Sony World Photography Awards: professional and overall winners announced

The professional and overall category winners for the Sony World Photography Awards were announced last night, with Sara Naomi Lewkowicz from New York winning the L’Iris d’Or Photographer of the Year Award, for her series Shane and Maggie. Other prizes went to Mary Ellen Mark, who was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award, along with the Professional category winners, and overall winners for the Open, Student Focus, Youth, and Books categories.