The World Photography Organisation (WPO) is an international organisation which manages various initiatives for amateur and professional photographers.

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Incorporated as World Photography Awards Limited, the organisation is most notably known for the annual Sony World Photography Awards and the subsequent World Photography Festival exhibiting the work of winning photographers in each category. The awards are sponsored by Sony and have taken place in Cannes since 2007 before moving to London in 2011.

Other programmes include; the World Photography Student Focus Competition; the World Photography Festival, the World Photography Collection and the World Photography Focus Programme.

Sponsored by Sony, the World Photography Awards are organised annually by WPO. The competition has three entry levels; Student, Open and Professional, each with a number of subcategories.

The overall winner of the Professional category is awarded with the Iris d'Or, a cash prize and the title «Sony World Photographer of the Year» at the Awards ceremony which takes place annually in London. The award ceremony is part of the larger World Photography Festival and features exhibitions, workshops, portfolio review, student programmes and talks from World Photographic Academy members, culminating in the award ceremony.

The exhibition of winners for 2011 is held at Somerset House in London.

The annual Focus Award, organised by the WPO, is dedicated to using photography in order to raise awareness on a particular global issue. Each year the WPO combines with a different international charity. Previous Focus Award charities have included UNICEF and the Prince's Rainforests Project.

Formed in 2007, the World Photographic Academy members are respected industry leaders from across the world.

Members of the academy endorse the World Photography Organisation, its values and objectives. The first member was photojournalist Tom Stoddart. Membership is .