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Sony World Photography Awards

The World Photography Organisation and Sony India are delighted to reveal Mitu Kajaria as India’s National Award winner for the Sony World Photography Awards 2024. The National Awards program is an initiative set up by the World Photography Organisation and Sony to support local photographic communities around the world, with 54 countries taking part this year.

Over 395,000 images from over 220 countries and territories were submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards 2024.

Mitul was anonymously selected by judges for his photograph Child Sleeping at a Construction Site entered the Portraiture category of the Open competition. The young child of a daily wage construction worker napping in a makeshift bed at a construction site.

PHOTOGRAPHER’S BIOGRAPHY

Mitul is a photographer, curator, and educator with a background in Architecture, currently training in Psychology & Psychodrama. His work orbits around vital themes: mental health, diverse archives, and the interplay between architecture, urban landscapes, and humanity. He feels his identity and pursuits stem from the crossroads of his architectural foundation, his commitment to mental health advocacy, and over a decade of artistic practice.

Commenting on his win, Kajaria said “It is always a feeling of great satisfaction to be validated for your work. By choosing my photograph as a winning image, the Sony World Photography Awards has provided a boost to my photography practice”.

As India’s National Award winner, Mitul Kajaria receives Sony digital imaging equipment and will be included in the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition and book.

The overall winners in the Student, Youth, Open and Professional competitions of the Sony World Photography Awards 2024 will be announced on 18 April 2024 and will go on display as part of the exhibition at Somerset House, London (19 April-6 May 2024).

This year’s National and Regional Awards winners are:

Bangladesh – Mahdin Shafiq Omi

Cambodia – Davuth Van

Egypt – Karim Osama

Germany – Natalie Strohmaier

India – Mitul Kajaria

Indonesia – Dhiky Aditya

Japan – Kenichiro Hagiwara, Winner

Japan – Hajime Hirano, 2nd Place

Japan – Masayuki Hirata, 3rd Place

Republic of Korea – Lee Jongkee, Winner

Republic of Korea – Seongmin Park, 2nd Place

Republic of Korea – Jaeeun Kim, 3rd Place

Kuwait – Mohammed Mirza

Malaysia – Lim Chien Ting

Myanmar – Kyaw Htet

Nepal – Bibek Kunwar

Nigeria – Onyekachi Iloh

Pakistan – Muhammad Saddique Inam

Philippines – Reginald James Lorico

Poland – Barbara Szydlowska

Qatar – Abdulla AL-Mushaifri

Saudi Arabia – Yasser Alomari

Singapore – Ju Shen Lee

South Africa – Lourens Durand

Sri Lanka – Wasiri Gajaman

Taiwan – Chia Jung Chou

Thailand – Thanayu Jongwattanasilkul

Turkey – Okan Yilmaz

United Arab Emirates – Vinaya Mohan

United States – Pascal Fouquet

Vietnam – Tran Tuan Viet

EUROPEAN REGIONAL AWARDS

Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania & Moldova:

Tomáš Havrda (Czech Republic), Winner

Cziráki Orsolya Boglárka (Hungary), Shortlist

Diana Morozovskaia (Moldova), Shortlist

Diana Buzoianu (Romania), Shortlist

Michal Zahornacky (Slovakia), Shortlist

Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania:

Viktors Rimarevs (Latvia), Winner

Raido Nurk (Estonia), Shortlist

Ieva Lozuraitytė (Lithuania), Shortlist

Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina:

Ana Skobe (Slovenia), Winner

Danilo Kreso (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Shortlist

Robert Marić (Croatia), Shortlist

Suer Celina (Kosovo), Shortlist

Ivana Todorović (Montenegro), Shortlist

Tijana Morača (Serbia), Shortlist

Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria & North Macedonia:

Vladimir Karamazov (Bulgaria), Winner

Elena Georgiou (Cyprus), Shortlist

Stefanos Papaioannou (Greece), Shortlist

Vlatko Rafeski (North Macedonia), Shortlist

LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL AWARDS

Marcos Azulay (Argentina), Winner

Jair Fernando Coll Rubiano (Colombia), 2nd Place

Marco Chacana (Chile), 3rd Place

Reynaldo San Martín (Bolivia), Shortlist

Alexa Obando (Costa Rica), Shortlist

Wilfrido Enriquez (Ecuador), Shortlist

Juan Pablo Méndez Garzona (Guatemala), Shortlist

Daniel Heras (Mexico), Shortlist

Connie France Calderon Martel (Peru), Shortlist