Sony World Photography Awards 2013 winners

The World Photography Organisation has revealed the winners for the Open, Youth and 3D categories of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards. The ten Open category winners will now compete for the Sony World Photography Awards Open Photographer of the Year title. The overall winner will be revealed at a gala ceremony on 25 April and this photographer will receive $5,000. All category winners receive a Sony A77 and will have their images exhibited at Somerset House, London, from 26 April – 12 May as part of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition. See www.worldphoto.org for more info.

Arts and Culture winner - Gilbert Yu, Hong Kong. A fire dragon dance - a traditional ceremonial event held on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year in the Fung Shun area of southern China.

Low Light - Elmar Akhmetov, Kazakhstan. The Milky Way over a mountain near Ush Konyr plateau in Kazakhstan.

Architecture - Martina Biccheri, Italy. I took this photo in Rome, my hometown. It was taken with a monorail view camera (5x6 film) and manually developed. It took me many tries to get the perfect shadow and exposure; I had to go back to the location several times, always hoping it was sunny enough. Once I spent the whole day in front of that wall, just to check at which time of the day the shadow looked most geometrical, eventually choosing 2pm.

Nature & Wildlife - Krasimir Matarov, Bulgaria. Welcome to the world of the spider.

Smile – Ming Hui Guan (Mac Kwan), China. The kids were so curious about my camera. They wanted to be the centre of it as they played in the jeepney and laughed.

Split Second - Matías Gálvez, Chile. An explosion of milk! For human eye to capture this scene with this detail is impossible. But with a camera you have a whole new world to discover.

Travel - Manny Fajutag, Philippines. An image taken on a passenger jeepney at sunset during a holiday on Sibuyan Island, Philippines.

People - Hisatomi Tadahiko, Japan. The most precious moment of marriage, the hands holding the shoes promise honesty and eternal love.

Enhanced - Hoang Hiep Nguyen, Vietnam. A girl stands firm in the storm. When confronting challenges, she will never give up.

Panoramic - Yeow Kwang Yeo, Singapore. An old house in a small village outside Jakarta. I met this old man who has been staying here since he was a boy. He was very hospitable and showed me around within his house, I took several photos and formed this panoramic image in Photoshop.

Youth competition: Culture - Alecsandra Dragoi, Romania. New Year's eve traditions in Romania.

Youth competition: Portraits- Berta Vicente, Spain. Ariadna in Urquinaona. One day I came across an uninhabited building. Once inside, I imagined a girl I used to meet in the bus there, I made it true.

Youth competition: Environment - Xu Wei Shou, Taiwan. Nature's fightback.

3D competition - Matjaž Tančič, Slovenia. Timekeeper.