The World Photography Organisation and Sony Middle East & Africa are delighted to reveal Amal Prasad as Qatar’s National Award winner for the Sony World Photography Awards 2021.

The National Awards program is an initiative set up by the World Photography Organisation and Sony to support local photographic communities around the world, with 61 countries taking part this year.

Over 340,000 images from 211 territories were submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards 2022 and over 170,000 were entered to the Open competition (from which the National Awards winner was selected).

Amal Prasad was anonymously selected by judges for his photograph Struggle of Life, entered into the Lifestyle category of the Open competition. The winning photo depicted that the life of a village fisherman is not an easy one but it is a struggle for survival.

As Qatar’s National Award winner, Amal Prasad receives Sony digital imaging equipment and will be included in the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition and book.

The overall winners in the Student, Youth, Open and Professional competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2022 will be announced on the 12 April 2022 and will go on display as part of the exhibition at Somerset House, London (13 April-2 May 2022). For more information about winners and shortlists please visit www.worldphoto.org