Fifty-four local winners revealed for the 2015 Sony World Photographer Awards

Working across 54 countries from Australia to Argentina, the National Award programme looks to uncover the honour the best single image taken by a photographer from a particular country. The programme is now in its third year and was introduced in 2013 to give greater exposure and recognition to local photographers.

Judged by local experts from across the photography industry, the entries for the 54 National Awards were taken from images entered into any of the ten categories across the Open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards. This competition is open to photographers of all abilities and is judged on a single shot.

To see all the winning images please go to worldphoto.org/national-award-2015.

Via direct submission