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Paolo Pellegrin, Italy, Finalist, Current Affairs, Professional Competiiton

The shortlist for the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards has been announced featuring images across a range of categories, from portraiture to fashion, current affairs to nature and wildlife. Here are our favourites

The 2013 awards attracted 122,000 entries from 170 countries across professional, youth and open competitions. Here’s our pick from the entries. See the entire shortlist here

Agurtxane Concellon, Norway, Shortlist, Travel, Professional Competition

Danish Siddiqui, India, Finalist, Arts and Culture, Professional Competition

Ernest Goh, Singapore, Finalist, Nature & Wildlife, Professional Competition 2013_50p

Gali Tibbon, Israel, Finalist, Travel, Professional Competition (we wish we knew more about the story behind this one but caption information is unfortunately limited)

Jens Juul, Denmark, Finalist, Portraiture, Professional

Manuel Brabo, Spain, Finalist, Current Affairs, Professional Competition

Myriam Meloni, Argentina, Finalist, Arts and Culture, Professional Competition

Oliver Weiken, Germany, Shortlist, Current Affairs, Professional Competition

Pete Muller, United States, Finalist, People, Professional Competition

Ryan Pierse, Australia, Finalist, Sport, Professional Competition

Samuel James, USA, Finalist, Contemporary Issues, Professional Competition

Satirat Damampai, Thailand, Shortlist, Campaign, Professional Competition

Scout Tufankjian, United States, Finalist, Campaign, Professional Competition

Danny Cohen, Australia, Shortlist, Enhanced, Open Competition

Elmar Akhmetov, Kazakhstan, Shortlist, Low Light, Open Competition

Maciej Makowski, Poland, Shortlist, Travel, Open Competition

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