Sony World Photography Awards at Somerset House

Discover incredible stories from around the world told through the visual language of photography and experience the full spectrum of this diverse medium at the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition.

Overview

The Sony World Photography Awards exhibition returns to Somerset House, London, bringing extraordinary images to an iconic location.

This year visitors will enjoy a refreshed curatorial approach, bringing awe-inspiring photographs to life. The various presentations showcase photographs printed and presented digitally to enhance their visual experience. Embark on an inspiring journey to uncover award-winning images of captivating wildlife, compelling portraiture, luscious landscapes, impressive architecture, striking street shots and moving documentary projects.

There is also solo presentation of work by 2023 Photographer of the Year Edgar Martins. As part of his prize, Martins wins an exclusive space at this year's Sony World Photography Awards exhibition; he has decided to present an extended series of his winning project Our War, giving visitors the chance to delve deeper into the story, which is a homage to Martins’ friend, photojournalist Anton Hammerl, who was killed during the Libyan Civil War in 2011.

To celebrate Sebastião Salgado as this year's Outstanding Contribution to Photography recipient, there will be a collection of his most powerful black and white imagery. The curation highlights the key themes and milestones over the last five decades of his career and will feature works from his early projects such as Gold (1986) and Workers (1993), as well as more recent series like Genesis (2011) and Amazônia (2019).