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20 Stunning Entries From 2015 Sony World Photography Awards

Laura Watson

3 Mar, 2015

Sony has just announced the shortlist entries for the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards. The competition received record 173,444 photographs of the best amateur and professional photographers from 171 countries. As compare to last year, the 2015 competition notice a huge rise of 24% in receiving entries.

The Shortlist entries included Professional, Open, and Youth categories. The winner will be awarded a cash prize of $25,000 and a title of Photographer of the Year. The name of the winners will be announced on 23rd April. You may see the shortlisted photographs at Somerset House in London from April 24th to May 10th.

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Laura Watson

I am a creative writer and researcher with over 5 years of experience in social media marketing, SEO and advertising

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