2013 Sony World Photography Awards

Norwegian photographer Andrea Gjestvang(32)is Photographer of the Year.  Beating over 122,000 entries from 170 countries, the photographer collected her award plus Sony digital imaging equipment and $25,000 (USD) prize money at a gala ceremony held in London

The judges voted unanimously for Gjestvang’s powerful series of portraits of children and youths who survived the July 2011 massacre on the island of Utoeya, outside Oslo. The series is titled 'One Day in History'.