Matjaz Krivic - Digging the Future. Second Place: People Singles. Images courtesy The World Press Photo Foundation
Be it a grand shelf cloud on Bondi Beach, the aftermath of airstrikes in Syria, or refugee children covered in rain capes, photojournalism can be a harrowing experience. From November 4 - 21, 2016, TheWorld Press Photo Exhibition will return to Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall for its 20th edition. The free exhibition brings together award-winning photographs from around the world—this year alone, 82,951 photos, taken by 5,775 photographers from 128 different countries, were submitted.
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Daniel Ochoa de Olza - La Maya Tradition. Second Place: People Stories
Winning entries are selected in the following categories: Spot and General News, Sports, Contemporary Issues, Daily Life, People, Nature, and Long-Term Projects.
Rohan Kelly - Storm Front on Bondi Beach. Winner: Nature Singles
The official World Press Photo of the Year is also the winner of the Spot News Category. Taken by Australian photographer, Warren Richardson, the photograph, “Hope for a new Life,” depicts a refugee man passing his child across the barbed wire border between Serbia and Hungary. Hands reaching out for the baby from the darkness, and the sharpness of the wire highlights the intensity of the terrifying moment. See it, and other winners, in the images below:
Warren Richardson. Hope for a New Life. Winner: Spot News Singles
Brent Stirton - Ivory Wars. Second Place: Nature Stories
Kevin Frayer - China's Coal Addiction. Winner: Daily Life Singles
Christian Bobst - The Gris-gris Wrestlers of Senegal. Second Place: Sports Stories
Daniel Berehulak - An Antarctic Advantage. Third Place: General News Stories
Dario Mitidieri - Lost Family Portraits. Second Place: People Singles
Matic Zorman - Waiting to Register. Winner: People Singles
Sameer Al-Doumy - Aftermath of Airstrikes in Syria. Winner: Spot News Stories
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