The Sony World Photography Awards has a new `Environment` category under its Professional competition, the World Photography Organization has announced. Under this category, photographers are challenged to `address environmental concerns affecting the world today.` Additionally, the 2020 Awards will also feature a new Youth competition that allows photographers ages 12 to 19 to submit up to three images per months through December 2019.
The 2020 Sony World Photography Awards kicked off its Youth competition this month; its deadlines are the last day of each month from June to December. Under the competition, photographers as young as 12 and as old as 19 can submit up to three single images each month. Every month has its own theme and will result in one winner and a shortlist.
In addition to the new Youth competition, the 2020 Awards will feature a new `Environment` category in the Professional competition, which has a January 11, 2020 deadline. According to the organization, winning and shortlisted photographers will get a `global platform` for showcasing their work.
The 2020 Awards will also include the Open competition with a January 7, 2020, deadline and the Student competition with a November 29 deadline.
In addition to revealing the new Environment category and Youth competition details, the organization has announced the 2019 Sony Grant recipients. In the Professional competition, 2019 Sony Grant recipients get $7,000 each alongside Sony photography gear. Recipients of the Student grant receive $3,500 each and will work together as a team to provide commissioned images.
The 2019 Sony Grant recipients are:
Professional category:
- Yan Wang Preston (UK)- Ed Thompson (UK)- Kohei Ueno (Japan)- Thomas Uusheimo (Finland)
Student category:
- Joel Davies (Central St Martins, UK)- Sam Delaware (Pacific Union College, USA) - Tobias Kristensen (Danish School of Media & Journalism, Denmark)
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