The work of four Kiwi photographers has made the cut into a Sony World Photography Awards shortlist.
The New Zealanders' work was judged from a pool of a record-breaking 320,000 submissions by photographers from more than 200 countries and territories.
Wellingtonian Martyn Aim, a documentary photographer based in London, was one of the four whose work came up trumps.
Aim's photograph of a man suspected of being an Islamic State militant being detained by the Iraqi Army has been shortlisted in the competition's Professional shortlist.
Another Kiwi, Iona Francis, was shortlisted in the competition's Youth category.
Her photograph "Theatre Ambitions" portrays two young men relaxing on the grass, covered in leaves and make-up.
Francis said inspiration for the image came after observing the pressures of the final year at school. The photograph, she said was her "creative and peaceful" response.
Lower Hutt man Peter Kurdulija was named in the Still Life category shortlist.
Kurdulija's "My City, Twelve Dollar Lunch and a Million Dollar View" captured an idyllic mountain view painted as a fresco, behind a row of plastic tables and chairs.
And Bianca Rocca from the University of Auckland's photo of the Waihopai Dam made it into the Student Focus shortlist.
Her submission was titled "When I want to Remember".
The work will be exhibited at the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition in London over April and the start of May.
Winners would be revealed next month.