17 May 2025
De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
World Press Photo and De Nieuwe Kerk present The Stories That Matter. This event brings together winning photographers, international speakers, critical thinkers, and the public to explore the issues and narratives shaping our world.
Meet the awarded photographers and hear the stories behind the 2025 World Press Photo Contest’s winning projects. Throughout the day, the 2025 Contest winners, who come from 29 different countries from Sudan to Myanmar, Haiti to New Zealand, and Palestine to Colombia, will each speak about their work presented in the Exhibition and engage in conversation with the audience.
On the main stage, we will explore the past, looking into the World Press Photo archive and its 70-year history, alongside considering iconic images and tropes, focusing on their impact on visual literacy. We will also reflect on contemporary collaborative practices, foregrounding narratives from underrepresented communities, and the work of media in communicating current events.
In addition, we invite you to join an interactive session exploring truth and accuracy, reflecting on the World Press Photo archive.
We hope you’ll join us for this thought-provoking and inspiring day, putting a spotlight on the stories that matter.
Throughout the day, the 2025 Contest winners will speak in front of their work in the exhibition. Meet the photographers and hear their stories firsthand.
Africa
Marijn Fidder Temiloluwa Johnson
Aubin Mukoni
Luis Tato
Tommy Trenchard Cinzia Canneri
North and Central America
Jabin Botsford John Moore
Clarens Siffroy
Oliver Farshi
Rebecca Kiger
Carlos Barrera
Asia-Pacific and Oceania
Jae C. Hong Jerome Brouillet Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro Chalinee Thirasupa
Noel Celis Ye Aung Thu
Tatsiana Chypsanava
South America
André Coelho Anselmo Cunha
Gabriela Oráa
Amanda M. Perobelli
Musuk Nolte Santiago Mesa
Federico Ríos
Europe
Florian Bachmeier Nanna Heitmann Prins de Vos
Maria Abranches
Rafael Heygster
Aliona Kardash
West, Central, and South Asia
Murat Şengül
Samar Abu Elouf
Suvra Kanti Das Ali Jadallah
Kiana Hayeri
Samuel Nacar
Ebrahim Alipoor
Interactive sessions
Framing the Facts: Truth and Accuracy in Visual Storytelling
Explore the balance between truth, objectivity, accuracy and personal perspectives in this interactive session. Be part of the conversation as we examine the nuances that make photojournalism both a creative and truth-seeking practice.
World Press Photo at 70: Diving into the Archives
Since 1955, World Press Photo has been building an archive of photos, publications, posters, educational materials, and much more. Join us for an interactive workshop exploring how archives are selected, described, curated, and contextualised. We will look back over 70 years of the World Press Photo Contest through the stories that the archive tells us, and read between the lines to consider the voices that are missing.
Main stage
“Photographs are not Passive Reflections of Reality”
Dr Lauren Walsh looks back through some of the visuals that have dominated the World Press Photo archive as well as in a broad collective understanding of history. What is a visual trope? Why and how does this question matter to us? In this talk, Walsh addresses the role that photographs play in shaping our understanding of the world.
More speakers to be confirmed soon.
Book signings
Yearbook signings
During the day, winning photographers will be signing copies of the World Press Photo Yearbook 2025, available for purchase at the DNK Store.
Portfolio reviews
Portfolio reviews in collaboration with Fujifilm
Throughout the day, there will be portfolio reviews in collaboration with Fujifilm in the Eggertzaal, De Nieuwe Kerk, by invitation only.
Fujifilm Touch and Try Station
Explore, test, and get expert tips on Fujifilm’s latest cameras
Fujifilm ‘touch and try’ zone will showcase the current product line-up and be an area for photographers of all levels to explore the cameras in detail. An expert from Fujifilm will be on hand to answer your questions and give you tips.
More information about the schedule will be available soon.
