The World Photography Organisation has just named Belgian photographer Frederik Buyckx as the Sony World Photography Awards? 2017 Photographer of the Year. The Awards? judges were challenged to find the best photographic series and were taken by the beauty, scale and effort involved in Buyckx?s winning work titled ?Whiteout?.
The 2017 Awards received over 227,000 entries from 183 countries and is the world?s largest photography competition. An exhibition of all the winning and shortlisted work, along with rare images by British photographer Martin Parr, recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Photography prize, will run at Somerset House, London from 21 April ? 7 May.
Chosen from the winners of the Awards? ten Professional categories, Chair of Judges Zelda Cheatle says of Frederik Buyckx?s photographs: ?I have chosen a series of landscapes so that we may return to the essence of looking at photography. Landscape is often overlooked but it is central to our existence. These are beautiful pictures made by a serious photographer, and they are to be enjoyed. I hope this award will inspire many more photographers to take pictures that do not simply encompass the terrible aspects of life in these troubled times but also capture some of the joys and loveliness in each and every environment.?
 
Buyckx was revealed as the Photographer of the Year and presented the $25,000 (USD) prize at an awards ceremony in London. Below you will find a gallery of the amazing winn...