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The most important photojournalism exhibition in the world
“If an image is able to transcend beyond the immediate event that it is documenting, that’s something that can elevate it”. – Tanvi Mishra, photo editor, curator and creative director of “The Caravan” and member of 2020 International Photojournalism Contest “World Press Photo”.
The list of winners from the 2020 edition, can be consulted here:
worldpressphoto.org/collection/photocontest/winners/2020
[Coming soon to MACN]
WORLD PRESS PHOTO| 2020
The most important photojournalism exhibition in the world
Romain Laurendeau, France - “Kho, the Genesis of a Revolt”
Winner of the “World Press Photo Story of the Year” Award
“Kho, the Genesis of a Revolt” (the word means «brother» in colloquial North-African Arabic) is the story of the disquetitudes and deep unease of algerian youth, who, by daring to challenge authority, inspired the rest of the population to join their action, giving birth to the largest protest movement in Algeria in the last decades.
“When I arrived in Algeria, everything was quiet. Just young guys in the street who were bored and frustrated. It was not the misery of, like, food or a roof over their heads. It was the misery of the absence of dreams. […] It’s a universal story. It’s people facing ideology. All those people are the base of the demonstration, without them, nothing would happen. […] It was impossible for a part of me not to recognize myself in these young people. They are young but they are tired of this situation and they just want to live like everyone else”. (Romain Laurendeau)
Please check the following link to get more information:
https://www.worldpressphoto.org/news/2020/winners-announced/39820
François Verster & Simon Wood/Field of Vision – “Scenes from a Dry City”
Winners fo the“World Press Photo Online Video of the Year” Award
“Scenes from a Dry City”exposes the exacerbation of social inequality due to water shortage in Cape Town, South Africa. The city has been experiencing a severe water crisis since early 2017 when the municipal government began pleading with its 4.5 million residents to conserve this precious natural resource.
The production reflects on the impact of the global climate crisis in both the landscape and society. Poetic drone images are mixed with the perspectives of car washers, demonstrators against water privatization, and golfers playing on green courses.
Simon Wood, co-director, producer, cinematographer and writer, said: “We wanted to create something futuristic, something that would allow us to peek into the future and imagine a world without water.”
Please check the following link to get more information:
https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/storytelling/2020/39754/Scenes-from-a-Dry-City
