INDIA WINNER ANNOUNCED
EXHIBITION: 19 APRIL – 6 MAY 2024 | SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON
The World Photography Organisation and Sony India are delighted to reveal Mitu Kajaria as India’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.
Mitul was anonymously selected by judges for his photograph Child Sleeping at a Construction Site entered the Portraiture category of the Open competition. The young child of a daily wage construction worker napping in a makeshift bed at a construction site.
PHOTOGRAPHER’S BIOGRAPHY
Mitul is a photographer, curator, and educator with a background in Architecture, currently training in Psychology & Psychodrama. His work orbits around vital themes: mental health, diverse archives, and the interplay between architecture, urban landscapes, and humanity. He feels his identity and pursuits stem from the crossroads of his architectural foundation, his commitment to mental health advocacy, and over a decade of artistic practice.
Commenting on his win, Kajaria said “It is always a feeling of great satisfaction to be validated for your work. By choosing my photograph as a winning image, the Sony World Photography Awards has provided a boost to my photography practice”.
As India’s National Award winner, Mitul Kajaria 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).
This year’s National and Regional Awards winners are:
| Bangladesh – Mahdin Shafiq OmiCambodia – Davuth VanEgypt – Karim OsamaGermany – Natalie StrohmaierIndia – Mitul KajariaIndonesia – Dhiky AdityaJapan – Kenichiro Hagiwara, WinnerJapan – Hajime Hirano, 2nd PlaceJapan – Masayuki Hirata, 3rd Place | Republic of Korea – Lee Jongkee, WinnerRepublic of Korea – Seongmin Park, 2nd PlaceRepublic of Korea – Jaeeun Kim, 3rd PlaceKuwait – Mohammed MirzaMalaysia – Lim Chien TingMyanmar – Kyaw HtetNepal – Bibek KunwarNigeria – Onyekachi IlohPakistan – Muhammad Saddique InamPhilippines – Reginald James LoricoPoland – Barbara Szydlowska | Qatar – Abdulla AL-MushaifriSaudi Arabia – Yasser AlomariSingapore – Ju Shen LeeSouth Africa – Lourens DurandSri Lanka – Wasiri GajamanTaiwan – Chia Jung ChouThailand – Thanayu JongwattanasilkulTurkey – Okan YilmazUnited Arab Emirates – Vinaya MohanUnited States – Pascal FouquetVietnam – Tran Tuan Viet |
EUROPEAN REGIONAL AWARDS
| Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania & Moldova:Tomáš Havrda (Czech Republic), WinnerCziráki Orsolya Boglárka (Hungary), ShortlistDiana Morozovskaia (Moldova), ShortlistDiana Buzoianu (Romania), ShortlistMichal Zahornacky (Slovakia), Shortlist | Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania:Viktors Rimarevs (Latvia), WinnerRaido Nurk (Estonia), ShortlistIeva Lozuraitytė (Lithuania), Shortlist |
| Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina:Ana Skobe (Slovenia), WinnerDanilo Kreso (Bosnia & Herzegovina), ShortlistRobert Marić (Croatia), ShortlistSuer Celina (Kosovo), ShortlistIvana Todorović (Montenegro), ShortlistTijana Morača (Serbia), Shortlist | Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria & North Macedonia:Vladimir Karamazov (Bulgaria), WinnerElena Georgiou (Cyprus), ShortlistStefanos Papaioannou (Greece), ShortlistVlatko Rafeski (North Macedonia), Shortlist |
LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL AWARDS
| Marcos Azulay (Argentina), WinnerJair Fernando Coll Rubiano (Colombia), 2nd PlaceMarco Chacana (Chile), 3rd PlaceReynaldo San Martín (Bolivia), ShortlistAlexa Obando (Costa Rica), Shortlist | Wilfrido Enriquez (Ecuador), ShortlistJuan Pablo Méndez Garzona (Guatemala), ShortlistDaniel Heras (Mexico), ShortlistConnie France Calderon Martel (Peru), Shortlist |