{"id":118229,"date":"2018-04-20T10:18:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T09:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=118229"},"modified":"2018-04-20T10:23:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T09:23:01","slug":"british-artist-named-sony-world-photography-awards-photographer-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/british-artist-named-sony-world-photography-awards-photographer-year\/","title":{"rendered":"British artist named as Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sony World Photography Awards winners were announced at a ceremony in London on 19th<\/sup> April.<\/p>\n

Taking home the coveted Photographer of the Year title was British photographer Alys Tomlinson, for her series Ex-Voto, winning the photographer US$25,000. The jury praised the work for its beautiful production, technical excellence and sensitive illustration of pilgrimage as a journey of discovery and sacrifice to a greater power.<\/p>\n

Tomlinson\u2019s series was selected from the 10 category winners of the Professional competition, the winners of which were also announced at the same time. The overall winners of the Open (best single image) competition, along with the Youth and Student Focus competitions were also revealed.<\/p>\n

All winners were invited to attend the ceremony in London and took home Sony digital imaging equipment. They will have their work published in the winners\u2019 book, while their work will be shown as part of the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House, London.<\/p>\n

Recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Photography award, Candida H\u00f6fer was also at the ceremony to collect her prize.<\/p>\n

Organised by the World Photography Organisation, the Sony World Photography Awards is generally considered to be one of the world\u2019s most diverse photography competition. This year, the 11th<\/sup> edition, saw a record breaking 320,000 submissions by photographers from more than 200 countries and territories.<\/p>\n

Alys Tomlinson\u2019s project, Ex Voto, for which she won Photographer of the Year, is a personal project for the London-based photographer. The winning work encompasses formal portraiture, large format landscape and small, detailed still-life images of the \u2018ex-votos\u2019 (offerings of religious devotion) found at pilgrimage sites of Loudes (France), Ballyvourney (ireland) and Grabarka (Poland).<\/p>\n

The winner of the Open Photographer of the Year award is Veselin Atanasov, from Bulgaria. Selected from 10 category winners as the best single image in the world, the photograph \u201cEarly Autumn\u201d receives a $5,000 prize. The photograph depicts autumn in the Central Balkan National Park. The individual Open category winners<\/a> were announced in March.<\/p>\n

Professional category winners are as follows:<\/p>\n