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Prakash Singh, who is based in Dubai, is today announced on the shortlist for the Professional Landscape category of the world's biggest photography competition, the Sony World Photography Awards.

Singh, initially from India, is a professional photographer, interior designer & 3d visualizer, who first got a camera age 6 and has worked as a professional since 2012. UPI Gold Medal Winner, released on huge sites and publications that consist of Digital Photographer, Camerapixo, 500px among others, he wants to capture spectacular Landscape.

Singh regularly photographs Dubai's fascinating cityscape and airy portraits of the natural world. His series 'Landscape', is a tribute to the magic loneliness and peace they hold, in the silence of city nights or in the Safari sunsets.

Singh's shortlisted series was picked from 230,103 images from 186 countries, the greatest number of entries in the awards' nine year history and 33 % increase on 2015. The overall variety of entries gotten by the Sony World Photography Awards because its launch in 2007 has actually now exceeded 1 million images, enhancing the awards' position as one of the most respected and influential photography competitors on the planet.

Singh will now compete to win the Professional Landscape classification against professional photographers from worldwide and the L'Iris d'Or Photographer of the Year title and $25,000 (AED 92,000) reward, which will be revealed at a Gala Ceremony in London 21st April.

In addition, Singh will have his work shown in London as part of the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards exhibit in April and May and be released in the 2016 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards book. The exhibit will also consist of the very first significant European exhibit of the creative duo and fine art photographers RongRong & inri, receivers of the Outstanding Contribution to Photography prize at the awards.

The Sony World Photography Awards benefits and identifies the world's finest contemporary photography from the in 2014. Attracting photographers of all abilities, the awards include 4 competitors: Professional; Open; Youth and Student. More info about the awards can be found at www.worldphoto.org.
Discussing all the professional photographers who have actually been shortlisted this year Scott Gray, CEO of the World Photography Organisation and organiser of the awards stated: "We are exceptionally pleased with our jurors' options this year. Despite the increase in the variety of professional photographers, and the amount of images that required evaluating, this year above all others we have actually seen a wealth of effective images in the traditionally strong social documentary categories in addition to the art and conceptual work. It is wonderful for the medium that it can offer such rich variety.".

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