Prize Sony World Photography Awards for participation in the 2022 contest, she collected a whopping 340 thousand applications-photographs, the subjects of which ranged from magical landscapes of Turkey to atmospheric portraits of Burmese twins.

About 170 thousand of these original works were included in the category of “National Award” of the competition, which recently announced the best pictures.

The winners’ collection offers a diverse and striking look at the most diverse spectra of human life. We bring to your attention — some of them.

1. Category “Landscape”, photo: © Filip Hrebenda

2. Category “Architecture”, photo: © Wonyoung Choi

3. Category “Lifestyle”, photo: © Minko Mihaylov

4. Category “Portrait”, photo: © Martina Dimunova

5. Category “Movement”, photo: © Raido Nurk

6. Category “Portrait”, photo: © Metha Meiryna

7. Category “Architecture”, photo: © Wonyoung Choi

8. Category “Portrait”, photo: © Swe Tun

9. Category “Portrait”, photo: © Edina Csoboth

10. Category “Landscape”, photo: © Cigdem Ayyildiz

11. Travel category, photo: © Thanh Nguyen Phuc

all photos: Sony World Photography Awards