As one of the most influential photography awards in the world, the Sony World Photography Awards, after a year-long collection and selection, the student group photography competition has come to the final stage, and a student from Nanjing Academy of the Arts in China will compete for the final victory with 9 other students from universities around the world. Let's take a look at these amazing works.
Memories of family
"When I got into college, I started thinking about my relationship with my family."
The work is a metaphor for the author's feelings for his father and mother—feelings of intimacy and alienation.
The author uses paint to express his emotions, expressing the memories of a good childhood, and the mixed feelings of growing up, the gradual disappearance of good memories, good and bad.
Dutch identity
"In this series, I photograph the last remaining traditional costumes of the Netherlands to celebrate and cherish the ancient culture of this country."
Nowadays, people are more willing to pursue achievements and leave their hometowns in pursuit of fame and fortune, and the traditional culture of many hometowns is gradually being forgotten. In this work, the author tells a story about its cultural history, hoping to arouse people's attention to their traditional culture.
We are breathing, and we are moving
"Dancing in an abandoned space gives me the freedom to express my feelings, movement is the passage of time, it provides a visual form of how a person goes from beginning to end."
The author explores the relationship between time and movement through dance, showing how the body remembers what the brain forgets. The idea is deep, but the work looks a little scary.
Tiramisu
"The word tiramisu can be understood as refreshing, and this set of works records friends, roommates, and neighbors around life."
The author documents the state of people living in the Chinese community in Finland in their daily lives, aiming to subvert stereotypes.
butcher
"This is a series of portraits of Mr. Banda, a butcher who is passionate about his work."
Ordinary people can also be full of enthusiasm and shine in ordinary posts.
Carinho
"In this series of images, I am exploring my own emotional and tender relationship with the cityscapes of the Bronx and Harlem."
Instead of following the traditional style of photojournalism, the authors adopt a more nuanced and nostalgic style. Through color and composition, the author constructs a warm and familiar environment that reflects the home in his heart.
Disconnect
"The isolation that comes with the pandemic is really hard for me. Such a disconnected feeling has blurred my cognition, and I hope that the epidemic will pass soon, and I can be reunited with my loved ones and feel a complete life again. ”
During the epidemic, the inability to meet people increased the author's anxiety, so the author expressed it with tangible images through photography, reducing his burden and alleviating the feeling of family.
Become a South African
"My parents are an Englishman and a South African Dutchman, and as a child who grew up in different parts of the world, I spent more time outside of South Africa than in South Africa, and I have always been eager to explore and understand South Africa."
The author returned to South Africa in 2017 and undertook a 5-month national road trip in 2021.
Along the way, the author is thinking and exploring what South Africa means to himself and who he really is.
theologian
"During summer camp, I called all the professors in the camp theologians. Because I am baptized by art and explore the romantic spirit of youth. ”
connect
"Through memory, we can trace not only our connections to the past, but also the connection between the past and the present. Humans celebrate their attachment by commemorating. ”
Geek Jun has something to say
The above are the finalists of the student group of this year's Sony Photography Competition, and the final Student Photographer of the Year Award will be announced in April, when geek Jun will be updated at the same time, and I also wish Chinese photographers excellent results.
After admiring the eye-catching photos, I don't know which one of the above works can impress you the most? If you were given a ranking, who would be in the top three? Let's talk about it in the comments section.