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). For more information about upcoming announcements and winners please visit www.worldphoto.org
This year’s National and Regional Awards winners are:
| Bangladesh – Mahdin Shafiq Omi
Cambodia – Davuth Van Egypt – Karim Osama Germany – Natalie Strohmaier India – Mitul Kajaria Indonesia – Dhiky Aditya Japan – Kenichiro Hagiwara, Winner Japan – Hajime Hirano, 2nd Place Japan – Masayuki Hirata, 3rd Place |
Republic of Korea – Lee Jongkee, Winner
Republic of Korea – Seongmin Park, 2nd Place Republic of Korea – Jaeeun Kim, 3rd Place Kuwait – Mohammed Mirza Malaysia – Lim Chien Ting Myanmar – Kyaw Htet Nepal – Bibek Kunwar Nigeria – Onyekachi Iloh Pakistan – Muhammad Saddique Inam Philippines – Reginald James Lorico Poland – Barbara Szydlowska |
Qatar – Abdulla AL-Mushaifri
Saudi Arabia – Yasser Alomari Singapore – Ju Shen Lee South Africa – Lourens Durand Sri Lanka – Wasiri Gajaman Taiwan – Chia Jung Chou Thailand – Thanayu Jongwattanasilkul Turkey – Okan Yilmaz United Arab Emirates – Vinaya Mohan United States – Pascal Fouquet Vietnam – Tran Tuan Viet |
EUROPEAN REGIONAL AWARDS
| Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania & Moldova:
Tomáš Havrda (Czech Republic), Winner Cziráki Orsolya Boglárka (Hungary), Shortlist Diana Morozovskaia (Moldova), Shortlist Diana Buzoianu (Romania), Shortlist Michal Zahornacky (Slovakia), Shortlist |
Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania:
Viktors Rimarevs (Latvia), Winner Raido Nurk (Estonia), Shortlist Ieva Lozuraitytė (Lithuania), Shortlist |
| Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina:
Ana Skobe (Slovenia), Winner Danilo Kreso (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Shortlist Robert Marić (Croatia), Shortlist Suer Celina (Kosovo), Shortlist Ivana Todorović (Montenegro), Shortlist Tijana Morača (Serbia), Shortlist |
Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria & North Macedonia:
Vladimir Karamazov (Bulgaria), Winner Elena Georgiou (Cyprus), Shortlist Stefanos Papaioannou (Greece), Shortlist Vlatko Rafeski (North Macedonia), Shortlist |
LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL AWARDS
| Marcos Azulay (Argentina), Winner
Jair Fernando Coll Rubiano (Colombia), 2nd Place Marco Chacana (Chile), 3rd Place Reynaldo San Martín (Bolivia), Shortlist Alexa Obando (Costa Rica), Shortlist |
Wilfrido Enriquez (Ecuador), Shortlist
Juan Pablo Méndez Garzona (Guatemala), Shortlist Daniel Heras (Mexico), Shortlist Connie France Calderon Martel (Peru), Shortlist |
