Panoramic photographs are always intriguing. Maybe because panoramic views capture and reveal more than the eye can see; thus making the impact of reality much stronger. Especially so, when the aspects of reality revealed are somehow disturbing.

Serenity… disturbed. © Rana Harfoush courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011.

LET THERE BE SMOG. “A panoramic shot out of my window in Shanghai. It was in February so the smog wasn’t at its peak. Still, you never really see the sun in this city.” © Fabian Sixtus Koerner courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011.

Hair Salon, Kibera Slum, Kenya. © Gareth Kingdon courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011.

Shopping. “Searching for food near a market in Arad, Romania.” © Sergiu Sechel courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011

The images above are selected from the shortlisted photographs in the ‘Panoramic’ category of the Open competition of the 2011 Sony World Photography Awards.

The shortlisted photographers of the ‘Panoramic’ category are: Rana Harfoush (Egypt), Anton Hazewinkel (China), Fabian Sixtus Körner (Germany), Gareth Kingdon (United Kingdom), David Millard (United Kingdom), Andrew Scriven (United Kingdom), Sergiu Sechel Romania), Jadranko Silic (Australia), Ignacio Tejerina (Spain), Wolfgang Weinhardt (Germany).

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