TheAppWhisperer and the World Photography Organisation Partner Up with $25,000 Prize Money
I am delighted to announce that TheAppWhisperer and the World Photography Organisation have partnered up for the 2023 photography competition including a top prize of $25,000.
Created by the World Photography Organisation, the Sony World Photography Awards are regarded as one of the world’s most prestigious photography competitions by elevating photographers’ careers – from established to emerging – since it started 16 years ago.
The Sony World Photography Awards is the leading competition for photographers and artists working in photography. Made up of four competitions (Professional, Open, Student and Youth), all entries are free and the top prize is $25,000.
Later this week, I will be detailing how TheAppWhisperer community can benefit from this partnership, stand by for that…
Photography Competition
Professional competition: rewarding the best photo series worldwide. Prizes include $25,000, a range of Sony digital imaging equipment plus more. It is free to enter, open to anyone submitting a series of 5 to 10 images per category.
There are ten categories photographers can choose from. The overall winner receives the Photographer of the Year title. New this year: the Photographer of the Year is rewarded with a solo presentation of their work as part of the Sony World Photography Awards London exhibition the following year. The deadline is January 13, 2023 at 13.00 GMT. More information here
Open competition: rewarding the best single images! Prizes include $5,000, top Sony digital imaging equipment plus more. It is free to enter and open to anyone submitting single images taken in 2022. There are ten categories photographers can choose from. The overall winner receives the Open Photographer of the Year title. The deadline is January 6, 2023 at 13.00 GMT. More information here
Student competition: providing a platform for photography students worldwide. First prize is top Sony digital imaging equipment and the overall winning university is given Sony digital imaging equipment worth €30,000. For this year’s student competition, we’re asking entrants to consider the theme In a Changing World.
Our world is changing rapidly, and we are looking for photographers who can show us positive stories of development and progress. This could encapsulate a whole range of different topics; from the environment, to technology, to the way we work and live. In five to 10 images depict how you, or someone you document, are responding to the changes around them. Entries must be submitted by 13.00 GMT on November 30, 2022. More information here
Youth competition: for young passionate photographers aged under 19 years-old. First prize is top Sony digital imaging equipment. Images submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards can be taken on any device, shot in any style – be black & white or colour – and approached from whichever angle you feel is best. It is free to enter and open to photographers under 19 year-olds submitting single images taken in 2022.
Photographers can enter up to three images relating to the theme Your Everyday. For this year’s Youth competition we’re asking photographers to show us their everyday. What does your day-to-day look like? What people surround you? What scenes do you see – bustling streets or idyllic landscapes? The overall winner receives the Youth Photographer of the Year title. The deadline for entries is 6 January 2023 at 13:00 (GMT). More information here
Celebrating the best contemporary photography from the past year, the Awards give vast exposure and opportunity to photographers worldwide. Sony supports the Awards to help the continued development of photographic culture by giving a global platform to today’s talent.
Entry to the Awards is completely free and photographers are judged anonymously by a panel of industry leading judges.
Photographers worldwide are invited to submit to the Awards’ four competitions: Professional, celebrating outstanding bodies of work between 5-10 images across ten categories; Open, rewarding the world’s best single images across ten categories; Youth, championing images by emerging talent under 19; and Student, highlight the work of photography students across the globe.
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Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
