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Apr 15, 2021 · Across a wide variety of categories, from spot news to sports to nature, photographers were awarded for either a single shot or a photo story. The winning images weave a story of life over the last year, with omnipresent face masks making an appearance in many images.
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to present the category winners of the 2021 World Press Photo Contests, selected by an independent jury. The annual World Press Photo Contest rewards the best visual journalism of the past year in eight categories: Contemporary Issues, Environment, General N
- World Press Photo of The Year
- World Press Photo Story of The Year
- World Press Photo Interactive of The Year
- World Press Photo Online Video of The Year
- Category Winners
Danish photographer Mads Nissen’s photograph, The First Embrace, was chosen by the jury as the World Press Photo of the Year. In the image, Rosa Luzia Lunardi (85) is embraced by nurse Adriana Silva da Costa Souza, at Viva Bem care home, São Paulo, Brazil, on 5 August 2020. Kevin WY Lee, photographer, creative director and 2021 Photo Contest jury m...
The jury chose Habibiby Antonio Faccilongo as the World Press Photo Story of the Year. The winning series chronicles love stories set against the backdrop of one of the longest and most complicated contemporary conflicts, the Israeli-Palestinian war. The story shows the impact of the conflict on Palestinian families, and the difficulties they face ...
The independent jury of the 2021 Digital Storytelling Contest selected Reconstructing Seven Days of Protests in Minneapolis After George Floyd’s Death by Holly Bailey/The Washington Post and Matt Daniels, Amelia Wattenberger/The Pudding, as the World Press Photo Interactive of the Year. Reconstructing Seven Days of Protests in Minneapolis After Geo...
The jury chose Calling Back From Wuhan by Yang Shenlai/ Tang Xiaolan as the World Press Photo Online Video of the Year. Told through a series of recorded phone conversations, Calling Back From Wuhangives an account of one family at the first epicenter of COVID-19. The World Press Photo Online Video of the Year award celebrates a video produced for ...
Contemporary issues
The Contemporary Issues category celebrates single pictures or stories documenting cultural, political or social issues affecting individuals or societies. 1st Prize Yemen: Hunger, Another War Wound by Pablo Tosco, Argentina “This photograph of Fatima and her son fishing will stay with me as a powerful image of agency and resilience,”says NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, 2021 Photo Contest jury chair and co-founder and director of photo.circle, about Pablo Tosco’s winning picture. 2nd Prize Docto...
Environment
The Environment category rewards single pictures or stories documenting human impact, positive or negative, on the environment. 1st Prize California Sea Lion Plays with Maskby Ralph Pace, United States About the 1st prize picture, Kathy Moran, jury member and deputy director of Photography at National Geographic, says: “I love the double-take nature of this photograph. At first glance, it seems to be a curious sea lion investigating trash. Then it hits; this discarded mask has turned an unsig...
General News
The General News category recognizes single pictures or stories reporting on news topics and their aftermaths. 1st Prize The First Embraceby Mads Nissen, Denmark, Politiken/Panos Pictures The First Embrace is also nominated for the World Press Photo of the Year award. “I see this photo as one of the rare positive photos about the COVID-19 era. It is a symbolic scene, conveying the effort frontline workers made, and the hardship they experienced. The photographer had to be there in the right p...
Mar 10, 2021 · This prestigious annual press photography contest rewards photographers for the best photo journalism pictures during the past year. These are the remarkable nominees for this year's prize.
2021 Photo Contest. World Press Photo of the Year. ... Carlton Ward Jr. Singles, 3rd Prize. Jaime Culebras. ... John Minchillo. Singles, 1st Prize.
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to present the category winners of the 2021 World Press Photo Contests, selected by an independent jury.
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