On the 18th local time, the 67th World Press Photo Contest (World Press Photo) announced the list of global winners. Sponsored by the World Press Photo Foundation, headquartered in the Netherlands, the Hesai Prize aims to arouse and enhance people's interest in photojournalism around the world, disseminate information and strengthen international mutual understanding. The four winners were announced, selected from 3,851 photographers from 130 countries and 61,062 entries, which the jury described as "a testament to the importance of photojournalism and documentary photography, as well as the courage, skill and compassion shown by photographers around the world."
Photo of the Year: Palestinian Woman Hugging the Body of Her Niece by Mohammed Salem
Salim, from Palestine, won the Photography of the Year award for his Reuters work "Palestinian woman hugging the body of her niece". The photo was taken on October 17, 2023, in Gaza Khan Younis, where Inas Abu Maamar (36) holds the body of her niece Saly (5), who was killed along with four other family members when Israeli missiles hit their home. The photographer described the photo as "a powerful and sad moment that encapsulates everything that happened in the Gaza Strip." The judges considered the photo to "contain a metaphor and a true portrayal of unimaginable loss."
Photography Story of the Year: Valim-babena Photographer: Lee-Ann Olwage
▲On March 12, 2023, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Dada Paul and his granddaughter Odliatemix prepare to go to church.
▲On March 12, 2023, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Farah watched Paul clean up a fish, as he does every Sunday afternoon. His fingers were shaking, but he was still able to get the job done, and it calmed him down.
Olwag, from South Africa, won the Best Photographic Story of the Year award for his book Valim-babena, published by the German magazine GEO. The photo tells the story of the life of Dada Paul, who has suffered from dementia for 11 years, and his family. During Paul's illness, his family thought he was "crazy", and only his daughter, Fara Rafaraniriana, noticed his abnormality and began to take care of him. "Valim-babena" is a Malagasy word that means the responsibility of a child to his or her parents. In Madagascar, there is a lack of public awareness of dementia, and people who experience symptoms of memory loss are often looked down upon. According to the judges, Olwag's work explores "how health can be viewed from a family perspective" and that "the images are full of warmth and tenderness, reminding people that love and affection are essential in an era of global war".
Long-term project: Two Walls Photographer: Alejandro Cegarra
▲On October 8, 2023, in Piedras Negras, Mexico, a migrant walks on a freight train known as "The Beast".
▲Ever Sosa (center) crosses the Suchate River from Guatemala to Mexico with her daughter on her shoulders in Hidalgo City, Mexico, January 20, 2023, to join a convoy of 3,000 migrants and asylum seekers trying to make their way to the United States.
▲Ruben Soto (right), an immigrant from Venezuela, and Rosa Bello, a Honduran immigrant, sit on top of the "beast" in Samarajuca, Mexico, May 8, 2023. Ruben and Rosa met in Mexico and fell in love on their way to the United States.
Venezuela's Sakqara won the Hercel Long-Term Project Award for his Two Walls, published in The New York Times and Bloomberg, based on Sakkara's personal experiences of migrants from Venezuela to Mexico in 2017 to document the plight of these extremely vulnerable migrant communities. The judges felt that the project provided a sensitive, people-centred perspective and demonstrated the resilience of immigrants.
Open Form: "War Is Personal" Photographer: Julia Kochetova
▲ Recruits in training.
▲ Sunflowers in a field.
▲ Teenager holding the Ukrainian flag.
Kochetova from Ukraine won the Open Form Award for "War is Personal". She has created a personal website that combines photojournalism with a personal documentary style of diary to show the world the realities of life with the Russia-Ukraine conflict every day. She also collaborates with Ukrainian illustrators and DJs, interweaving photographic images with poetry, audio clips, and music. This year's edition continued the "regional competition model", which divided the world into six regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America, South America, Southeast Asia and Oceania. In addition, there is an "Honorable Mention" award for each continent, and two additional special prizes related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – the Special Jury Prize. All the winning works will be exhibited in more than 60 cities around the world from May 3. Ahead of the announcement of the global winners on the 18th, 24 regional winners, 6 Honorable Mentions and 2 Special Jury Prizes were announced. Among them, Chinese photographer Wang Naigong's "With You" won the Asian Long-Term Project Award. This series of works explores private photography in the third person, which is an attempt to think and practice the connotation of family images. The work breaks through the traditional documentary techniques and goes the opposite way, using large-scale images to shoot family images: using the reality of emotions, emotions, relationships, and states to construct the fragments and pains of Jiu'er's daily life that are difficult to be perceived by others, and using the protagonist Jiu'er's interpretation of the pictures one by one to record his mental journey towards the end of his life, so that the viewer can glimpse themselves through this hidden world, and finally expound the attitude of life towards death.
▲ Taken on March 9, 2019 at Jiu'er Residence. Jiu'er has a happy family, her husband is a businessman, and she has three beautiful and lovely daughters at home.
▲ Photographed on November 9, 2019 at Jiu'er Residence. Little Bit comforted her mother in her own way......
▲ Photographed on November 28, 2020 at Jiu'er Residence. After a series of surgeries and chemoradiotherapy, Jiu'er recovered well, and the family was full of confidence in life.
▲ Taken on January 26, 2021 at Jiu'er Residence. When Jiu'er was with her three children, she was often misunderstood as sisters.
Other award-winning works:
▲ Southeast Asia and Oceania award-winning work: Fight, not sink. Photographer: Eddie Jim
▲ North and Central America award-winning entry: A day in the life of a firefighter in Quebec. Photographer: Charles-Frederick Ouellet
▲非洲获奖作品：战场归来。 摄影师:Vincent Haiges
▲评审团特别奖：以色列空袭加沙。 摄影师:Mustafa Hassouna
▲ European award-winning work: Father's pain. Photographer: Adem Altan
Commenting on this year's winners, Joumana El Zein Khoury, Executive Director of World Press Photo, said, "Each of the award-winning photographers is very familiar with their subjects. This helps them present us with a deeper perspective and hopefully empathy and empathy from it. I thank them for their dedication, courage, professionalism and skills." He also stressed the high risks that the news and documentary photographer market needs to do: "Last year, the death toll in Gaza brought the number of journalists killed to near an all-time high. We must acknowledge the trauma they have experienced and show the world the humanitarian impact behind the conflict. Fiona Shields, Guardian Global Jury Chair and Head of Photography, said, "These works are the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle for our world today, centred on the premise of respect and integrity, which resonates widely. It's an opportunity to celebrate the work of news and documentary photographers everywhere and highlight the importance of the stories they tell. ”
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