developments, Nelson’s six-year project, taken across four continents, explores how we im- merse ourselves in increasingly choreographed and simulated environments to mask our de- structive impact on the natural world. Although in different years and in different categories, the two examples of Nelson and Man illustrate the breadth of these photographic awards and how, collectively, the winning images reflect the evo- lution of not just the craft of photography but of humanity itself. Where Man used technology to photograph a 2800-million-year-old rock forma- tion and, quite literally, cast it in a new light, Nelson criticises the infiltration of technology and questions authenticity in a time of ecolog- ical crisis. “The biggest worry in documentary photography, is that people stop believing in what they see. Already we’re at the stage where we can see an image and the first questions are; Is this photoshopped? Did that really happen? Did you move something? Is that image real?” Nelson said in an interview with Tech Radar . “If AI erodes people’s belief in the photography, then we have problems.”
[T-L] Incense Flowers, 2025. Workers dry colourful incense before taking it to sell at the market. The incense is dried on the ground, where it takes on the form of beautiful flowers. According to Vietnamese tradition, incense connects the present world with the spiritual world. © Chim Oanh, Vietnam, Shortlist, Open Competition, Travel, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards [T-M] Blackbird, 2025. A young man practices acrobatics on a bar in a park in the early morning. The photographer slid under him to capture this portrait from ground level. © Adolphe Maillot, France, Shortlist, Open Competition, Portraiture, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards [T-R] Lake Meke, 2025. Sunset at Lake Meke, Turkey. © Witold Ziomek, Poland, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards [B-L] Ask a Shaman, 2025. Shamans play a major role in Native Bolivian traditional culture. This scene was captured above La Paz, Bolivia. © Matjaž Šimic, Slovenia, Winner, Open Competition, Travel, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards [B-M] Floating Market of Myanmar, 2025. Early in the morning, hundreds of vendors come to sell everyday necessities to both local consumers and tourists at Myanmar’s Inle Lake. These floating markets are a lifeline for the Inle Lake residents who live far from urban centres. © Arun Saha, India, Shortlist, Open Competition, Travel, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards [B-R] Garbage Collector, 2025. A garbage collector in Sabzevar, Iran, carrying a bag of recyclable waste as he walks past a graffitied wall. © Seyed Ali Hosseini Far, Iran, Islamic Republic Of, Shortlist, Open Competition, Street Photography, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards
احتواء طيف واســـــع من الرّؤى الفوتوغرافيّة. مجتمعةً، تكشف الصّور الفائزة عن تطـــــوّر لا يقتصر على فن التّصوير فحســـــب، بـــــل يمتد إلى مســـــار الإنســـــان نفســـــه. ففي حين اســـــتخدم مان التّكنولوجيا لتوثيق مليون عام، مُلقيًا عليه - حرفيًّا ومعنويًّا 2.8 تشـــــكيل صخري يعود إلى - ضوءًا جديدًا، ينتقد نيلســـــون في أعماله تغلغلها في مجال التّصوير، ويطرح أسئلة عميقة حول معنى الأصالة في زمن الأزمة البيئيّة. وفي يقول نيلســـــون: “أكثر ما Tech Radar مقابلة مع مجلّة “تك رايـــــدار” يُقلقني في التّصوير الوثائقي هـــــو أن يفقد النّاس ثقتهم بما يرونه. لقد وصلنا إلى مرحلة ينظـــــر فيها المرء إلى الصّورة ويســـــأل: هل خضعت للفوتوشـــــوب؟ هل حدث ذلـــــك فعلاً؟ هل نُقِل شـــــيء مـــــن مكانه؟ هل الصّورة حقيقيّة؟ وإذا أفضت تقنيّات الـــــذّكاء الاصطناعي إلى زعزعة هذه الثقة، فسنكون أمام مشكلة حقيقيّة.”
تكشـــــف الأعمال الفائـــــزة الأخرى عن مـــــدى تنوّع الرّؤى التـــــي تحتضنها للفائز بلقب Tbourida La Chute الجائزة. فصورة “تبوريدة لا شوت” ”، أوليفييه أونيا، التُقطت 2025 “مصوّر العام فـــــي الفئة المفتوحة لعـــــام في لحظة خاطفة توثّق سقوط فارس مغربي عن صهوة جواده في قلب عرض التّبوريدة التّقليديّ. ورغم أن الصّورة تحتفي بتراث واســـــتعراض عريقين، فإن هذه اللّقطة الحاسمة تكسر رتابة المشهد، وتكشف للمشاهد ما يكمن خلف العرض من مخاطرة وتفانٍ. وعلى ســـــكونها الظاهر، تبدو
Other winners exemplify the breadth of vision the Awards celebrate. The Open Photographer of the Year 2025, Olivier Unia, captured the heart-stopping moment of a Moroccan equestri- an rider mid-fall in Tbourida La Chute . It is a tribute to tradition and spectacle however, in this single frame, the surface is broken, and the viewer wit- nesses the risk and dedication behind the perfor-
Split Shot, 2025. A split shot of Julia freediving in a flooded cave in Menorca, Spain. © Victor De Valles Ibañez, Spain, Shortlist, Open Competition, Landscape, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards
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