The jury of the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards named Harrie Coehorst’s photograph Passing By the winner of the Netherlands National Award in the Streetlife category.
The National Awards program is an initiative of the World Photography Organisation and Sony that supports local photographic communities around the world. A total of 61 countries took part that year. More than 340,000 images from 211 territories were submitted to the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards, including more than 170,000 entries in the Open competition, from which the National Awards winner was selected.
Harrie Coehorst is a photographer from Goirle in the Netherlands. A fan of both urban exploration photography and street photography, he is often out shooting and prefers to work in black and white.
Harrie Coehorst on Passing By: “I took the photograph in Antwerp, in a passageway beneath the railroad tracks. In my opinion, the image is interesting because of the composition and because people are passing through, both on foot and by bicycle. I converted the photograph to black and white to heighten its impact.”
The Latin America National Awards initiative was new to that year’s awards. It spotlighted the region’s vibrant and diverse photographic community. Drawing on talent from across Central America, South America, and Mexico, the Latin America National Awards honored first, second, and third place, along with a shortlist of six photographers.
All National Award winners received digital imaging equipment from Sony and were included in the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition and book.
Mathis Vandermeeren, winner for Belgium:
"This picture was taken with my drone in a geothermal area called Hverravellir in the centre of Iceland, in August 2021. It shows a natural hot spring that has a wonderful blue colour, especially when seen from above."
The overall winners of the Student, Youth, Open, and Professional competitions at the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards were to be announced on April 12, 2022. Their work was scheduled to appear in the exhibition at Somerset House in London from April 13 through May 2, 2022.
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