This year two Brazilians were selected as candidates in two categories for The Sony World Photography Prize 2008.
The Brazilian Roberto S. Gomes compete, along the Mexican Livia Corona and Polish Andrzej Furs, the prize in the category Architecture. And the other Brazilian Renan Cepeda is among the finalists in the category Portraits, in which dispute the prize with a British Vanessa Winship and an Italian Simone Donati.

Held at the prestigious Palais des Festivals, Cannes, between the 21st and 25th April 2008, The Sony World Photography Awards proudly give tribute to photographers around the globe in all categories. From landscape to music, photojournalism to fashion, the Sony World Photography Awards showcases the world’s best images taken by the most renowned photographers as well as the yet undiscovered. The competition has both professional and amateur categories and is free to enter.

The Sony World Photography Awards incorporates eleven Professional Award categories with a winner in each category, a Lifetime Achievement Award and proudly presents “L’ iris d’Or” – the Sony World Photography Awards, Photograph of the Year, whose winner claims the $25,000 prize.

Supported by hundreds of the industry’s top photographers, critics, gallery owners, directors, founders and other industry experts, SWPA is the first awards show of its kind, providing an unprecedented international platform in the culturally important and diverse world of photography.

The aim of the SWPA is always to continuously unearth the images of the future while giving tribute to the vision of the past.