“Zeybeks”. That's Dance, Sunward and Zeybeks. (Photo by Hasan Baglar/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Taiwan”. Emotional outpouring of bride. (Photo by Yao Wang Chong/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“City landscapes from Shanghai city”. Picture taken in Shanghai city, from the new series of autonomous work about living places and the way we deal with public space. (Photo by Arjen Schmitz/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Mad Couples”. Image from a personal project on couples who belong to the mod scene, a subculture that originated in Britain in the late 50's and became very popular during the 60's. (Photo by Carlotta Cardana/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Yellow Fellow”. A boy celebrates the Holi festival, one of the major events in India and the most vibrant of all. (Photo by Anurag Kumar/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Sparkle Baby”. “Sparkle Baby” explores girl culture in Australia within the phenomena of beauty pageants, particularly those directed at the young. (Photo by Chloe Bartram/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Homebound”. Homeless children in Chittagong, Bangladesh. (Photo by Ata Mohammad Adnan/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Mother and Son”. A most Christ‐like image, a bare‐chested son rests near his mother. (Photo by Denis Dailleux/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Aerial Series”. Images from the “Aerial Series” series were taken in the southern and central parts of Iceland. These areas were carefully scouted and selected for their particular qualities such as formations and color pallet. (Photo by Emmanuel Coupe- Kalomiris/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Vakil Bath”. A panoramic image of Vakil bath, a very popular historical site located in Shiraz, Iran. (Photo by Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Big Cat, Little Cat”. “Big Cat, Little Cat” is an advertising campaign for Whiskas cat food. (Photo by George Logan/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“What is missing”. “What is missing” series is concentrated specifically on the Forcella neighborhood, Naplese central district in the historic city center, and it also focuses of the criminal power of the Camorra since the late 70s. (Photo by Esposito Salvatore/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Wax System”. Celebrities portraits of the star system, real glances, fake faces, all shot at Madame Tussaud's. (Photo by Fabrizio Cestari/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Neighbours”. “Neighbours” is a series of typical Belgian double houses. Every single building is an expression of individuality. (Photo by Herman Van Den Boom/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Cost of slavery”. “Cost of slavery” series explores the tragedy in Bangladesh where thousands of mourners have gathered at the ruins of a garment factory building, which collapsed at Savar, outside Dhaka. (Photo by K. M. Asad/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“The Depth of Winter”. Landscape series from the mountains in Poland. (Photo by Kacper Kowalski/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“The Calm Before The Storm”. Greenwich tunnel in London. (Photo by Sean Batten/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Survivors”. The series explores a true face of a victim. Every year people in Bangladesh are disfigured beyond recognition by acid attacks. The victims are literally scarred for life. (Photo by Ken Hermann/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Timeless”. “Timeless” is a series exploring a category of still life images. (Photo by Kai-Uwe Gundlach/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Ples u tami II”. The Guča trumpet festival. (Photo by Vuk Adzic/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“No Moore”. The series shows victims of the tornado, which hit U.S. on 20 May 2013. A massive EF5 tornado with winds reaching 210 mph cut a 17‐mile long path that was 1.3 miles wide at its peak. (Photo by Melissa Golden/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Samsara”. Pilgrims and devotees of the Maha Kumbh Mela - the largest spiritual gathering on the planet, held every 12 years. (Photo by Wolfgang Weinhardt/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“The Fighter, The Father”. “The Fighter, The Father” is the story of Jorge Herrera's life, who at the age of 35 has started to recreate his own life. (Photo by Nikolai Linares/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Through a Window”. The world as seen from the outside, through a window, observing from the outside actions taken daily and often mechanically. (Photo by Salvatore Calafato/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Wet Dog”. “Wet Dog” is a series of portraits of dogs caught mid‐bath. The dogs are photographed at a vulnerable moment, half a second before they shake the water off their fur. (Photo by Sophie Gamand/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Italy”. The series was taken at the breath taking views of Biella area, where the photographer's camera is penetrating undirected intimates moments. (Photo by Sharon Derhy/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Historic Present”. Sungseok Ahn's Historic Present questions the memory of past from the fast changing scenery of today. (Photo by Sungseok Ahn/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Rakher Upobash”. “Rakher Upobash” portrays Hindu devotees. An old Hindu woman sits with lights and prays to God in front of Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachar Ashram temple during the Rakher Upobash at Barodi, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Untitled”. Image of minerso of Gold Fields Abangares – gold mine of Guanacaste in Costa Rica. (Photo by Guillermo Barquero/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Deep Night”. Nightlife clubbing as a place of suspension of Olympus E 30 the daily routine. (Photo by Vinicio Drappo/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Beer festival in Munich”. October beer festival is one of the biggest event in Munich. (Photo by Li Hao/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“The Mongol”. A hunter rests in his little house on the plains in western Mongolia. (Photo by Simon Morris/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Bears and Birds...” This is a series of images in black & white taken in the wild at Svalbard. (Photo by Wilfred Berthelsen/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“What are you staring at!?” A baby orangutan peeks out from his mother's embrace. (Photo by Chin Boon Leng/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Young men from the Kara Tribe, Omo, Ethiopia”. This image portrays the tradition of painting the body in Kara tribe. (Photo by Louise Porter/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Indonesia Padang City Tour cattle activity”. The series includes images of a cow race, taken in the city of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia. (Photo by Yong Sheng Zheng/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)

“Muddy smile”. A woman with a muddy face from the mud bath going into the lake. (Photo by Alpay Erdem/2014 Sony World Photography Awards)