Sunday 29 April 2012

Sony World Photography Awards 2012 winners announced

Sony World Photography Awards 2012American photographer Mitch Dobrowner has been announced as this year’s winner of the L’Iris d’Or - the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year.

Sony World Photography Awards 2012
Dobrowner was presented with the award during the Sony World Photography Awards Gala ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in London’s Park Lane for his extraordinary series of images, Storms. This beautiful series of black and white photographs are quite stunning.

He was chosen as the winner by a panel of nine judges and wins a $25,000 cash prize and Sony’s latest digital imaging camera equipment.

Other winners included Tobias Bräuning from Germany as overall Open winner, William Klein for Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award and Asef Ali Mohammad from Middlesex University, UK, for Student Focus Award.

See more of the award winning photography here or you can visit the awards exhibition at Somerset House, London until 20th May. Tickets on the door.

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