16 April 2022 | New Scientist | 31Winning shots
THESE incredible images are
all winning or shortlisted
entries in the professional
competition of the 2022 Sony
World Photography Awards,
a global contest celebrating
contemporary photography.
The top-left image of a
pufferfish was taken by Arun
Kuppuswamy Mohanraj as part
of his project Diaphonization –
Dyeing the Dead. Mohanraj
dehydrated the pufferfish in
ethanol to harden the bone and
cartilage, before using coloured
stains to make the bones appear
red and the cartilage blue. Then he
exposed it to the enzyme trypsin,
which digested most of the tissues
and made them transparent.
The image was shortlisted in
the Wildlife & Nature category.
In the bottom-left photo,
Manuel Enrique González
Carmona captured the colourful
mineral deposits of a copper
mine’s toxic waste pond, located
in Huelva, Spain. It was shortlisted
in the Landscape category.
The two smallest photos were
taken by Debora Lombardi and
were shortlisted in the Wildlife &
Nature category. Lombardi used
a photography technique to show
the fluorescence of flowers under
UV light, revealing them as insects
might see them.
Finally, Lorenzo Poli’s image of
a volcanic desert in the Icelandic
Highlands celebrates what he calls
the “untamed world” of Earth.
Poli’s Life on Earth series won
in the Landscape category.
All of the winning and
shortlisted images are on show
at Somerset House in London
until 2 May. ❚Gege LiDEBORA
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