London, Feb. 26 (CNA) A photograph of two Pacific salmon swimming beneath a violent modern-day earned Wu Yung-sen (吳永森) the top prize for Taiwan at the 2019 Sony World Photographer Awards on Tuesday.
Wu, a eager diver, said he felt proud to win first place in the National Award class for Taiwan and became thankful for the popularity.
He might be invited to attend the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition held from April 18 to May 6 in Somerset House, London.
Wu’s picture was additionally certainly one of 14 entries that made the shortlist for the awards’ Open Competition prize within the herbal world and natural world category, but it did not win.
One of the world’s most prestigious image contests, the Sony World Photography Awards has four competitions: Professional, Open, Student, and Youth.
The Open Competition singles out the world’s pleasant images every year and recognizes and rewards the three great local photographic talents in each area and nation around the world through the National Awards program.
The 2d- and third-prize winners for Taiwan have been Li Po-yi (李柏毅) with a picture of a coastal entertainment park on Batam, Indonesia, and Kuo Zei-yang (郭子揚), for a photo displaying the breathtaking landscape of the Gorner Glacier in Zermatt, Switzerland.
More than 327,000 images entered the four competitions of the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards, which is called one of the world’s most celebrated and varied image competitions.
Now in its 12th year, the awards’ goal is to showcase the first-class contemporary photography globally, consistent with its host, the World Photography Organization.
