Turkish photographer F. Dilek Uyar won the street photography category with this photo of a worker from the health affairs unit of Ankara Municipality disinfecting a railway platform.
Turkish photographer F. Dilek Uyar won the street photography category with this photo of a worker from the health affairs unit of Ankara Municipality disinfecting a railway platform.
F. Dilek Uyar/2021 Sony World Photography Awards
German photographer Klaus Lenzen won the architecture category with this shot of stairs at the Hyatt hotel in Düsseldorf, which look as if they're floating.
German photographer Klaus Lenzen won the architecture category with this shot of stairs at the Hyatt hotel in Düsseldorf, which look as if they're floating.
Klaus Lenzen/2021 Sony World Photography Awards
Zimbabwean photographer Tamary Kudita captured this image of a young woman in traditional Victorian dress holding traditional Shona cooking utensils. Kudita scooped the top prize in the creative category with this image.
Zimbabwean photographer Tamary Kudita captured this image of a young woman in traditional Victorian dress holding traditional Shona cooking utensils. Kudita scooped the top prize in the creative category with this image.
Tamary Kudita/2021 Sony World Photography Awards
Spanish photographer Juan López Ruiz's photo shows lightning over a lavender field in Guadalajara, Spain. He won the landscape category.
Spanish photographer Juan López Ruiz's photo shows lightning over a lavender field in Guadalajara, Spain. He won the landscape category.
Juan López Ruiz/2021 Sony World Photography Awards
Spanish photographer Mariano Belmar Torrecilla claimed the top spot in the lifestyle category with this photo of women on the beach in Alicante, Spain.
Spanish photographer Mariano Belmar Torrecilla claimed the top spot in the lifestyle category with this photo of women on the beach in Alicante, Spain.
Mariano Belmar Torrecilla/2021 Sony World Photography Awards
Estonian photographer Cristo Pihlam?e's image of a hare sticking out its tongue won the natural world and wildlife category.
Estonian photographer Cristo Pihlam?e's image of a hare sticking out its tongue won the natural world and wildlife category.
Cristo Pihlam?e/2021 Sony World Photography Awards
Motion category winner Marijo Maduna, from Croatia, captured the moment a young woman dove from a cliff in front of her friends.
Motion category winner Marijo Maduna, from Croatia, captured the moment a young woman dove from a cliff in front of her friends.
Marijo Maduna/2021 Sony World Photography Awards
Hungarian photographer Kata Zih says this image of a tailor's mannequin in an empty room evokes memories of lockdown. Winner of the object category.
Hungarian photographer Kata Zih says this image of a tailor's mannequin in an empty room evokes memories of lockdown. Winner of the object category.
Kata Zih/2021 Sony World Photography Awards
Russian photographer Lyudmila Sabanina took this photo of a young child lost in contemplation, claiming the top prize in the portraiture category.
Russian photographer Lyudmila Sabanina took this photo of a young child lost in contemplation, claiming the top prize in the portraiture category.
Lyudmila Sabanina/2021 Sony World Photography Awards
Vietnamese photographer Khanh Phan shot this image of a woman sat among trays of drying fish at Long Hai fish market in Ba Ria -Vung Tau, Vietnam, winning the travel category.
Vietnamese photographer Khanh Phan shot this image of a woman sat among trays of drying fish at Long Hai fish market in Ba Ria -Vung Tau, Vietnam, winning the travel category.
Khanh Phan/2021 Sony World Photography Awards
Sony World Photography Awards 2021 category winners
CNN  — 

A photograph of a woman surrounded by drying fish in Vietnam and another showing lightning over a lavender field in Spain are among 10 category winners at the Sony World Photography Awards 2021 Open Competition, announced Thursday.

Arranged by the World Photography Organisation, the annual Open competition selects “the best single images” in categories such as travel, architecture and street photography.

Vietnamese photographer Khanh Phan won the travel category for the drying fish image, which was taken at Long Hai fish market in Ba Ria -Vung Tau, Vietnam.

Spanish photographer Juan López Ruiz won the landscape category for capturing the moment lightning strikes over a field of lavender, with a solitary tree at the center.

Spanish photographer Juan López Ruiz won the landscape category for this image.
Spanish photographer Juan López Ruiz won the landscape category for this image.
Juan López Ruiz/2021 Sony World Photography Awards

German photographer Klaus Lenzen won the architecture category for his image of a set of stairs at the Hyatt hotel in Dusseldorf which look like they are floating in space.

And F. Dilek Uyar, from Turkey, was named the winner of the street photography category for a photo of a municipal worker in Ankara, Turkey, disinfecting a train platform.

Winners in the other six categories are as follows: Tamary Kudita, Zimbabwe, in the creative category; Mariano Belmar Torrecilla, Spain, lifestyle; Marijo Maduna, Croatia, motion; Cristo Pihlam?e, Estonia, natural world and wildlife; Kata Zih, Hungary, object; and Lyudmila Sabanina, Russian Federation, portraiture.

Vietnamese photographer Khanh Phan won the travel category for this image.
Vietnamese photographer Khanh Phan won the travel category for this image.
Khanh Phan/2021 Sony World Photography Awards

The 10 category winners will now be considered for the overall title and a $5,000 prize. They also receive a selection of Sony digital imaging equipment. The overall winner of the Open competition will be announced on April 15.

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More than 100 photographers were shortlisted for the competition alongside the category winners. Winning and shortlisted work will be showcased in a virtual exhibition on the World Photography Organisation website.

The 2021 competition was judged by Gastón Deleau, director of the FOLA (Fototeca Latinoamericana – the Latin American Photo Library) gallery in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Scroll through the gallery above to see the 10 category winners in the Sony World Photography Awards Open competition.