Winners of the Sony world photography awards 2016
Documenting everything from eagle hunters to failed boxers and Afghan refugees, 230,103 entries from 186 countries were whittled down to these winners of the world’s largest photography competition
L’Iris D’Or Photographer of the Year – Asghar Khamesh
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Professional Contemporary Issues First Place. Fire of Hatred. Shirin Mohamadi, an 18-year-old Tehran resident who had been attacked with acid for saying no to her suitor on the first day of New Year 2012.
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Professional Campaign First Place. TransBrasil. Transgender people in Brazil who express their gender identities in many different ways. Some use their dress, behavior and mannerisms to live as the gender that feels right for them. Others take hormones and may have surgery to change their body, and some identify just as transgender.
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Professional People First Place. Eagle Hunters of Western China. Chinese Kazakh eagle hunters ride with their eagles during the competition.
more (much much more!)
http://worldphoto.org/shortlist/professional-competition-winners-2016-sony-world-photography-awards/
http://time.com/4299522/sony-world-photography-awards-winners-revealed/
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