Ingressbilde: "Fighting Topis". Vinner, Norway National Award, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards. © Arnfinn Johansen, Norge.
Det er fire hovedkonkurranser: "Professional", "Open", "Youth" og "Student Focus". Hver av disse har ti kategorier. Flere norske fotografer har vunnet kategoriseire, og i 2013 stakk Andrea Gjestvang av med hovedprisen i den profesjonelle konkurransen, L’iris d’Or – Photographer of the Year.
Chelsea (21) together with her boyfriend Eric and Alvin in her mother's trailer close to Beckley, West Virginia.
"The curse of coal". Vinner, Daily Life, Professional, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards. © Espen Rasmussen, Norge.
"The Selfie Project". 3.plass, Staged, Professional, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards. © Kristoffer Eliassen, Norge.
"I want to explore how self portraiture for many people has become an obsession, and how presence in a self portrait situation is absent, or becomes a peculiar part of the selfie act. This can develop absurd situations, and my project is a play around such situations."