room by Paul Irving, a winner in the open shortlist – enhanced category |
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| A boy is looking after his younger brother in a
traditional playing swing chair in northern Xinjiang, China by Ricky
Alexander, one of the winners in the open shortlist – smile category |
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| Moving forward, stand still by Rona Chang, a winner in the professional shortlist – landscape, category |
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| Dragon boat race by Samuel Chan, a winner in the open shortlist – split second category |
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| Untitled by Victoria Bolshemennik, a winner in the open shortlist – people category |
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| Shall we dance by Chan Kwok Hung, a winner in the open shortlist – nature and wildlife category |
