ISSUE 127
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Nine supremely talented photographers from the UK shortlisted in major international contest Brits honoured in Sony World Awards In the creative category, Brooks was a finalist for The Palm, On Piru , which depicts the spiritual connections and collective identities of rappers from South Los Angeles. He ultimately finished third. The landscape class saw Blann in third, for his work using photopolymer etching to depict iconic European
black rhinoceroses, as well as to find an array of animals gathering at a forested river crossing. The recipient of the prestigious photographer of the year title, chosen from among the category winners and announced on the same night, received a $25,000 cash prize and range of Sony kit, as well as the opportunity to show their work in a solo presentation at next year’s London exhibition. This went to Citlali Fabián for Bilha, Stories of My Sisters . Fabián is from the Yalalteca indigenous community in Mexico, but is currently based in London, focusing on using photography to investigate different creative ways of addressing identity and its connections with territory, migration and community. The outstanding contribution to photography award went to US image maker Joel Meyerowitz. worldphoto.org
Britain’s definitely got talent. Nine incredible professional photographers from the UK were mentioned among the shortlist for the Sony World Photography Awards 2026, beating over 430,000 images from over 200 countries. Seamus Murphy, Ben Brooks, Zulka Rabikowska, Michael Blann, Liam Man, Todd Antony, James Ross, Dafna Talmor and Will Burrard- Lucas all made the cut. This shortlist was then whittled down into just three finalists for each of the ten categories before the ceremony took place at Somerset House in London.
mountain roads. The winner was Dafna Talmor, whose constructed landscapes are hand-printed and collaged colour negatives, reconfigured into abstracted landscape representations. British-based Kiwi photographer Todd Antony won the sport category for his incredible mono shot of a horse and its rider. And Will Burrard-Lucas topped the wildlife and nature class for Crossing Point , which captures wildlife in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. He used a remote camera trap to monitor endangered
OUT, ABOUT Burrard-Lucas used a remote camera trap (above) while Talmor collaged hand-prints and negatives (below)
BIG GUNS Lucky winners include Michael Blann (middle right), Ben Brooks (bottom right) and the talented Todd Antony (left)
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