NATIONAL & REGIONAL AWARDS 2024 COUNTRY WINNER ANNOUNCED
NATIONAL & REGIONAL AWARDS 2024
COUNTRY WINNER ANNOUNCED
EXHIBITION: 19 APRIL - 6 MAY 2024 | SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON
© Lourens Durand, South Africa, Winner, National Awards, Sony World Photography Awards 2024
The World Photography Organisation and Sony Middle East and Africa are delighted to reveal Lourens Durand as South Africa’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.
Lourens Durand was anonymously selected by judges for his photograph Fantasy Shapes, entered into the Creative category of the Open competition. Fantasy Shapes is a close-up photograph of an arrangement of dry leaves and a snail shell on a black tile.
Durand is an amateur photographer and retired Industrial Chemist/Technical Services Manager. He’s a long-time member of the Photographic Society of South Africa and the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP), and his photographic Honours include: LPSSA Colour; DPSSA (Cls) and Excellence FIAP.
Commenting on his win, Durand said: "I’m absolutely thrilled to be named the winner and represent South Africa! This is an opportunity of a lifetime and I hope to have inspired current and upcoming photographers who have the same dream".
As South Africa’s National Award winner, Durand 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). For more information about upcoming announcements and winners please visit www.worldphoto.org
This year’s National and Regional Awards winners are:
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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
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EUROPEAN REGIONAL AWARDS
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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