Sony announces finalists of 2023 Alpha Awards competition

Sony has announced the finalists of the eighth annual Sony Alpha Awards, open to photographers in Australia and New Zealand, and images captured on Sony Alpha cameras and lenses.

According to Sony, over 3,700 images were submitted across 10 categories.

The Grand Prize winner will be selected from among the total pool of finalists who will compete for $50,000 worth of Sony camera gear, including $4,000 of Sony digital imaging gear per category.

Each of the category finalists will also be in with a chance to win the overall Grand Prize of Sony digital imaging gear to the value of $10,000.

The finalists for the 2023 Sony Alpha Awards are:

Astrophotography

Brent Martin, AU
Dihang Wu, NZ
Ronnie Zheng, AU
Will Godward, AU
William Bellchambers, AU

City/Street

Aman Kapoor, AU
Grant Galbraith, AU
Ian Semmens, AU
Simon Westlake, AU

Creative

Gareth Meyer, NZ
Lu Melchiors, NZ
Luke David, AU
Marc Paterson, AU
Grant Galbraith, AU

Editorial

Chris Benny, AU
Hirak Bhattacharjee, AU
Ilan Wittenberg, NZ
Matt Hrkac, AU
Sandra Sanders, AU

Landscape

Ben Hay, AU
Darren Wassell, AU
Joonhwy Kwon, AU
Michael Robinson, AU
Mitch Green, AU

Nature

Simon Runting, NZ
Evie Hall, AU
Lewis Burnett, AU
Ross Long, AU
Sam Kay, NZ

Portrait

Angela Eastwood, NZ
Guy Sadler, AU
Jackson James, AU
Nicholas Smith, AU
Tia Johnson, AU

Sport

Chris Seen, AU
Donald Chin, AU
Jay Town, AU
Mauro Barberis, AU
Scott Barbour, AU

Seascape

Kosta Giannopoulos, AU
Nicholas Nairn-Smith, AU
Simon Pannell, AU
Mitch Green, AU

Wedding

Joshua Yates, NZ
Lucy Mcgoldrick, AU
Rachel Jordan, NZ
Silas Chau, AU