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A boy from
an Orthodox
community in the
Altai Krai region of
Russia, bordering
Kazakhstan. By
Areshina Nadezhda,
Russian Federation5
A balletic sea lion
prepares to feed
on a shoal of
sardines in the
bountiful waters off
the coast of Baja
California, Mexico.
By Graeme Purdy, UK2
Volcanic craters
align with a seismic
fault in the Icelandic
Highlands, where
the climate is too
harsh to sustain life
for most of the year.
By Lorenzo Poli, Italy4
A ghostly double
exposure of a young
woman displaced
by conflict in
the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
By Hugh Kinsella
Cunningham, UKT
hese extraordinary images are
among the shortlisted entries
in the professional category of
the Sony World Photography
Awards 2022. Now in its 15th year, the
competition celebrates both established
artists and emerging talent from around
the world. More than 340,000 images
from 211 territories were submitted to
this year’s competition, with an astonishing
156,000 entries in the professional
category alone.
The winners will be announced on
April 12, with the overall winner crowned
photographer of the year and awarded
$25,000 prize money ■The Sony World Photography Awards
2022 exhibition is on display at Somerset
House, London WC2, from April 13 to
May 2. To find out more about this year’s
winners, visit worldphoto.org1
In Kabo, Republic
of Congo, a
bushmeat hunter
carries two of the
three monkeys
he caught that day.
By Brent Stirton,
South Africa54