2024 Sony World Photography Awards: Professional Portraiture and Portfolio

Friends."My photography is always about people; their emotions and their histories." Image: © Paweł Bojarski, Poland, Shortlist, Professional competition, Portfolio, Sony World Photography Awards 2024

‘Liv’. I took this photograph of Liv and her pony on a cold winter’s day. Her family’s farm was busy, but in this suspended instance, time seems to stand still. Liv has many jobs throughout the day and came to rest on her pony, their bond evident in the quiet understanding that exists between them.

Gas smugglers on the Iran-Pakistan border. Image: © Mojtaba Radmanesh, Iran, Islamic Republic Of, Shortlist, Professional competition, Portfolio, Sony World Photography Awards 2024 ‘Filling the Space’. “A photograph of Saddam Hussien smoking a cigarette, alongside a passing man with a cigarette of his own. I included myself in the car’s wing mirror, which satisfied my obsession with filling spaces. As a freelance photographer I try to be ready for my next assignment, keeping my eyes open and my reflexes fast. Nothing is better for this than practising street photography.

‘Donghai Island People’. A girl by the Red Star Reservoir. Donghai Island, in Guangdong Province, is the fifth largest island in China. Over the past decade it has been developed into a heavily industrialised area, and due to the expropriation of land, demolition and other reasons, many of the original residents have moved away. As a result, the traditional culture and lifestyle on Donghai Island faces new challenges, as does the island’s air and environment in the face of industrialisation.

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