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![2024 Sony World Photography Awards: Winners revealedPublished14 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingThe winners of the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards have been announced, with Juliette Pavy named as Photographer of the Year for her series, Spiralkampagnen, a project on the forced sterilisation of Inuit women in Greenland.Image source, Juliette PavyPavy's documentary project explores the lasting affects of birth-control practices carried out on Inuit Greenlanders by Danish doctors in the 1960s and 1970s. The series examines the spiralkampagnen ("coil campaign") in which several thousand Inuit women and girls, some as young as 12, were fitted with an intrauterine device (IUD) without their consent.The photos range from shots of the city of Nuuk and its clinical spaces, to X-ray imagery and archival photographs of the young women involved.Naja Lyberth, a psychologist in Nuuk, was one of the first to testify about her forced sterilisation. She set up a Facebook group to allow women to share their common experiences and help each other cope with the trauma. Jytte Lyberth was 14 years old at the time she had the IUD inserted. Since then, she has never been able to have children.Image source, Juliette PavyMonica Allende, who chaired the 2024 Professional competition jury, praised Pavy's "empathetic portrayal of her subjects, capturing them in a manner that is both dignified and profoundly intimate, thereby highlighting her exceptional talent".Pavy's work triumphed in the Documentary Projects category of the Professional competition.Here are the other category winners, alongside comments from the photographers.Architecture & Design Sala Mayor (Living Room) by Siobhán DoranImage source, Siobhán Dora"This series is part of a book project, Houses that Sugar Built: An Intimate Portrait of Philippine Ancestral Homes, for which I was granted access to these historic mansions."The sala mayor (main living room) typically showcases the character of the architecture and the lifestyle of the people, but also leaves room for the viewer's interpretation of these unique residences."Creative A Thousand Cuts by Sujata Setia Image source, Sujata Setia"A Thousand Cuts is an ongoing series of portraits and stories that present a photographic study of patterns of domestic abuse in the South Asian community. "The continuous act of chipping at the soul of the abused is expressed by making cuts on the portrait of the participant, while the prints are made on thin paper to depict the fragility of the existence."EnvironmentEchoes of the Hive by Mahé ElipeImage source, MAHE ELIPEImage source, MAHE ELIPE"In March 2023, a tragic fate befell more than 100 beekeepers [in Hopelchén, Campeche in south-east Mexico]. Their Melipona bees were poisoned by fipronil, an insecticide that is banned in most countries in Europe, but is still permitted in Mexico."This tragedy left deep scars on the Mayas, whose survival is intertwined with the golden nectar of the Melipona."LandscapeThe Sacrifice Zone by Eddo HartmannImage source, EDDO HARTMANN "This series explores a remote area of Kazakhstan known as 'The Polygon', which was once home to the Soviet Union's major nuclear testing facilities."The location is still heavily contaminated and can only be accessed in protective clothing. "The images in this series were made using an infra-red camera, which hints at a menace that is equally invisible to the human eye: the radiation resulting from the nuclear explosions."Portfolio Portraits and Landscapes by Jorge Mónaco Image source, Jorge Monaco"My goal is to create projects that shed light on the lives of people from minority groups, whether they are ethnic, religious or gender-related. "Through my images, I aim to raise awareness and promote inclusion, offering a reflective perspective on human diversity."PortraitureFather and Son by Valery PoshtarovImage source, Valery Poshtarov"While posing, fathers and sons hold hands for the first time in years, sometimes decades. It's a powerful moment, often filled with hesitation or even resistance. "This act of intimacy became the project's main purpose, the photographs being just a mere testament to the long-unspoken love between the men."SportKald Sòl (Cold Sun) by Thomas MeurotImage source, Thomas Meurot"Kald Sòl is a series I undertook while documenting a surf expedition in Iceland in the middle of winter. "Documenting cold surfing has always appealed to me, so when I got the chance to do it, I jumped at the opportunity straight away. The black-and-white photographs reveal the cold, even when the sun is out."Still LifeFlora by Federico ScarchilliImage source, Federico Scarchilli"Plants are among the main suppliers of medicinal substances and should be considered as the producers and dynamic containers of chemical substances."This series highlights the important role of pharmacognosy in modern biology."Wildlife & NatureSuspended Worlds by Eva BerlerImage source, Eva Berler"This project started as an exploration of the world of spider webs, where both time and action are frozen, but it led to a personal journey into my deepest fears and aspirations."They work as metaphors for the hidden lives of the people next to us, who we pass by every day and don't really know anything about."The Open competition celebrates the power of single images. Liam Man won for his photograph Moonrise Sprites over Storr, showing the rock formation of the Old Man of Storr, lit by drone lights, during a storm on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.Image source, Liam ManKayin Luys, of LUCA School of Arts Sint Lukas Brussels, has been awarded the title of Student Photographer of the Year, for his series Don't Trust Pretty Girls - an intimate portrait of his in-laws.Image source, Kayin LuysDaniel Murray, 15 years old, won the Youth Photographer of the Year award. Entrants were asked to respond to the theme Through Your EyesThe photograph of a solitary surfer on an empty Cornish beach captures the quiet atmosphere of the end of the summer season.Image source, Daniel MurrayKathleen Orlinsky was announced as this year's Sustainability Prize winner for her series America's First Wilderness.Orlinsky's project looks at the ways in which the people inhabiting the wilderness of south-eastern New Mexico peacefully coexist with the nature around them, and promote the conservation of the space.Image source, Katie OrlinskyImage source, Katie OrlinskyThis year's Outstanding Contribution to Photography prize has been awarded to Sebastião Salgado. More than 40 images, selected by the esteemed photographer highlighting the key themes and milestones over the last five decades of his career, will be on view at the Sony World Photography Awards 2024 exhibition at Somerset House.Image source, Sebastião SALGADOImage source, Sebastião SALGADOAll photographs courtesy of 2024 Sony World Photography Awards.An exhibition of the winners and shortlisted images takes place at Somerset House, London from 19 April to 6 May 2024.](https://news.infovi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/133161124_juliette-pavy-france-photographer-of-the-year-976x912.jpg)
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