The Sony World Photography Awards has announced the winners of the 2025 National & Regional Awards, recognizing outstanding photography from around the world.
This awards program, created by Sony and Creo as part of the World Photography Organisation, supports local photography communities in 56 countries. This year, the competition received over 419,000 image submissions from photographers across more than 200 countries and territories.
The National & Regional Award winners were chosen from the Open competition, which highlights the best single images taken in the past year. Each winner will receive Sony digital imaging equipment and have their work showcased in the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition and book.
The overall winners of the Student, Youth, Open, and Professional categories will be announced on April 16, 2025. Their work will be featured in an exhibition at Somerset House in London from April 17 to May 5, 2025.
2025 National & Regional Award winners for the Sony World Photography Awards:
Bangladesh – Syed Mahabubul Kader
Cambodia – Sam Ang Ourng
China Mainland – Hao Guo (Winner)
China Mainland – Yaping Du (2nd Place)
China Mainland – KunPeng Zhu (3rd Place)
Egypt – Ahmed Abdallah
Germany – Timo Zilz
India – Rajeev Gaikwad
Indonesia – Sim Jhones Gozali
Kazakhstan – Anel Bazylova
Republic of Korea – Kibong Nam (Winner)
Republic of Korea – Gilyoung Pyo (2nd Place)
Republic of Korea – Kyunghwan Oh (3rd Place)
Kuwait – Mohammad Mirza
Malaysia – Wan Yong Chong
Myanmar – Zay Yar Lin
Nepal – Rabik Upadhayay
Nigeria – Nsikanabasi Effiong
Pakistan – Ali Sohail
Philippines – Renzer Rev Damaso
Poland – Hanna Kantor
Qatar – Ridhwan Mohammed Rafi
Saudi Arabia – Mohammed Muhtasib
Singapore – Ng Guang Ze
South Africa – Werner De Kock
Sri Lanka – Sasindu Pramuditha
Taiwan – Chen De-Huang
Thailand – Kiyoshi Hijiki
Turkey – Rahsan Firtina
United Arab Emirates – Donell Gumiran
Uzbekistan – Mubina Fayzullaeva
Vietnam – Việt Văn Trần
EUROPEAN REGIONAL AWARDS
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania & Moldova:
- Winner: Peter Svoboda (Slovakia)
- Shortlist:
- Tomáš Havrda (Czech Republic)
- Attila Domokos (Hungary)
- Irina Zaiteva (Moldova)
- Marian Plaino (Romania)
Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania:
- Winner: Ieva Gailė (Lithuania)
- Shortlist:
- Raido Nurk (Estonia)
- Niks Freimanis (Latvia)
Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina:
- Winner: Marko Buntić (Croatia)
- Shortlist:
- Sanja Vrzić (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Suer Celina (Kosovo)
- Radojko Bošković (Montenegro)
- Slobodan Blagojević (Serbia)
- Ivan Borko (Slovenia)
Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria & North Macedonia:
- Winner: Panagiotis Rontos (Greece)
- Shortlist:
- Yavor Michev (Bulgaria)
- Elena Georgiou (Cyprus)
- Vlatko Rafeski (North Macedonia)
LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL AWARDS
- Winner: Lucero Mora Ardila (Mexico)
- 2nd Place: Pedro Jarque Krebs (Peru)
- 3rd Place: Kevin Molano (Colombia)
- Shortlist:
- Carola Pettis (Argentina)
- Brian Delgadillo (Bolivia)
- Jean Paul De la Harpe Zubiaur (Chile)
- Lior Berman Fernández (Costa Rica)
- Carlos Espinosa (Ecuador)
- Rafael Valladares (Guatemala)
- Cecilia Nion (Uruguay)