This week we’ve been looking through the finalist photos for the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards, one of the world’s leading photography competitions. Photographers from 166 countries submitted nearly 140,000 images, the highest number of entries in the awards’ seven year history. Here are a collection of our favourite images. The world is certainly a beautiful place.
Photo: Christian Ziegler
Photo: Mario Wezel
Photo: Chloe Bartram
Photo: Stacy Kranitz
Photo: Vinicio Drappo
Photo: Stacy Kranitz
Photo: Sophie Gamand
Photo: Michael K Nichols
Photo: Elisa Sturaro
Photo: Mario Wezel
Photo: Chloe Bartram
Photo: Tony Hertz
Photo: Viviana Peretti
Photo: Ken Hermann
Photo: Ken Hermann
Photo: Anna Di Prospero
Photo: Viviana Peretti
Photo: Tony Hertz
Photo: Elisa Sturaro
Photo: Christian Ziegler
Photo: Sophie Gamand
Photo: Michael K Nichols
Photo: John Quintero
Photo: Herman Van Den Boom
Photo: YongSheng Zheng
Photo: Thomas Brummett
Photo: John Quintero
Photo: Herman Van Den Boom
Photo: Anna Di Prospero
Photo: Hao Li
Photo: YongSheng Zheng
Photo: Ludovic Maillard
Photo: Frauke Thielking
Photo: Salvatore Di Gregorio
Photo: Ludovic Maillard
Photo: Sungseok AHN
Photo: Sungseok AHN
Photo: Salvatore Di Gregorio
Photo: Hao Li
Photo: Frauke Thielking
Photo: Vinicio Drappo
Photo: Thomas Brummett