13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Take your pic! Sony world photography open award winners
Attracted by the smell of flesh, polar bears feast on the carcass of a whale in east Greenland. More than 60 bears were recorded in the area and their behaviour was almost benevolent, possibly due to the abundant food. These winners from the 10 different categories will be among the images on display at Somerset House, London, from 17 April until 5 May
A tender, intimate portrait of two people in a bedroom. The subjects had wanted to capture this moment for posterity
Elaborate handmade kites at the international kite fliers meeting on the Danish island of Fanø. It is one of the world's largest kite-flying events
This portrait was shot in a studio and subsequently transformed into a modern, Renaissance-style image using collage
Many photographs taken during a traditional Moroccan tbourida , an equestrian performance, depict the riders firing their rifles. Here, Unia wanted to show how dangerous it can be when a rider is thrown from their mount
A meticulously composed image of a street vendor selling electronic parts in Akihabara, Tokyo. The district is nicknamed Akihabara Electric Town for its plethora of electrical and electronics shops, which sprang up after the second world war as street vendors sold parts for radios. Nowadays, it is famous for the otaku culture of anime, cosplay, manga and retro video games as well as electronics
A group of shamans in La Paz, Bolivia, shot against the brightly painted local architecture. Shamans play a major role in Indigenous Bolivian culture
New York's Times Square from above, using a very wide angle lens
Residents celebrate the victory of the Persib Bandung football club by lighting flares in West Java, Indonesia
During a solo hike in Wenhai, China, the photographer came across this a narrow stream meandering through grasslands towards a vast, still lake. The image was edited to evoke the look of a pencil sketch