French photographer Juliette Pavy is the overall winner of the annual Sony World Photography Awards for her documentary project about the sterilization of women in Greenland, and will receive a cash prize of $25,000. Here's more from CNN about her project, which was entered into the documentary category. You can also learn more about some of the winners of other categories, including Liam Man, a landscape photographer from the U.K., who took the otherworldly "Moonrise Sprites over Storr," and Valery Poshtarov of Bulgaria, who won the portraiture category for his series “Father and Son.”
“This photo was taken by Nikita Teryoshin. It shows a VIP reception at a Swedish booth at an arms fair in Kielce, Poland, in 2016. Teryoshin spent eight years traveling to defense shows worldwide, capturing the surreal ways weapons are bought and sold. (…)
In the video, we break down the satire of this and other photos by Teryoshin and how the lampooning is even weightier because these arms expos evade public radar.” [Reading the Pictures]
Looking back at Melbourne in the 60s and 70s – in pictures
'Chris Lermanis is a keen amateur photographer who spent his weekends in the late 1960s and early 1970s photographing around the inner Melbourne suburbs of Fitzroy, Carlton and Collingwood with his Pentax SV camera and 50mm lens'
'Late photographer Elliott Erwitt was perhaps best known for his humorous images of dogs taken on the streets of New York City but his body of work is an important documentation of the Big Apple'
Victorian Photos Show the Plight of Scotland’s Poor 150 Years Ago
'In 1868, photographer Thomas Annan was commissioned by Scottish authorities to document the slums of Glasgow which at the time were considered to be the worst in Europe. His shocking photos show bare-footed children with dirt on their faces wearing oversized clothes as they stand with their mother in a squalid alley'
Shipping, leisure and the great outdoors: 90 years of life in England’s north-west – in pictures
'An archive of more than 10,000 photographs capturing everyday life in England’s north-west has been saved for the future, and is now being made available to the public in the Sankey Photography Archive'
Working late: London’s shopfronts in winter – in pictures
'Shot between November 2023 and January 2024, this series explores the dark early evenings of winter when businesses are illuminated with a surprising range and intensity of colours'
Arctic air brings snow and ice to UK – in pictures
'Cold weather has moved south across the UK over the past few days, making it 5C – 6C colder than usual for this time of year, the Met Office has said. It forecast that more than 40cm of snow may fall on high ground in north-west Scotland by the end of Friday'
'Since September 2022, people across England have been responding to an online callout to submit photographs of high streets on Instagram under the hashtag #PicturingHighStreets'
‘I feel so young, so full of life’: being 72 around the world – photo essay
'The global median life expectancy is 72 years old. As part of a photographic project looking at the global community of over 60s we take a look at the lives of a diverse group of people in later life'
Me and a mate crossed the border into Sweden last Saturday. Svinesund in Sweden is a shopping heaven for Norwegians looking for cheap tobacco, alchohol and sugary drinks.
The border is pretty weird in some places, and this trip is (hopefully) the start of a project documenting the Norwegian-Swedish border.
Historical Photo Archive of the Pacific Northwest to be Made Public
'A photographer who was integral to documenting Washington State will have his vast archive preserved and made available to the public thanks to a $25,000 grant'
Primal dreams: the world’s wildest winter masquerades – in pictures
'Photographer Jason Gardner travelled for more than 15 years documenting carnival traditions across the world, capturing the costumes and traditions that link participants to ancestral folklore'
A year on the River Thames, part four – in pictures
'The fourth instalment in a series of photo essays looking at the life on the Thames. From dawn sculls to a duck derby and container barges, Jill Mead, a longtime London resident and urban photographer, shares the stories of the many characters working on and enjoying the river'
First to 21st: a woman and her son through the years – in pictures
'Zoe Norfolk won a silver award at the AOP Awards 2023 for Every Year I Take a Photo, a collection of self-portraits of her and her son, William, taken on his first to 21st birthdays'
Sydney Opera House: The story of an icon in photos
'One of the most iconic structures of the 20th Century, the Sydney Opera House has emerged as a symbol for modern Australia.
Its dramatic white sails broke new ground for architecture and engineering globally.'
This past Saturday, 14.10.23, I was given the opportunity to volunteer for ‘Friends of Al Aqsa’ and document the ‘March For Palestine’, which was a joint effort between a number of organisations including: The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, Stop The War Coalition and Palestinian Forum in Britain.
Old Photographs Brought to Life With the Latest Colorization Techniques
'Photographs taken over 100 years ago can appear like a foreign country, but the people in those photos did not experience the world in black and white. For his latest project, digital artist and photo restorer Stuart Humphryes employed the latest color technology to restore images taken in the early 20th century'
Sea to tin and table: Portugal’s sardine industry – in pictures
'The photojournalist Patricia de Melo Moreira examines the fishing industry and local traditions in Peniche and Lisbon. Sardines account for two-thirds of Portugal’s fishing catch and sustain a major canning industry'