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.
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The World Press Photo contest has bowed to pressure from the photographer community. After initially announcing that AI-generated images would be allowed in the "Open Format" category of the competition, it has now walked back on that decision. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-11-22 19:44
Объявлены итоги главного конкурса для фотожурналистов – World Press Photo (WPP). Уже в 64-й раз организаторы назвали имена лучших фоторепортеров. Победителями фотоконкурса WPP-2021 в восьми категориях стали 45 фотографов из 28 стран, в том числе и пять авторов из России. photowebexpo.ru »
2021-04-17 22:15
The World Press Photo Foundation has announced the winners of its prestigious annual photojournalism competition, naming the World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Story of the Year, and winners of eight categories. petapixel.com »
2021-04-15 18:37
On June 11th, the World Press Photo Foundation made an important announcement. Lars Boering—Managing Director of the foundation for the past 5 years—is leaving the organization as they prepare to enter “a new phase for connecting the world to the stories that matter. petapixel.com »
2020-06-26 23:39
Главный конкурс фотожурналистики World Press Photo объявил победителей 2020 года. По традиции уже несколько лет подряд помимо непосредственно фотографов-победителей достоянием публики становится и список моделей камер, которыми пользовались победители. photowebexpo.ru »
2020-04-19 13:15
DOCKS, a photography collective made up of five documentary photographers, has published a report on the recent accusations made against Maximilian Mann's WPP (World Press Photo) entry. As reported on The Phoblographer, Iranian Photojournalist, Solmaz Daryani, claimed that Mann had purposefully plagiarized her work. thephoblographer.com »
2020-04-07 22:00
World Press Photo (WPP) nominees always generate conversation and debate. In an article published by Kaveh Rostamkhani, Iranian photographer, Solmaz Daryani, feels ethics have been broken by one of the WPP nominees. thephoblographer.com »
2020-03-11 19:00
If the World Press Photo Contest is among your yearly sources of photography inspiration, you’ll be impressed as always with the poignant nominated images for this year’s run. Today, the World Press Photo Foundation introduced the 44 nominees for the eight categories of the competition, as well as those for World Press Photo of the Year and World Press Photo Story of the Year awards. thephoblographer.com »
2020-02-25 17:00
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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