Prix Pictet Insights + Sony World Photography Awards Winners

The LensCulture Earth Awards 2015 is still open for entries—there are just 2 days left to enter! What does our planet look like from YOUR point of view? We want to see. Meanwhile, check out some of these inspirational, Earth-related stories below: stories from the streets, award-winning work made all over the world and an interview about the fundamental power of photography to make a difference in the way we view our planet. Enjoy! Photography Matters: The Prix Pictet and the Power of the Image A wide-ranging interview with Francis Hodgson, one of the great minds in the photography world (and LensCulture Earth Awards juror), which touches upon the fundamental power of photography to convey ideas, agitate for change and, perhaps, make a difference in the world. Winners: Sony World Photography Awards 2015 See our full-screen slideshow featuring our favorite work from this year's winners, including that of the L'Iris d'Or/Photographer of the Year: John Moore.  Strangelives Photo-poems in prose, fictional biographies told through pictures, a series of playful reminders which reveal the extraordinary role that chance plays in each and every life—from the ordinary to the most strange. By the Strange.rs Collective. This World and Others Like It​ The great frontiers of today are not real mountains nor real oceans — they are the infinite digital worlds that exist all around us. Step into the dizzying mind of Drew Nikonowicz, this year's Aperture Portfolio Prize winner. LensCulture Earth Awards 2015 Final Call for Entries! The LensCulture Earth Awards 2015 is a worldwide call for photography focused on nature, the environment, wildlife, landscape, conservation, sustainability, and how we live on the planet.  We are awarding $25,000 in cash grants as well as video projections at international photo festivals, visibility with LensCulture Insiders, a Printed Annual and more.