National & Regional Awards: Winners Announced

• The Sony World Photography Awards announce the winning and shortlisted photographers of the 2026 National and Regional Awards
• 2026 exhibition opens at Somerset House, London from 17 April - 4 May 2026
• The 2026 Awards additionally sees the introduction of the European Student Award and the India National Award

The Sony World Photography Awards announce today the 2026 National and Regional Award winners and shortlists, recognising remarkable photographic talent from across the globe selected from the Awards’ competitions.

The National & Regional Awards programme is an initiative set up by Sony and Creo under its photography strand, the World Photography Organisation, to support local photographic communities around the world. Across this year’s competitions, over 430,000 images from over 200 countries and territories were submitted.

National and Regional Award winners were chosen from the Open, Professional and Student competitions this year highlighting global talent across a span of career stages. All single country National Award winners and 1st Place Regional Award winners are featured in the exhibition and receive Sony Digital Imaging equipment. The Professional Award winners and European Student Award shortlist are invited to participate in dedicated workshop days in London.

The overall winners in the Student, Youth, Open and Professional competitions of the Sony World Photography Awards 2026 will be announced on 16 April and will go on display as part of the exhibition at Somerset House, London (17 April - 4 May 2026.) For more information about upcoming announcements and winners please visit worldphoto.org.

This year’s National and Regional Awards winners are:

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