Colorado Photographer Wins Open Photographer of the Year at Sony World Photography Awards

The World Photography Organisation has announced the winners of the Sony World Photography Awards, and Colorado photographer Scott Wilson has been honored as Open Photographer of the Year.

Wilson, a resident artist at Gallery 6, had won the coveted Natural World & Wildlife Award for his photograph “Anger Management” in mid-March, putting him in the running for even more prestigious awards. The striking black-and-white photograph depicts a dirt-caked mustang stallion in Colorado’s Sand Wash Basin, kicking up dirt after a dip in a mud pool. It was selected as the best wildlife photograph from more than 170,000 submissions.

“The Open competition celebrates the power of single images,” according to the contest organizers. “Winning photographs are selected for their ability to communicate a…