Sony Alpha Awards winners announced
The winners in the fourth annual Sony Alpha Awards were recently announced in Sydney. The competition, designed to showcase the best imagery captured using the Sony Alpha camera range, received over 4,000 images from professional and amateur photographers across Australia and New Zealand.
In 2019, the competition introduced four new categories – Seascape, Astrophotography, Wedding, and City/Street – alongside the existing categories of Portrait, Landscape, Nature, Sport, and Youth.
The category winners each received A$2,000 worth of Sony camera gear, while the Grand Prize Winner received Sony camera gear to the value of A$10,000.
2019 winners
Grand Prize : James Muir © James Muir. Grand Prize Winner and Seascape Finalist. Fresh Ice, Liquid Salt . "An iceberg drifts in the Southern Ocean somewhere near the polar circle. This was the first iceberg I had ever seen and I was stunned Landscape : Karen Huynh © Karen Huynh. Landscape Winner. Flames . Photo taken from a Cessna, flying over a bauxite mine in Western Australia. Bauxite ore is the world’s primary source of aluminium. The ore must first be chemically processed to produce alumina (aluminium oxide) as seen in this picture. Nature: Daniel Browne © Daniel Browne. Nature Winner. Cleaning Time. A green turtle rests on some soft corals while being cleaned. Portrait: Aries Tao © Aries Tao. Portrait Winner. Cherish the moment. "Ever since we are born, we are all going to die. Just like all flowers wither and fall before the winter. Life is the journey, and the flower is the moment. Living in the moment." Sport: Joseph Hsu © Joseph Hsu. Sports Winner. Federico Gaio. Australian Open 2019, qualifying round. Astrophotography: Tony Law © Tony Law. Astrophotography Winner. Moonrise at Patterned Cliff . "This photo was taken at Bouddi National Park, Australia, during moonrise. I used blending and focus stacking techniques to composite this photo." City/Street: Jomel Bartolome © Jomel Bartolome. City/Street Winner. Cloud 9. Image taken from Fiji Islands. Seascape: Aristo Risi © Aristo Risi. Seascape Winner. White Flesh Shines, Sulawesi . "I started documenting marine plastic in 2017 when I first bought an underwater set-up. I was on the look out to capture life, but I was Wedding: Ben Howland © Ben Howland. Wedding Winner. Showered with Love . "Many weddings have confetti thrown, but I've never Youth: Alexi Perris
© Alexi Perris. Youth Winner. Commuting . This photo shows a man about to commute to his work Sign up here .
