World Press Photo is partnering with the Samir Kassir Foundation to offer a free masterclass program for photojournalists based in Lebanon.
December 19, 2024
We’re pleased to introduce the 31 professionals from around the world who will review this year’s submissions and select the winning photographs and stories.
December 17, 2024
Following thoughtful discussions with photographers, jury members, exhibition partners and others, we're pleased to announce updates to the categories, prizes and regions in the annual World Press Photo Contest.
November 07, 2024
We wish to express concern for the safety, and ability to communicate internationally, of staff at our regional partner Drik Picture Library, in Bangladesh. The violent government response against journalists, resulting in the death of one and injury of several, and protesters is alarming - as is the shutting down of internet access.
July 22, 2024
We’re excited to introduce the 12 participants for the 2024 Joop Swart Masterclass, selected from over 200 nominated photographers by an independent selection committee.
May 06, 2024
Photography documenting irreversible personal loss in Gaza, family and dementia in Madagascar, migrants at the Mexico border, and life under war in Ukraine have been given the 2024 World Press Photo Contest headline awards.
April 18, 2024
Selected from more than 61,000 entries, the award-winning works document some of the most pressing issues facing the world today, from devastating conflicts and political upheaval to the climate crisis and the safe passage of migrants.
April 03, 2024
From Ukraine to Palestine to Afghanistan, Iraq, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Syria, Lebanon, Vietnam, and far too many other examples to mention here - photographers have documented the reality of war and been recognized for their work by World Press Photo.
March 30, 2024
As I write this essay, the judging process of the World Press Photo Contest global jury is underway. This is always my favorite time of year. But I also find this time of year painful, as I am faced with how difficult, violent and sometimes horrendous our world can be.
February 21, 2024
After a three-year hiatus, the Joop Swart Masterclass will return in 2024 in a renewed format. The Joop Swart Masterclass is World Press Photo’s best-known and most esteemed educational program. Launched in 1994, the masterclass has contributed to the development of generations of visual storytellers for almost three decades.
February 13, 2024
Since 1955, World Press Photo has helped preserve moments of history photographed by winners of its annual competition. Preserving, sharing, and fostering discourse around these historical records is a fundamental part of our mission. However, this role carries with it a responsibility to reevaluate how stories have traditionally been told through our contest.
January 30, 2024
We are very pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with FUJIFILM Corporation. Both organizations are committed to the development of the press and documentary photography community, and we look forward to working together.
January 22, 2024
This year has been a journey of learning and growth for the World Press Photo Foundation. We witnessed the tangible outcomes of our strategic shift towards greater inclusivity and diversity. Our commitment to highlighting unique stories from around the world took center stage in 2023, informing all of our activities, from the annual contest to our exhibitions and educational programs.
December 22, 2023
We’re pleased to introduce the 31 professionals from around the world who will review this year’s submissions and select the winning photographs and stories.
December 12, 2023
Thanks to the honest and thoughtful feedback over the past days, we have decided to change the rules for the Open Format category in our contest to exclude AI generated images.
November 16, 2023
Promoting an accurate and thoughtful understanding of our shared world is the primary value of a photo exhibition or museum. So we want to share our great disappointment and concern regarding the Hungarian Government’s decision.
November 10, 2023
Our first responsibility is to speak up for the photojournalists and others documenting the reality on the ground in Gaza and Israel. Journalists should be respected for the risks they face, and must not be targeted. There are former World Press Photo Contest winners living and working in both Israel and Gaza. We are thinking about their safety and the safety of all civilians.
October 31, 2023
The World Press Photo Foundation partners with Magnum Photos for the Square Print Sale: Written by Light, taking place from 16-22 October. 31 World Press Photo Contest awarded photographers from around the world join more than 75 Magnum photographers and estates to celebrate the medium of photography through a collaborative curation of over 100 images.
September 14, 2023
This year’s World Press Photo Contest global winners highlight the climate crisis, community, war’s impact on civilians, and the importance of press photography around the world. Discover more about the winning stories.
April 20, 2023
What use does an organization like World Press Photo serve by basing all of its work on awarding a limited number of photographers and their images? Joumana El Zein Khoury asks and answers this challenging question.
March 29, 2023
The awarded works call attention to some of the most pressing issues facing the world today. Drawn from more than 60,000 entries, the 24 winners and six honorable mentions were selected from 3,752 entrants from 127 countries.
March 29, 2023
The Market Photo Workshop will be the Africa regional partner for the World Press Photo Foundation. This long-term relationship is part of our ongoing strategy to be an organization that is “truly representative of voices that come from everywhere.”
March 08, 2023
We’re thrilled to introduce the professionals from around the world who will select this year’s contest winning photographs and stories.
December 15, 2022
This morning, 9 December, hours before the World Press Photo 2022 Exhibition was scheduled to open in Hanoi, Vietnam, we were told by authorities that the exhibition would not be permitted. Exhibition structures had been set up the day before by Hoan Kiem Lake in downtown Hanoi before word came of the censorship decision.
December 09, 2022
If a journalist is killed in secret and their death never reported, is the injustice heard? It’s unfortunately not a hypothetical question, as we learned in one of the discussions at the European Parliament’s Info Hub in Brussels, Belgium.
November 02, 2022
In line with a new strategy that focuses on increased visibility and connection in regions around the world, this partnership will allow World Press Photo Foundation to better connect to local networks and provide more regional visibility for local photojournalists and documentary photographers.
July 03, 2022
The World Press Photo Foundation, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the City of The Hague present a selection of stories, awarded in the annual World Press Photo Contest from 2000 to 2021, that highlight the resilience and challenges of women, girls and communities around the world.
May 25, 2022
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to present the four global winners of the 2022 World Press Photo Contest. An independent jury selected the awarded photographs and stories from the regional winners announced on 24 March 2022, chosen from tens of thousands of entered photographs.
April 07, 2022
On 24 March 2022, the World Press Photo Foundation announced the regional winners of the 2022 World Press Photo Contest. A selection of entries per region was first made by a regional jury and from those, the global jury selected 24 regional winners and six honorable mentions.
March 24, 2022
In line with international obligations to guarantee the safety of reporters in the field, military forces in Ukraine should take care to not target journalists. This includes both Ukraine and foreign journalists working in the country - all of which should be afforded the same protections.
March 17, 2022
From 19 February to 20 March 2021, the World Press Photo Foundation and Novi Sad European Capital of Culture present a selection of stories of migration and forced displacement from the 21st century, awarded in the World Press Photo contests from 2000 to 2021.
February 17, 2022
The World Press Photo Foundation is pleased to announce that Janne Nijman has been appointed as the new chair of the Supervisory Board and Jamila Aanzi has been appointed as a new Supervisory Board member, starting 1 February 2022.
January 31, 2022
When I last wrote in September, I explained where an extensive reflection process had led us and what the World Press Photo Foundation had set as its goals for the future. It has been an intense few months and I’d like to give you an update on how far we’ve come.
January 19, 2022
We are pleased to introduce the professionals from around the world who will select and award the best photojournalism and documentary photography of 2021.
January 05, 2022
To offer a more global and better geographic balance of perspectives, the World Press Photo Foundation is launching a new regional strategy, changing the set-up of the annual contest and the judging.
September 29, 2021
Hear from executive director Joumana El Zein Khoury about the new strategy, and how the foundation plans to live up to the "World" in World Press Photo.
September 29, 2021
The PhotoQ Bookshop, managed by Edie Peters, will close on 15 July 2021. This includes the physical shop located in the World Press Photo House in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as well as the online shop.
July 06, 2021
The World Press Photo Foundation is pleased to present the work of the three recipients of the West Africa Visual Journalism Fellowship: Ofoe Amegavie, Ghana; Adrien Bitibaly, Burkina Faso; and Nuits Balnéaires, Côte d'Ivoire.
May 27, 2021
While the foundation is rethinking its long-term strategy, Joumana El Zein Khoury shares thoughts of her first 100 days as executive director of the World Press Photo Foundation.
May 19, 2021
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to present the winners of the World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Photo Story of the Year, World Press Photo Interactive of the Year, and World Press Photo Online Video of the Year.
April 15, 2021
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to present the category winners of the 2021 World Press Photo Contests, selected by an independent jury.
April 15, 2021
Whilst important steps to attract a diverse range of entrants have been made and the results are starting to slowly improve, the lack of representation of photographers from the African continent and the small number of female entrants and nominees in 2021 underline the need for further work.
March 10, 2021
On 10 March 2021, the World Press Photo Foundation announced the nominees for the 2021 World Press Photo Contest and Digital Storytelling Contest. An independent jury comprising a group of experts from around the world selected the best visual journalism of 2020.
March 10, 2021
It’s been a month since I started my role as the new executive director of the World Press Photo Foundation, and I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and share some thoughts about the future of the Foundation.
March 05, 2021
The World Press Photo Exhibition 2020 in Hong Kong was due to open at the Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery at the Hong Kong Baptist University on 1 March. On Thursday 25 February, we were made aware of the cancellation of the exhibition by the venue. We provide more context here.
February 26, 2021
In January 2021, the judging of the 2021 World Press Photo Contest kicked off - for the first time online - with seven specialized juries that shortlisted the best images and stories in each of the eight categories of the contest. We spoke with some of the jury members that reviewed the entries to analyze the main topics of 2020 and what they were looking for when judging.
February 03, 2021
In 2020, a different world has presented itself to us, bringing new challenges in the way we fulfil our mission to connect the world to the stories that matter. More than ever, supporting the conditions that make visual journalism possible worldwide was a fundamental part of our work in 2020. In this article, we look back and review what 2020 looked like for the World Press Photo Foundation and its activities.
January 22, 2021
We are excited to present the new talents from Asia, closing the second cycle of the 6x6 Global Talent Program: Debsuddha, India; Deepti Asthana, India; Mengwen Cao, China; Parisa Azadi, Iran/Canada; Santanu Dey, India; and Sutirtha Chatterjee, India.
December 16, 2020
A look at a garden passing through the seasons in a remote stretch of coastline in Scotland, an insight into firearms possession in the United States, an exploration of our complex relationship with the sea, and a statement about surrealism; discover PhotoQ Bookshop manager Edie Peters’ selection of photo books for the month of December.
December 11, 2020
We are pleased to introduce the professionals from all around the world who will select and award the best visual journalism of 2020. For the first time, the judging process of the 2021 World Press Photo Contests will take place entirely online due to the pandemic.
December 10, 2020
Our annual contests celebrate the best visual journalism produced over the last year. We are thrilled to announce that the 2021 World Press Photo Contests are now open for submissions! Entering the contests is free and open to all professional visual journalists around the world.
December 01, 2020
In June 2020, we announced a new phase for the World Press Photo Foundation. We are pleased that Joumana El Zein Khoury has been named the new executive director and will start on 1 February 2021. Guido van Nispen, chair of the Supervisory Board, will step down and leave his role on 1 February 2021.
November 23, 2020
Curated volumes on women photographers, a book by Ed van der Elsken on the theme of party, a conceptual photographic study of temporary homeless shelters, and the stories of men affected by eating disorders; PhotoQ Bookshop manager Edie Peters shares his selection of the best photo books for the month of November.
November 13, 2020
We’re pleased to announce that Joumana El Zein Khoury has been appointed as executive director of the World Press Photo Foundation starting February 2021. Building on a strong foundation, Joumana El Zein Khoury’s role will be to steer and develop the organization for the future.
November 11, 2020
From July to October 2020, each of the Joop Swart Masterclass participants worked on a project with the theme ‘Reset’ as a starting point. Their reflections on the theme are ongoing and projects will continue beyond the masterclass. Today, the World Press Photo Foundation is proud to present the stories from the 2020 Joop Swart Masterclass.
November 04, 2020
We're excited to announce that NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, Nepal, will chair the 2021 Photo Contest jury, and Muyi Xiao, China, will chair the 2021 Digital Storytelling Contest jury. Both contests will open for entries on Tuesday 1 December 2020, 12.00 noon CET.
October 28, 2020
An exploration of the gender spectrum, a research on the memories of the 1979 Marichjhapi massacre survivors in India, a study of rediscovered daguerreotypes, and a book reprint of Robert Capa; PhotoQ Bookshop manager Edie Peters shares his photo books top picks for the month of October.
October 16, 2020
We believe in the power of showing and the importance of seeing high-quality visual stories. Our purpose is to connect the world to the stories that matter. We regret the premature closing of our annual exhibition in Macao. We provide more context here.
October 08, 2020
A visualization of the secret stories of the Anansi in Suriname; an exploration of conflict and the River Magdalena in Colombia; a documentation of the impact of rapid-growth along the foot of the Great Wall of China; and a new take on the history of photography: discover the photo books selected this month by PhotoQ Bookshop’s manager Edie Peters.
September 17, 2020
The World Press Photo Foundation is looking for an executive director to lead the organization forward in its new phase. The executive director will have overall strategic, managerial and operational responsibility for our staff, programs and execution of our mission.
August 28, 2020
The 6x6 Global Talent Program recognizes six visual storytellers from six global regions, to highlight talent from around the world and present stories with diverse perspectives. We are excited to present the new talents from North and Central America: Aaron Vincent Elkaim, Canada; Dieu Nalio Chery, Haiti; Gabriela Téllez, Costa Rica; Lisette Poole, Cuba/United States; Luis Antonio Rojas, Mexico; Rosem Morton, United States/The Philippines.
August 18, 2020
An examination of the law of omerta in small Sardinian communities; a personal exploration of the life of one of the last ‘self-combed women’ in China; an intimate long-term collaboration with two cousins navigating the transition between adolescence and young adulthood; and an original photographic look on birds: discover the photo books selected this month by PhotoQ Bookshop’s manager Edie Peters.
August 07, 2020
Diversity is one of the World Press Photo Foundation’s core values. Whilst important steps have been made since 2015, when we first publicized contest entrant data to call attention to the need for greater diversity, we must continue the work to achieve an inclusive, diverse visual journalism industry. We want to provide information about what we have done and we need to do.
August 07, 2020
We’re pleased to announce the selected participants for the 27th edition of the Joop Swart Masterclass, the World Press Photo Foundation’s prestigious education program. For the first time, due to the current global health crisis, the masterclass will be held online, and 24 participants and eight masters have been selected to make the program more inclusive.
June 30, 2020
From insights into the life and beliefs of the Kichwa people of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon to a philosophical interpretation of the changing landscape around the deserted Fukushima, and from an examination of Spain’s vacationers sunbathing among post industrial sceneries to the stories of six Lithuanians who were deported to Siberia under the Soviet regime, PhotoQ Bookshop manager Edie Peters shares his four recommended photo books of the month.
June 25, 2020
The 6x6 Global Talent Program recognizes six visual storytellers from six global regions. We are excited to present the new talents from Africa: Amilton Neves Cuna, Mozambique; Esther Ruth Mbabazi, Uganda; Etinosa Yvonne, Nigeria; M'hammed Kilito, Morocco; Seif Kousmate, Morocco; and Zinyange Auntony, Zimbabwe.
June 11, 2020
Statement and list of resources, including press freedom reports, safety and ethical guidelines for journalists, as well as funds and petitions to support the black and brown communities and the Black Lives Matter movement.
June 02, 2020
Established in 2013 in Amsterdam, and part of World Press Photo since August 2019, the PhotoQ Bookshop specializes in documentary, journalism and art photo books. Edie Peters, the shop manager, shares his four recommended photo books of the month, available on the PhotoQ Bookshop online store.
May 29, 2020
18 May is International Museum Day, a day to increase public awareness of the role of museums in the development of society. Museums and cultural institutions are facing social, economic, and ecological challenges, and this day is the occasion for us to advocate for museums as key actors in our societies.
May 18, 2020
3 May marks World Press Freedom Day. A day to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession.
May 01, 2020
The award for 'Battleground PolyU' by DJ Clark and his production team was decided by an independent jury of digital storytelling professionals from around the world.
April 19, 2020
We've announced the winners of the 63rd annual Photo Contest and the annual 10th Digital Storytelling Contest.
April 16, 2020
Statement on the decision concerning allegations of plagiarism against a 2020 Photo Contest nominee
April 14, 2020
The winners of the 2020 Photo Contest and the 2020 Digital Storytelling Contest – including the four headline awards – will be announced on Thursday 16 April 2020 at 22:00 CEST across our online and media channels.
April 09, 2020
April 02, 2020
This is a challenging and difficult time for the global community. Here you can find guidance, resources, funding and grants for visual journalists covering the COVID-19 crisis.
March 27, 2020
We have decided, after intense deliberations, that the global situation surrounding the COVID-19 virus, requires us to cancel the World Press Photo Awards Show 2020 and the World Press Photo Festival 2020, due to be held in Amsterdam on 16-18 April.
March 11, 2020
The 2020 World Press Photo Contests results further highlight the need for a more inclusive and diverse visual journalism community. Diversity is one of the World Press Photo Foundation’s core values. As a global organisation we want to encourage a diverse range of professionals from around the world to produce a more comprehensive view of the world that we can connect to an international audience.
February 26, 2020
We're happy to announce the nominees for the 2020 Photo Contest, including the nominees for the headline awards, the World Press Photo of the Year and the World Press Photo Story of the Year.
February 24, 2020
The World Press Photo Foundation - along with its partners MIAP, the Message in a Photo foundation, and the Solutions Journalism Network - is pleased to announce the inaugural commissions by the Solutions Visual Journalism Initiative to promote and produce visual journalism with a solutions focus.
January 16, 2020
We are pleased to announce the 16 professionals from all around the world who will join Lekgetho Makola, chair of the 2020 Photo Contest jury, to select the winners of the 2020 Photo Contest and award the best photojournalism of 2019.
January 07, 2020
What is it like to grow up in a country that is disappearing because of climate change? This question lies at the heart of 'The Last Generation', awarded World Press Photo Interactive of the Year in the 2019 Digital Storytelling Contest. Michelle Mizner, co-writer/producer of the story, takes us behind the scenes of the project.
December 19, 2019
Shields Strikes Back, by Terrell Groggins, won the 3rd prize in the Sports category of the 2019 World Press Photo Contest. We spoke with the photographer, who has been working with Shields for over three years, about documenting her professional boxing career and winning the award with this photograph.
December 18, 2019
As we are receiving submissions by visual and digital storytellers from around the world, we are pleased to announce the screening panel and jury members who will judge the entries of this 10th edition of our annual Digital Storytelling Contest.
December 17, 2019
We are proud to announce the three talents selected for the West Africa Visual Journalism Fellowship, the World Press Photo Foundation’s new educational program in partnership with the Chocolonely Foundation: Adrien Bitibaly, Burkina Faso; Ofoe Amegavie, Ghana; and Aka Aboubakhr Thierry Kouame, Côte d'Ivoire.
December 12, 2019
In his long term project The House that Bleeds, 2019 Photo Contest winner Yael Martinez explores the lasting psychological trauma for the family left behind. We speak with him about this project and the release of his book with the same name.
December 11, 2019
‘The Legacy of the ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy: Traumatized Children With No Access to Treatment’ was awarded World Press Photo Online Video of the Year in 2019. We catch up with Almudena Toral, the director, to talk about her experience covering the consequences of the policy, and how winning the digital storytelling contest impacted the story.
December 05, 2019
We are now proud to present the new talents from Europe: Máté Bartha, Hungary; Nanna Heitmann, Germany/Russia; Rafael Heygster, Germany; Carolina Rapezzi, Italy; Valentina Sinis, Italy; and Mathias Svold, Denmark.
November 12, 2019
We are proud to announce the jury chairs of the 10th annual Digital Storytelling Contest and the 63rd annual Photo Contest: Zoeann Murphy, visual journalist at The Washington Post, and Lekgetho Makola, head of Market Photo Workshop.
October 24, 2019
After taking further advice on the current situation in Syria, which is changing daily, we have concluded that it is currently not feasible to display our special exhibition in Aleppo.
October 10, 2019
PhotoQ Bookshop has reopened at the World Press Photo House in Westergas, Amsterdam, and is open Tuesday to Saturday, 12-6pm.
September 30, 2019
Just a couple of weeks ahead of the 2019 Joop Swart Masterclass (JSM), we’re introducing this year’s participants in a series of articles. Read on to discover the stories of Abdo Shanan (Algeria), Fabiola Ferrero (Venezuela), Soumya Sankar Bose (India) and Nydia Blas (USA).
September 05, 2019
We are now proud to present the new talents from South America: Johanna Andrea Alarcón Alvarez (Ecuador), Andrés Cardona Cruz (Colombia), Felipe Jácome (Ecuador), Prin Rodriguez (Peru), Liz Tasa Palomino (Peru), and Marcos Zegers (Chile).
August 21, 2019
Just a month before the masterclass begins, we’re featuring the 2019 Joop Swart Masterclass participants in a series of three articles. In the second release of the series, we discover the stories of Yoppy Pieter (Indonesia), Shahria Sharmin (Bangladesh), Christopher Gregory (Puerto Rico) and Thandiwe Msebenzi (South Africa).
August 20, 2019
This month we’re featuring the 2019 Joop Swart Masterclass participants to get to know them and their stories better. In the first article of the series, we spoke to Hannah Reyes Morales (Philippines), Sofía López Mañán (Argentina), Zied Ben Romdhane (Tunisia) and Nikita Teryoshin (Russia).
August 08, 2019
A new program from the World Press Photo Foundation, the Solutions Visual Journalism Initiative (SVJI), is helping fund visual journalists who want to make new, image-led stories that rigorously report on responses to problems.
August 06, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation’s best known educational program, the Joop Swart Masterclass, is returning to Amsterdam 17-21 September 2019, to bring together 12 emerging image-makers with some of the most experienced professionals in the field of visual storytelling.
July 18, 2019
For the first time, the World Press Photo Exhibition will be seen in Iraq and Kurdistan Region. We spoke to the exhibition’s organizer, Ahmed Najm, former World Press Photo Contest jury member and managing director of Metrography Agency, about the significance of bringing this exhibition to the country.
July 10, 2019
The 6x6 Global Talent Program was launched in August 2017 to spotlight talent from around the world and present stories with diverse perspectives. With the start of the second cycle, take a look back and discover work by the 36 talents of the first cycle.
June 04, 2019
The third edition of the Women in Photography Meetup, organised by the World Press Photo Foundation, took place during the World Press Photo Festival 2019. The Meetup gathered over 40 women to exchange thoughts and experiences, and to chart paths towards a more diverse and inclusive photojournalism community.
May 22, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation connects the world to the stories that matter. Supporting freedom of expression, freedom of inquiry, and freedom of the press, is a fundamental part of this work. Find out our plans for this year's World Press Freedom Day.
May 02, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation is pleased to announce the participants selected for the 26th edition of the Joop Swart Masterclass, the World Press Photo Foundation’s best known educational program.
April 18, 2019
From 12-13 April, the World Press Photo Festival 2019 presented a program of presentations, exhibitions, screenings, and meetups. Take a look at the highlights of this year’s edition.
April 18, 2019
This year, to put a spotlight on the stories that matter, we introduced three major new awards for the 2019 contests. On a par with the World Press Photo of the Year, we have also awarded the World Press Photo Story of the Year, the World Press Photo Interactive of the Year and the World Press Photo Online Video of the Year.
April 11, 2019
The premiere of the World Press Photo Exhibition 2019 in De Nieuwe Kerk has been redesigned for greater impact this year. Learn more about what’s new in this behind-the-scenes interview with Sanne Schim van der Loeff, Exhibitions manager and curator at the World Press Photo Foundation.
April 05, 2019
Discover the World Press Photo Festival 2019 Program. From 12-13 April 2019, the World Press Photo Festival 2019 comes back to Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam with a diverse program of presentations, screenings, meetups, and panel talks, showcasing the best of visual journalism.
March 28, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation is pleased to announce the 245 nominees for the 2019 Joop Swart Masterclass, from which the 12 participants will be selected.
March 11, 2019
The World Press Photo Festival 2019 will take place on 12-13 April at Amsterdam’s Westergasfabriek. The festival will showcase different perspectives on the stories that matter through a varied program of presentations, screenings, and meet-ups.
March 07, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation has received a substantial contribution from the Dutch Postcode Lottery for a multi-year program of cultural and educational initiatives linked to the World Press Photo House.
March 01, 2019
Discover the stories that matter, chosen by an independent jury of photography and digital storytelling professionals.
February 20, 2019
On 20 February the World Press Photo Foundation will announce the nominees for the 2019 Photo Contest and 2019 Digital Storytelling Contest.
February 06, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation renews its worldwide partner.
January 16, 2019
Statement by Free Press Unlimited, the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, and the World Press Photo Foundation.
February 01, 2019
The Tim Hetherington Trust and the World Press Photo Foundation are pleased to announce that the 2018 Tim Hetherington Fellowship has been awarded to Josh Begley.
February 01, 2019
Free Shahidul Alam Today: Statement by the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, Free Press Unlimited, and the World Press Photo Foundation
December 12, 2018
The World Press Photo Foundation is releasing a technical report reviewing a range of issues related to the 2018 Photo Contest.
February 01, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation is pleased to announce the participants selected for the 2018 Joop Swart Masterclass.
February 01, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2018 Joop Swart Masterclass.
February 01, 2019
A statement in response to the CJR special report on sexual harassment.
December 12, 2018
This year the World Press Photo Foundation will announce the results of the 2018 World Press Photo Contest and 2018 Digital Storytelling Contest in a new way.
February 01, 2019