Vietnam’s Nguyen Hoang Hiep is among 10 amateur photographers who received awards in different categories at the Sony World Photography awards 2013.

Nguyen Hoang Hiep’s photo 

Hiep and the other photographers in the list will compete for the Sony World Photography Awards Professional Photographer of the Year title scheduled to be announced late April. The top prize is valued at USD5,000.

Hiep won the enhanced category with the photo entitled “Weathering the storm” featuring a haunting scene of a girl being buffeted by the wind.

The 10 photographers’ works will be displayed in London between April 26 and May 12. The photographs will also be published in the 2013 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards book. The winning open category photographers were selected from nearly 55,000 entries.

Damien Demolder, Presiding Chair of Jury for the Open competition and Editor of Amateur Photographer magazine (UK), commented: “Amateurs constantly amaze me, not only with their determination, their passion and their internal drive, but also with the astonishing quality they are capable of achieving. They can be extraordinarily creative, and more than capable of working to their own brief to turn a wonderful idea or moment into a beautiful photograph.”

Gilbert Yu, China, Arts and Culture category

Martina Biccheri, Italy, of Architecture category

Elmar Akhmetov, Kazakhstan, Low Light category 

Krasimir Matarov, Bulgaria, Nature and Wildlife category

Yeow Kwang Yeo, Singapore, Panoramic category

Hisatomi Tadahiko, Japan, People category

Ming Hui Guan, China, Smile category

Matías Gálvez, Chile, Split Second category

Manny Fajutag, Philippines, Travel category