30 powerful images from the competition Sony Photography Awards

Founded in 2007, the world organization pictures every year announces the best shots in the contest Sony National & Regional Photography Awards. The competition involves thousands of works from the photographers from over 50 countries. The winners get the Sony equipment, and other valuable prizes — at the moment, the program has awarded over 500 photographers. View the photos, which recognized the best this year!

"Fishing in the morning mist", the photographer, Min Min Zaw, Myanmar

"Portrait of a Fox", Davide Giannetti, Italy

"Glowing mushroom", Janis Palulis, Latvia

"Snake" Hiroki Nose, Japan

Photographer Michaela Steiner, Austria

"Colorful sisters", Hardijanto Budyman, Indonesia

"Foggy pasture", Thoedoros Apeiranthitis, Greece

"Flight", Saowanee Suntararak, Thailand

"Silence in the mountains," Eugene Ivanov, Russia

"Night," Matti Virtanen, Finland

"Curves" Patrick Mueller, USA

"First breath," Brian Mena Laureano, Mexico

"Finding water", Donell Gumiran, Philippines

"Her name Chandi", Sabbir Hossen, Bangladesh

"Another Earth", Eniz Karadzha, Bulgaria

"Bull in the Indian forest", Shreejit Borthakur, India

"Moon girl", Kamila J. Gruss, Poland

"Driving through a snowy forest", Veic Tomislav, Croatia

"A master at creating toys", Simas Bernotas, Lithuania

"The last traces of winter," Yukihito Ono, Japan

"The Tiger" Lai Hui Pin, Taiwan

"Waiting", Tuan Nguyen Quang, Vietnam

"Harvest of pepper," Vladimir Zivojinovic, Serbia

"Dance of the Mevlevi", Abdelhamid Fawzy Tahoun, Egypt

"The Way", Peter Svoboda, Slovakia

The "Astroturf", Mehmet Aslan, Turkey

"Silence", Sean Channel, Cambodia

"A skillful piece of ice", Murray Chant, New Zealand

"Vanity", Isira Sooriyaarachchi, Sri Lanka

Macaques-the crab, Yoganathan Yoke, Malaysia