You’re Invited: Sony World Photography Awards 2025 at Somerset House
I’m beyond excited to extend a very special invitation to you and our wider community to attend one of the most anticipated photography events of the year — the Sony World Photography Awards 2025 exhibition, hosted at the iconic Somerset House in London from 17 April to 5 May 2025.
As part of TheAppWhisperer community, you’re invited to enjoy an exclusive 10% discount on tickets using the code 10SWPA2025 at checkout.
This year’s exhibition will feature over 300 stunning photographs by more than 60 international photographers, thoughtfully curated across both the East and West Wings of Somerset House.
Expect a deeply engaging visual journey through work originating from South Africa, Peru, China, Iceland, the United States, and our very own United Kingdom. Each image tells a unique story — from social commentary and documentary perspectives to striking fine art and conceptual work.
The Rise of Mobile Photography
This year’s exhibition also highlights the extraordinary creative power of mobile photography — proving that incredible images don’t require expensive gear.
Take Ieva Gaile, a Lithuanian lawyer who captured an eye-catching image of a lone cabbage balanced on pallets of bottled water in a supermarket. Shortlisted in the Object category, this photograph examines themes of individuality, consumerism, and nature in an artificial world — all from the lens of her smartphone.
Then there’s Joshua Hasanoff, a 14-year-old from Sydney, who captured a beautifully cinematic image of his neighbour Ryuji — styled as a DJ fixing a car at dusk. His mobile-shot image earned a place on the Youth competition shortlist, showing that age and equipment are no barriers to great storytelling.
Celebrating Susan Meiselas
A true highlight of this year’s exhibition is a special retrospective celebrating the life and work of Susan Meiselas, the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Contribution to Photography award.
As a celebrated Magnum photographer, Meiselas has spent decades documenting the lives and struggles of communities around the world, from Nicaragua to Kurdistan, with raw honesty and deep compassion. Her images are not just photographs; they are historical records and emotional testimonies.
How to Attend
Exhibition Dates: 17 April – 5 May 2025
Location: Somerset House, London
Discount Code: 10SWPA2025 (10% off all tickets)
Book tickets and learn more here
This exhibition is more than just a gallery visit — it’s a celebration of vision, humanity, and the power of photography to transcend boundaries. Whether you’re a professional photographer, an enthusiast, or simply someone who appreciates compelling stories told through images, this is one event not to miss.
I truly hope to see many of you there, and as always, feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
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Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter, creator of the world’s most popular mobile photography and art website— TheAppWhisperer.com— TheAppWhisperer platform has been a pivotal cyberspace for mobile artists of all abilities to learn about, to explore, to celebrate and to share mobile artworks. Joanne’s compassion, inclusivity, and humility are hallmarks in all that she does, and is particularly evident in the platform she has built. In her words, “We all have the potential to remove ourselves from the centre of any circle and to expand a sphere of compassion outward; to include everyone interested in mobile art, ensuring every artist is within reach”, she has said. Promotion of mobile artists and the art form as a primary medium in today’s art world, has become her life’s focus. She has presented lectures bolstering mobile artists and their art from as far away as the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea to closer to her home in the UK at Focus on Imaging. Her experience as a jurist for mobile art competitions includes: Portugal, Canada, US, S Korea, UK and Italy. And her travels pioneering the breadth of mobile art includes key events in: Frankfurt, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Paris, Brazil, London. Pioneering the world’s first mobile art online gallery - TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com has extended her reach even further, shipping from London, UK to clients in the US, Europe and The Far East to a global group of collectors looking for exclusive art to hang in their homes and offices. The online gallery specialises in prints for discerning collectors of unique, previously unseen signed limited edition art. Her journey towards becoming The App Whisperer, includes (but is not limited to) working for a paparazzi photo agency for several years and as a deputy editor for a photo print magazine. Her own freelance photographic journalistic work is also widely acclaimed. She has been published extensively both within the UK and the US in national and international titles. These include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Popular Photography & Imaging, dpreview, NikonPro, Which? and more recently with the BBC as a Contributor, Columnist at Vogue Italia and Contributing Editor at LensCulture. Her professional photography has also been widely exhibited throughout Europe, including Italy, Portugal and the UK. She is currently writing several books, all related to mobile art and is always open to requests for new commissions for either writing or photography projects or a combination of both. Please contact her at: [email protected]
