This year, the World Press Photo awards tackled some very big issues going on in the world. One of the most memorable was 2020 as the world shut down but journalists had to keep telling the stories.
With the world becoming much more visual, photojournalists were really at the center of it all. The world has continued to change in so many different ways. And the winners of the World Press Photo awards this year reflect just that. . thephoblographer.com
World Press Photo has announced the regional winners of its prestigious annual photo competition, highlighting the best photojournalism and documentary photography of 2024. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-04-03 12:00
The World Press Photo Foundation, which operates the annual World Press Photo Contest, has entered into a "strategic partnership" with Fujifilm. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-01-22 20:42
2019 World Press Photo of the Year Nominees Editors note: There are images in the above gallery that are considered graphic and explicit in nature. Keep this in mind while looking through the gallery. dpreview.com »
2019-02-25 16:26
Впервые в своей истории, самый престижный конкурс фотожурналистов World Press Photo показал работы финалистов, прежде чем выбрать победителя. 6 номинантов были представлены на сайте World Press Photo. photar.ru »
2018-02-16 13:12
For the first time in its history, the most prestigious photojournalist prize in the world has unveiled the finalists of its Photo of the Year contest before selecting a winner. The 6 nominees were unveiled today by the World Press Photo. petapixel.com »
2018-02-14 22:16
The six nominees for the World Press Photo of the Year have been revealed. The winner of the World Press Photo of the Year will be announced at the Awards Show in Amsterdam on 12 April. photographyblog.com »
2018-02-14 13:00
The World Press Photo Foundation has just launched its new 6x6 Global Talent Programme. This new initiative will identify six under-recognised visual storytellers from each of the world’s six continents, and connect them to a global audience. photographyblog.com »
2017-10-03 15:00
The 2017 World Press Photo Exhibition returns to Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall for the 21st year from 3–20 November 2017.
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photographyblog.com »2017-09-01 13:00
Canon today announced the UK launch of a World Press Photo virtual reality experience.
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photographyblog.com »2017-07-24 18:00
Making a mistake with a camera usually results in a disappointing photo. For one woman over in Florida, however, an iPhone “glitch” created an unexpectedly mind-bending and viral image. The shot happened last Wednesday when a guy named Bobby and his friend “G” were moving G’s boat across the St. John’s River in Jacksonville, Florida. […] petapixel.com »
2017-07-03 17:40
The World Press Photo Awards isn’t the only prestigious photo competition that experienced controversy this year: the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards received at least one complaint of plagiarism by a photo selected for the Open competition shortlist. petapixel.com »
2017-04-01 22:18
…председатель жюри Стюарт Франклин, который не согласился с выбором коллег при выборе победителя WPP’2016: «Я голосовал против. . . Это фотография убийства, убийцы и убитого в одном кадре, и с моральной точки зрения она также сомнительно пригодна для публикации, как и кадры, где террористы обезглавливают людей». photowebexpo.ru »
2017-03-26 16:17
The World Press Photo Foundation has announced a unique three-day festival taking place from 20-22 April in Amsterdam.
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photographyblog.com »2017-03-13 19:00
Another year and another controversy for World Press Photo. This year, photographer Ramin Talaie raised questions about the authenticity of Hossein Fatemi who took 2nd place in long-term projects with his An Iranian Journey. petapixel.com »
2017-03-08 22:05
Мы ознакомили вас с работами победителей самой престижной премии в области фотожурналистики, а теперь предлагаем узнать, на что сняли свои кадры фотокорреспонденты, удостоившиеся признания на World Press Photo 2017. cameralabs.org »
2017-02-23 01:00
Подвёл итоги 60-й международный конкурс фотожурналистов World Press Photo. В 2017 году в нём приняли участие 5034 фотографа из 125 стран. Они представили на рассмотрение жюри 80 408 снимков.
cameralabs.org »2017-02-21 11:28
The prestigious photojournalism contest World Press Photo announced its 2017 winners this week. A look at the data quietly published alongside the winning shots offers a glimpse into what cameras top photojournalists around the world are using these days. petapixel.com »
2017-02-16 19:53
2017 World Press Photo Contest winners An Assassination in Turkey. © Burhan Ozbilici, The Associated Press. World Press Photo of the Year The 60th World Press Photo award has been won by a Turkish photographer for an image of the direct aftermath of the assassination of the country's Russian ambassador. dpreview.com »
2017-02-15 00:43
World Press Photo открыл новую тему ежегодного конкурса. Тема «Трагедии» очень сложная. Смерть, страх, потери, боль – это субъекты изображений, которые завоевали высшие награды в этом году. Победителем стал снимок убийцы, размахивающего оружием. photar.ru »
2017-02-14 12:02
World Press Photo, хоть подвергается в последние годы нещадной критике со всех сторон, остающийся на сегодня самым престижным конкурсом для фотожурналистов, подвел итоги 2017 года. Всего для участия в конкурсе было подано более 80 тыс. photowebexpo.ru »
2017-02-14 00:06
The winners of the 60th annual World Press Photo Contest have just been announced.
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photographyblog.com »2017-02-13 19:00
The World Press Photo Foundation invites all professional visual journalists worldwide to participate in the 60th annual World Press Photo Contest and the 7th annual World Press Photo Digital Storytelling Contest. Read more and comment » photographyblog.com »
2016-12-02 20:00
In addition to being one of the world’s best-selling living musicians, Elton John is also a passionate collector of modernism photography. The 4. 5-minute video above is a tour of John’s impressive home gallery. petapixel.com »
2016-11-19 22:59
Престижный конкурс World Press Photo в последние годы выявил много работ, которые не соответствовали требованиям. Одно из главных правил конкурса – содержимое снимков не должно изменяться в графических редакторах. photar.ru »
2016-10-30 20:42
Самый престижный международный конкурс фотожурналистики World Press Photo в последние годы был запятнан неприемлемыми постановочными кадрами, манипуляциями с фотобработкой. Это справедливо осуждалось истинными метрами фоторепортажа, ведь еще 5 лет назад участие подобных снимков в этом конкурсе считалось бы попросту невозможным. photowebexpo.ru »
2016-10-28 00:17
The prestigious World Press Photo contest has been tarnished in recent years by findings of inappropriate staging and digital manipulation of photos. So, the organizers have come up with a solution: there will soon be a new separate contest that does away with all the rules. petapixel.com »
2016-10-27 00:04
Nikon Small World 2016 Finalists Mouse retinal ganglion cells. Photo by Dr. Keunyoung Kim Nikon's Small World Microphotography competition continues to celebrate all things tiny, fanged and gross. dpreview.com »
2016-10-15 14:00
World Photo Day celebrates the Daguerreotype process, which the French government released to the public on August 19th, 1839. The World Photo Day project started in 2009 and encourages users all over the world to share their pictures online. dpreview.com »
2016-08-20 03:24
Other than the moment and the composition, many elements help a photograph stand out. For instance, editing in terms of crop and color correction. In our previous article, we mentioned how various easy-to-use software changes how we photograph, often leaving the image entirely up to post-processing.
Photojournalists, this is your time to shine. The World Press Photo is back with its 2025 edition, and things are slightly different than before. This year, the contest is introducing a few more changes, especially at a time when journalism and democracy are both facing challenges from various fronts. Here's a look at what they offer.
Photographers tend to take two different sides on AI imagery. Some say that it's not photography. Others embrace it and try to learn the technology to add to their skill sets. In our interviews on this website, we've discussed lots of different opinions that photographers have on AI.
Today, the 2021 World Press Photo Category winners are being announced. These journalists risked their lives in a pandemic to tell lots of different stories. Some of them are pandemic-related. But depending on where you are in the world, you probably haven't seen these images.
We're going to be very honest: the 2020 World Press Photo Award Winners are demonstrating more than anything else that their talents are far surpassing the gear that they're using. However, it's always cool to just know for curiosity's sake what's being used! With today's announcement of the winning images, we got to take a look at the photos before the announcement and analyzed what was used. Some interesting tidbits about everything are below.
All photos can make some kind of impact. But only a small few stay at the front of society’s mind for eternity. When we think of influential photos, our minds instantly goes to the likes of Nick Ut’s, The War of Terror, or Malcolm Browne’s, The Burning Monk. Most photos that stick in our minds