The Sony World Photography Awards 2012: Student Focus Shortlist

The Danish School of Media & Journalism: this image is entitled Escaping the Heat
Photograph: Nikolai Linares/Sony World Photography Awards 2012

London College of Communication, UK: Salar de Uyuni
Photograph: Thamyres Matarozzi/Sony World Photography Awards 2012

Institut d’Estudis Fotografics de Catalunya, Spain: El Bot
Photograph: montse Balana Verges/Sony World Photography Awards 2012

Middlesex University, UK: Mrs Bukhsh
Photograph: Asef Mohammad/Sony World Photography Awards 2012

Escuela Motivarte, Argentina: Enter
Photograph: Abente Lila Maia/Sony World Photography Awards 2012

Rhodes University, South Africa: Nightclub Portrait Series (the Dance)
Photograph: Nina Grindlay /Sony World Photography Awards 2012

St. Petersburg State University of Film and TV, Russia: He Was Too Close
Photograph: Nikita Baranov/Sony World Photography Awards

The Central Academy of Fine Arts, China: untitled
Photograph: Gong Zhe/Sony World Photography Awards 2012

Rochester Institute of Technology, US: untitled
Photograph: Jennifer Magruder/Sony World Photography Awards 2012

AUT University, New Zealand: Fleeting Life
Photograph: Ivan Liang/Sony World Photography Awards 2012