04/02/2025
National & Regional Awards: Singapore Winner Announced
© Ng Guang Ze, Singapore, Winner, National Awards, Sony World Photography Awards 2025
(SINGAPORE, 4 FEBRUARY 2025) – Sony Singapore reveals today Ng Guang Ze as Singapore’s National Award winner for the Sony World Photography Awards 2025.
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, with 56 countries taking part this year. Across this year’s Awards over 419,000 images from over 200 countries and territories were submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards 2025.
National and Regional Award winners were selected from the Open competition, which champions the best single images taken in the past year.
Guang Ze was anonymously selected by judges for his photograph Curved Stream, entered into the Landscape category of the Open competition. During a solo hike in Wenhai, China, the photographer came across a serene, narrow stream meandering through dark grasslands, flowing towards a vast, still lake in the distance. The image was edited with muted tones and high contrast to evoke the look of a pencil sketch, capturing the solitude and tranquillity of the journey.
Based in Singapore, Guang Ze is a landscape photographer whose passion began in 2017 when he inherited a camera from his father. This sparked his love for capturing the world’s beauty. Through his travels, he documents diverse landscapes, preserving fleeting moments of light and atmosphere. His work blends technical skill with artistic expression, creating compelling visual stories that reflect his ongoing journey to explore and share the breathtaking sights he encounters.
Commenting on his win, Ng said: ‘Winning this award is a profound honour, as it celebrates the moments I’ve captured while exploring the beauty of our world. Through my lens, I strive to share the spirit of discovery and the silent stories nature whispers in every landscape.’
As Singapore’s National Award winner, Guang Ze receives Sony digital imaging equipment and will be included in the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition and book.
The overall winners in the Student, Youth, Open and Professional competitions of the Sony World Photography Awards 2025 will be announced on 16 April and will go on display as part of the exhibition at Somerset House, London (17 April – 5 May 2025). For more information about upcoming announcements and winners please visit worldphoto.org.
This year’s National and Regional Awards winners are:
| Bangladesh – Syed Mahabubul Kader Cambodia – Sam Ang Ourng China Mainland – Hao Guo, Winner China Mainland – Yaping Du, 2nd Place China Mainland – KunPeng Zhu, 3rd Place Egypt – Ahmed Abdallah Germany – Timo Zilz India – Rajeev Gaikwad Indonesia – Sim Jhones Gozali Kazakhstan – Anel Bazylova | Republic of Korea – Kibong Nam, Winner Republic of Korea – Gilyoung Pyo, 2nd Place Republic of Korea – Kyunghwan Oh, 3rd Place Kuwait – Mohammad Mirza Malaysia – Wan Yong Chong Myanmar – Zay Yar Lin Nepal – Rabik Upadhayay Nigeria – Nsikanabasi Effiong Pakistan – Ali Sohail Philippines – Renzer Rev Damaso Poland – Hanna Kantor | Qatar – Ridhwan Mohammed Rafi Saudi Arabia – Mohammed Muhtasib Singapore – Ng Guang Ze South Africa – Werner De Kock Sri Lanka – Sasindu Pramuditha Taiwan – Chen De-Huang Thailand – Kiyoshi Hijiki Turkey – Rahsan Firtina United Arab Emirates – Donell Gumiran Uzbekistan – Mubina Fayzullaeva Vietnam – Việt Văn Trần |
EUROPEAN REGIONAL AWARDS
| Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania & Moldova: Peter Svoboda (Slovakia), Winner Tomáš Havrda (Czech Republic), Shortlist Attila Domokos (Hungary), Shortlist Irina Zaiteva (Moldova), Shortlist Marian Plaino (Romania), Shortlist | Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania: Ieva Gailė (Lithuania), Winner Raido Nurk (Estonia), Shortlist Niks Freimanis (Latvia), Shortlist |
| Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina: Marko Buntić (Croatia), Winner Sanja Vrzić (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Shortlist Suer Celina (Kosovo), Shortlist Radojko Bošković (Montenegro), Shortlist Slobodan Blagojeviċ (Serbia), Shortlist Ivan Borko (Slovenia), Shortlist | Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria & North Macedonia: Panagiotis Rontos (Greece), Winner Yavor Michev (Bulgaria), Shortlist Elena Georgiou (Cyprus), Shortlist Vlatko Rafeski (North Macedonia), Shortlist |
LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL AWARDS
| Lucero Mora Ardila (Mexico), Winner Pedro Jarque Krebs (Peru), 2nd Place Kevin Molano (Colombia), 3rd Place Carola Pettis (Argentina), Shortlist Brian Delgadillo (Bolivia), Shortlist | Jean Paul De la Harpe Zubiaur (Chile), Shortlist Lior Berman Fernández (Costa Rica), Shortlist Carlos Espinosa (Ecuador), Shortlist Rafael Valladares (Guatemala), ShortlistCecilia Nion (Uruguay), Shortlist |
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About Sony World Photography Awards
Produced by Creo under its photography strand World Photography Organisation, the internationally acclaimed Sony World Photography Awards is one of the most important fixtures in the global photographic calendar. Now in its 18th year, the free-to-enter Awards are a global voice for photography and provide a vital insight into contemporary photography today. For both established and emerging artists, the Awards offer world-class opportunities for exposure of their work. The Awards additionally recognise the world’s most influential artists working in the medium through the Outstanding Contribution to Photography award; the acclaimed photographer Susan Meiselas is the 2025 recipient of this award, joining a distinguished list of iconic names including William Eggleston (2013), Mary Ellen Mark (2014), Martin Parr (2017), Graciela Iturbide (2021), Edward Burtynsky (2022) and Sebastião Salgado (2024). The Awards showcase the works of winning and shortlisted photographers at a prestigious annual exhibition at Somerset House, London. worldphoto.org/exhibition
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World Photography Organisation is a leading global platform dedicated to the development and advancement of photographic culture. Its programming and competition initiatives provide valuable opportunities for artists working in photography and help broaden the conversation around their work. The Sony World Photography Awards is World Photography Organisation’s principal programme. Established in 2007, it is one of the world’s biggest and most prestigious photography competitions; celebrating the work of leading and emerging practitioners and attracting tens of thousands of visitors annually to its exhibitions worldwide. World Photography Organisation is the photography strand of Creo, which initiates events and programming across three sectors: photography, film and contemporary art. worldphoto.org
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