World Press Photo Foundation

📸 Announcing the global winners of the 2024 World Press Photo Contest: - World Press Photo of the Year: ‘A Palestinian Woman Embraces the Body of Her Niece’ by Mohammed Salem, Palestine, Reuters. - World Press Photo Story of the Year: ‘Valim-babena’ by Lee-Ann Olwage, South Africa, for GEO. - World Press Photo Long-Term Project Award: ‘The Two Walls’ by Alejandro Cegarra, Venezuela, The New York Times/Bloomberg. - World Press Photo Open Format Award: ‘War Is Personal’ by Julia Kochetova, Ukraine. Selected out of more than 61,000 entries by an independent jury, the award-winning works show the importance of press and documentary photography and are a testament to the courage, skill, and empathy shown by photographers across the world. Discover the awarded projects and learn more about the stories behind them: https://lnkd.in/evx6W9cm

At World Press Photo, we are looking for colleagues to help us achieve our mission of connecting the world to the stories that matter. Our current vacancies are: - Curatorial Affairs Director (Lead Curator) - Database and Archives Manager - Translation Manager (Freelance) - Curatorial Affairs intern ✍️ Apply or spread the word: https://lnkd.in/g9u6m5m

📸 The 2024 Joop Swart Masterclass participants and mentors have arrived in Amsterdam for an intensive week of photo-editing sessions, workshops, talks, and presentations. The Joop Swart Masterclass comes back in a renewed format. While holding on to the core objective to develop and guide photographers with 5-10 years experience in their practice, it will place special emphasis on building skills for long and sustainable careers in photojournalism, documentary photography, and beyond. Since June, the 12 participants have been working on their projects under their mentors’ guidance and with help from a lineup of industry professionals. This Friday, 1 November at 17.00 CET, the participants will share their developing projects as finely tuned pitches at a live event. 🔗 Register for free to watch the 2024 Joop Swart Masterclass presentations online: https://lnkd.in/ehBJBXVs _ Read more about the 2024 Joop Swart Masterclass and see a preview of their developing projects: https://lnkd.in/dhMcV5VT After a three-year hiatus, the Joop Swart Masterclass returns this year, with a focus on the MENA region, thanks to funding from the Porticus Foundation.

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The World Press Photo Exhibition 2024 showcases the awarded photographs and stories from our 67th annual Contest. The images on display are selected by an independent jury from over 60,000 entries from around the globe. Now on display in Vienna, São Paulo, Turin, Hamburg, Budapest, Toronto, Wellington, Copenhagen, Lodi, Dortmund, Middelburg, Kraków, Bologna, Chicoutimi, Flensburg, Bari, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Taipei, Valencia, Dhaka, Kyiv, and Yogyakarta. Coming soon to Sinnai, Barcelona, Hilversum, Maia, Prangins, Vilnius, Kyoto, and more! Check our calendar to see when we will be in a city near you: https://lnkd.in/gG-rn2f. _ Are you interested in becoming an exhibition partner and bringing our annual exhibition to your city? Reach out to us at exhibitions@worldpressphoto.org

Support trustworthy photojournalism by becoming a friend of World Press Photo. Our Friends program was created for people who - like us - believe in the power of accurate and diverse photojournalism. We’re a small team with a big mission! As a Friend, your support would directly fund our educational programs for photographers, exhibitions around the world, and, of course, our annual contest, which showcases the best and most important photojournalism and documentary photography each year. As a thank you, you’ll get a free collectible yearbook, entry to our exhibitions worldwide, access to special events and more. Sign-up and help us connect the world to stories that matter: https://lnkd.in/efhJ5F8S

Would you like to work with us? We’re looking for a Translation Manager (freelance) to oversee the version control of translations during production. Based on the annual Photo Contest, World Press Photo produces a yearbook and traveling exhibition, with texts in Dutch, English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. The Translation Manager works alongside the Curatorial Affairs team and in collaboration with external translators to ensure high-quality translations across all languages. Find out more and apply before 26 November: https://lnkd.in/eQR7h-4x

Free Press Unlimited is calling on the Israeli government to protect journalists, provide access to medical aid, and grant international media access to Palestine and the occupied territories. Read more and sign the petition: https://lnkd.in/ermcNS_5

‘A Palestinian Woman Embraces the Body of Her Niece’ by Mohammed Salem for Reuters, was taken on this day, one year ago. This image shows Inas Abu Maamar (36) cradling the body of her niece Saly (5) who was killed, along with four other family members, when an Israeli missile struck their home, in Khan Younis, Gaza, 17 October 2023. At the outset of Israel's large-scale military offensive in Gaza, Israel instructed Gazans to evacuate to the south for their safety. Yet, according to reports from The Guardian and Al Jazeera, Israeli airstrikes heavily bombarded Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, from mid-October. The photographer describes this photo, taken just days after his own wife gave birth, as a “powerful and sad moment that sums up the broader sense of what was happening in the Gaza Strip”. Over the past year, Israel's attacks on the occupied Palestinian territories have killed over 41,000 people and displaced more than 1.9 million. The jury recognized that this photographer was awarded for the same topic nearly a decade ago. Read more about the story awarded Photo of the Year 2024: https://lnkd.in/eBabSNUZ - Mohammed Salem is a Palestinian photojournalist based in the Gaza Strip who has been working with Reuters since 2003.

We add our condolences and sorrow at his passing. Paul Lowe was a great photographer (winner of four World Press Photo awards), who also took time to help upcoming photographers, especially in the Balkans. His impact will be felt for a long time.