
Photographer of the Year —
Italian artist Federico Borella was named Photographer of the Year for "Five Degrees," a documentary series looking at suicide among farmers in Tamil Nadu, India.

1st Place, Professional - Architecture —
Stephan Zirwes won the top prize for his drone shots of public swimming pools in Germany, collected in the series "Cut Outs - Pools 2018."

2nd Place, Professional - Architecture —
Finnish photographer Tuomas Uusheimo shot the Paimio Sanatorium, a former tuberculosis sanatorium in southwestern Finland, for his second-place entry.

3rd Place, Professional - Architecture —
Architecture and nature are combined in Peter Franck's "Back to the Future" series.

Shortlist, Professional - Architecture —
Daniel Ochoa de Olza's "Border Wall Prototypes" series took him to Tijuana, Mexico, where he looked on at the walls standing in San Diego, California.

Shortlist, Professional - Architecture —
Inspired by the likes of Mark Rothko and James Turrell, Dimitri Bogachuk's "Space of Light" captured shadows and windows from within stark Soviet buildings.

Shortlist, Professional - Architecture —
In "Home," Felicia Simion transported both traditional and contemporary Romanian tower blocks and houses into the country side.

Shortlist, Professional - Architecture —
David Behar's "Cabana" captures Miami Beach's most charming structures on white beaches.

Shortlist, Professional - Architecture —
Michael Najjar sees his "Netropolis" was inspired by the futuristic setting at the heart of director Fritz Lang's seminal "Metropolis" film.
![Dutch photographer Marinka Masséus took first place in the Creative category with her series "Chosen [not] to be," which focuses on the way in which the visual arts have ignored people with Down syndrome.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/190417110756-10-sony-world-photography-awards-2019-style-marinka-massus.jpg?q=w_3000,h_2000,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
1st Place, Professional - Creative —
Dutch photographer Marinka Masséus took first place in the Creative category with her series "Chosen [not] to be," which focuses on the way in which the visual arts have ignored people with Down syndrome.

2nd Place, Professional - Creative —
Leah Schretenthaler shot controversial buildings and infrastructure projects in her native Hawaii for "The Invasive Species of the Built Environment."

3rd Place, Professional - Creative —
In "The Normals," Pol Kurucz cast models, performers and actors from Rio de Janeiro in neon colors.

Shortlist, Professional - Creative —
"Sheep Dogs of the North Pole," a series of photo collages by Allan Dransfield, explores "how cultures, memories and phenomena drift and blur between one another as life echoes into the future."

Shortlist, Professional - Creative —
Djeneba Aduayom's "Capsulated" series is "an interpretation of an imaginary inner world expressing numerous emotions and states of minds," according to the artist.



