The Sony World Photography Awards have unveiled the winners of their prestigious competition, now in its 18th year - shining a spotlight on the world's most powerful, thought-provoking, and visually arresting images of the past year.
At a ceremony in London, British photographer Zed Nelson was named Photographer of the Year for his haunting and deeply timely series The Anthropocene Illusion, which explores humanity’s fractured relationship with nature. From safari parks to synthetic green spaces, Nelson’s images reveal a world where the wild is staged and the natural is anything but.
