Arts and entertainment: Amit Madheshiya (India) Winner - Tent cinemas in rural India

Arts and entertainment: Amit Madheshiya (India) Winner - Tent cinemas in rural India

Picture: Amit Madheshiya, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

  

Second: Chiara Goia (Italy) - Sculptors Village: sculptors work at a sculpture factory in Dang Cheng, China

Second: Chiara Goia (Italy) - Sculptors Village: sculptors work at a sculpture factory in Dang Cheng, China

Picture: Chiara Goia, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

  

Commercial - Advertising: Dustin Humphrey (USA) Winner - Bedspins Installation shot for surf apparel company, INSIGHT

Commercial - Advertising: Dustin Humphrey (USA) Winner - Bedspins, installation shot for surf apparel company, INSIGHT

Picture: Dustin Humphrey, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009  

 

Commercial - Advertising: Dustin Humphrey (USA) Winner - Deadbeats, an installation shot for surf apparel company, INSIGHT

Commercial - Advertising: Dustin Humphrey (USA) Winner - Deadbeats, an installation shot for surf apparel company, INSIGHT

Picture: Dustin Humphrey, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009 

Conceptual & Constructed: Tamany Baker (UK) Winner -  

Conceptual & Constructed: Tamany Baker (UK) Winner - A series called Living With Wolfie, a response to the "presents" that her beloved cat brings into the home.

Picture: Tamany Baker, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

  

Conceptual & Constructed: Tamany Baker (UK) Winner -

Conceptual & Constructed: Tamany Baker (UK) Winner - A series called Living With Wolfie, a response to the "presents" that her beloved cat brings into the home.

Picture: Tamany Baker, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

  

Second: Peter Franck (Germany) - The dog: Ad for a energy company

Second: Peter Franck (Germany) - The dog: Ad for a energy company

Picture: Peter Franck, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

 

Third place: Dylan Collard (UK) - Is Your Food Loaded With Heart Disease? One of three images shot for VNOK, The Society Of Cardiology of The Russian Federation, to highlight the dangers of fatty foods

Third place: Dylan Collard (UK) - Is Your Food Loaded With Heart Disease? One of three images shot for VNOK, The Society Of Cardiology of The Russian Federation, to highlight the dangers of fatty foods

Picture: Dylan Collard, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

 

Music: Amiran White (UK) Winner - Quiet Music: Preetha Naravanan, 12, practices piano at Shanti Bhavan, a residential school for disadvantaged children of India's lowest caste

Music: Amiran White (UK) Winner - Quiet Music: Preetha Naravanan, 12, practices piano at Shanti Bhavan, a residential school for disadvantaged children of India's lowest caste

Picture: Amiran White, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009 

  

Fine Art - Portraiture: Roderik Henderson (Netherlands) Winner - A series of portraits of people sheltering in their cars at snow covered, near empty parking lots in nocturnal British Columbia, Canada

Fine Art - Portraiture: Roderik Henderson (Netherlands) Winner - A series of portraits of people sheltering in their cars at snow covered, near empty parking lots in nocturnal British Columbia, Canada

Picture: Roderik Henderson, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

  

Architecture: Michael van den Bogaard (Germany) Winner - Shanghai

Architecture: Michael van den Bogaard (Germany) Winner - Shanghai

Picture: Michael van den Bogaard, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

  

Architecture: Michael van den Bogaard (Germany) Winner - Shanghai

Architecture: Michael van den Bogaard (Germany) Winner - Shanghai

Picture: Michael van den Bogaard, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

  

Landscape: David Zimmerman (USA) Winner - The American southwest desert environment

Landscape: David Zimmerman (USA) Winner - The American southwest desert environment

Picture: David Zimmerman, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009