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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.

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.

For Nick Veasey, artistic inspiration came from an unlikely source. While working as a photographer/designer for morning television in England, he was assigned the monotonous task of X-raying soda cans to determine which ones contained a winning code for a contest sponsored by Pepsi. After three days without a winner, he X-rayed his sneaker for kicks. Veasey recalls, “It was a great image and I thought �there’s something to this.’ It was one of those life-changing experiences. I just left behind everything else I was doing.”

Veasey spent the next three months working with scientists to refine his technique. He learned to gauge object density and structure by experimenting with a variety of materials including plastic, flowers, metals and people, taking the utmost care with his living subjects.

Some of the paintings of this Spanish artist Antonio Capel look so photorealistic that even a trained eye will need some time to realise that these are not photos! Amazing!

While some problems may look small and insignificant, these pictures remind us that caring about environment is a very important thing as these small problems may some day become enormous!

Here are some very beautiful shots of Tokyo at twilight as seen by a famous Japanese photographer Sato Shintaro. That’s what Mr. Shintaro writes on his page about these photos: “I take photographs of Tokyo townscape from emergency staircase of multi-tenant buildings and of apartment houses. Most of staircases are facing back streets, and it is interesting that the other side of Tokyo appears there. Townscape in the twilight looked from staircases, to which no one reaches as if it has slipped from everyday life, has so erotic appeal that I am fascinated by townscapes every time when I take photographs. I become aware that I do not know anything about the town in fact, although I always look at Tokyo townscape.”

Louise Bourgeois is regarded as one of the most important artists working today. Born in 1911 in Paris, she studied under Léger, André Lhôte and Roger Bissière in the 1930s before moving to New York in 1938. Bourgeois has always been at the forefront of new developments in art, but has pursued a wholly personal path, removed from the major avant-garde movements of her time. She has explored her ideas in painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation and performance, using extraordinarily varied media from wood and stone to latex and rubber. However, this breadth of materials is balanced by an almost obsessive continuity of subject matter, often deeply autobiographical in its references to Bourgeois’ childhood. (Tate Modern)

A retrospective by Louise Bourgeois which is now open in Paris contains 200 works of this famous artist including sculptures, art, images and different objects. This exhibition shows that art is the only thing which can live forever.

A selection of photos of the German photographer who predominantly shoots sexy girls!

An interesting campaign was launched attempting to bring reality to the children’s fantasies and their vision of the modern world.

The Lost star is staging an exhibition of his photos in Los Angeles. Many photos were taken during the shooting of the popular TV series. Monaghan says, “Happy Accidents refers to those moments where you don’t expect what is going to happen, but it ends up being something good.”

A series of exciting images by an Australian photographer. The photos were cut into many fragments and processed separately from each other. Later obtained modules were added conversely.

It’s amazing what material can be used to create works of art. This particular selection is about cans!

Toni Frissell is famous for her fashion photography, World War II photos, and was the first woman on the staff of Sports Illustrated. We’ve already published some of her photos in our photosets. Now we want to give you a bit more!

Almost unknown photographer from Paris with great works! Please enjoy!