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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 12, 2024
Stories about the war in Gaza and Ukraine, migration, family and dementia top the 2024 World Press Photo Contest and have been awarded the World Press Photo of the Year, Story of the Year, Long-Term Project Award, and Open Format Award.
April 18, 2024
World Press Photo today announces the regional winners of the 2024 Contest, showcasing a selection of the world’s best photojournalism and documentary photography. The works invite viewers to step outside the news cycle, and look more deeply at both prominent and overlooked stories from across the world.
April 03, 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
The 2024 World Press Photo Contest is now open for submissions until 11 January 2024, 13.00 CET (Amsterdam time). Entering the contest is free and open to all professional photographers working in the field of photojournalism and/or documentary photography.
December 01, 2023
Entries for the 2024 World Press Photo Contest will open on 1 December 2023 and close on 11 January 2024. This will be the third contest working with our regional model which focuses on increased visibility and connection in regions around the world that have been historically underrepresented in the annual World Press Photo Contest.
November 06, 2023
We are proud to announce the four global winners of the 2023 World Press Photo Contest: the World Press Photo of the Year, Story of the Year, Long-Term Project Award, and Open Format Award.
April 20, 2023
World Press Photo is proud to announce the compelling 2023 Contest regional winners that showcase both prominent and overlooked stories from photojournalists and documentary photographers across every inhabited continent.
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
The 2023 World Press Photo Contest is now open for submissions until 10 January 2023. Entering the Contest is free and open to all professional photographers working in the field of photojournalism and/or documentary photography.
December 05, 2022
The 2023 World Press Photo Contest will open on Thursday 1 December 2022 and will close on 10 January 2023. Entering the 2023 World Press Photo Contest is free and open to all professional photojournalists and/or documentary photographers.
November 04, 2022
On 22 September, the European Parliament will launch a series of events under the ICONIC banner to complement the photo exhibition curated by The World Press Photo Foundation. These events feature guided tours, talks, and panel discussions around press freedom, freedom of expression, and safety for journalists.
September 21, 2022
The ICONIC exhibition, curated especially for the European Parliament, focuses on press freedom, showcasing a selection of previous winners of the World Press Photo of the Year award and marks the opening of the Info Hub, a new visitor facility at the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
August 23, 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.
June 30, 2022
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to present the 2022 World Press Photo Contest global winners of the World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Photo Story of the Year, World Press Photo Long-Term Project Award, and World Press Photo Open Format Award.
April 07, 2022
We are proud to announce the regional winners for the 65th World Press Photo Contest. In line with the new regional strategy, independent specialized regional and global juries decided on the 2022 regional winners, for each of the four categories.
March 24, 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
On 24 March 2022, the World Press Photo Foundation will announce the 24 regional winners of the 2022 World Press Photo Contest. This announcement will include the winners in each of the four categories for each of the six regions of the new regional contest model.
January 27, 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 04, 2022
The 2022 World Press Photo Contest is now open for submissions until 11 January 2022. Entering the World Press Photo Contest is free and open to all professional photographers working in the field of photojournalism and/or documentary photography.
December 01, 2021
The 2022 World Press Photo Contest will open on Wednesday, 1 December 2021. Entries can be submitted until 11 January 2022. Entering the 2022 World Press Photo Contest is free and open to all photographers working in the field of journalism and/or documentary photography.
November 10, 2021
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, the judging, the exhibitions and the educational programs. In support of this new regional approach an International Advisory Committee has been appointed.
September 29, 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, also known as ‘Dadi’, Côte d'Ivoire.
May 27, 2021
We’re proud to present the World Press Photo Yearbook 2021, showcasing the most striking images and compelling stories from 2020 with winning photography from the 64th annual Photo Contest, taken by 45 photographers from 28 countries.
May 21, 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 Contest and Digital Storytelling Contest, selected by an independent jury.
We are proud to introduce the nominees for the 64th World Press Photo Contest and 11th Digital Storytelling Contest - including the nominees for 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.
March 10, 2021
On 29 January 2021, Annabelle Birnie, director of De Nieuwe Kerk, and Arnoud van Dommele, acting managing director of the World Press Photo Foundation, signed a new cooperation agreement. This confirms that the flagship World Press Photo Exhibition, showcasing the results of the annual World Press Photo Contests, will be on view for another five years at Dam Square.
February 01, 2021
On 10 March 2021, the World Press Photo Foundation will announce the nominees for the 2021 Photo Contest and 2021 Digital Storytelling Contest. This announcement will include the nominees for 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, as well as the nominees in each category.
January 21, 2021
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to announce the results of the second cycle of the 6x6 Global Talent Program in Asia, the last region of the program’s second cycle. The six selected visual storytellers are: Debsuddha Banerjee, India; Deepti Asthana, India; Mengwen Cao, China; Parisa Azadi, Iran/Canada; Santanu Dey, India ; and Sutirtha Chatterjee, India.
December 16, 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
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
Since July, the 2020 Joop Swart Masterclass participants have been working on their projects under the guidance of mentors. We're now proud to present their projects based on the theme 'Reset.' The projects are ongoing and will continue after the 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
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 World Press Photo Foundation is proud to announce the results of the second cycle of the 6x6 Global Talent Program in North and Central America. Selected from 74 nominees from 10 different countries, the six visual storytellers are: 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
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
Amsterdam, 11 June 2020 – Today, the World Press Photo Foundation announces that Managing Director Lars Boering will be leaving the organization and a new International Advisory Board will be established.
June 11, 2020
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to announce the results of the second cycle of the 6x6 Global Talent Program in Africa: Amilton Neves Cuna, Mozambique; Esther Ruth Mbabazi, Uganda; Etinosa Yvonne, Nigeria; M'hammed Kilito, Morocco; Seif Kousmate, Morocco; and Zinyange Auntony, Zimbabwe.
The World Press Photo Exhibition 2020, showcasing the stories that matter with photography from the 63rd annual World Press Photo Contest and winning productions from the 10th annual Digital Storytelling Contest, will open at De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam from 1 June to 29 November 2020.
May 19, 2020
The World Press Photo Foundation announced the results of the 63rd annual World Press Photo Contest and the 10th annual World Press Photo Digital Storytelling Contest on its online channels on 16 April 2020.
April 16, 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
2019 was a year of protest across the world, with people using their power to challenge governments. In this new exhibition, discover work by photographers and artists who take the strategy and tactics of the demonstrators in Hong Kong as their starting point, giving the visitor insight into what is going on under the surface of the daily news stream.
March 12, 2020
We are pleased to introduce the nominees for the 63rd edition of the World Press Photo Contest, and the 10th edition of the Digital Storytelling Contest.
February 26, 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
We are pleased to introduce the screening panel and jury members who will examine the short documentary film and interactive productions submitted to this 10th edition of our annual Digital Storytelling Contest.
December 17, 2019
Lannoo Publishers and the World Press Photo Foundation are proud to announce their three year partnership. As of spring 2020, Lannoo Publishers will be the new global publishing partner of the renowned World Press Photo yearbook, featuring the most striking images and compelling stories awarded in the annual photo contest.
December 06, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to announce the results of the second cycle of the 6x6 Global Talent Program in Europe. Selected from over 100 nominations, the six visual storytellers are: Máté Bartha, Hungary; Nanna Heitmann, Germany/Russia; Rafael Heygster, Germany; Carolina Rapezzi, Italy; Valentina Sinis, Italy; Mathias Svold, Denmark.
November 12, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to announce that Zoeann Murphy, visual journalist at The Washington Post, will chair the 2020 Digital Storytelling Contest Jury, and that Lekgetho Makola, head of Market Photo Workshop, will chair the 2020 Photo Contest Jury.
October 24, 2019
This edition’s program featured master lectures; editing sessions; guest lectures by Henk Wildschut, visual storyteller, and Marina Paulenka, Unseen Platform’s artistic director; a guided tour to the international photography fair Unseen Amsterdam by Darius Himes, Christie's International Head of Photographs; and a visit to the EYE Film Museum in Amsterdam.
October 02, 2019
The curated exhibition will be displayed at UNICEF headquarters in New York from 10 September to 30 November 2019 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
September 13, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to announce the results of the second cycle of the 6x6 Global Talent Program in South America.
August 21, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation is pleased to announce the masters selected for the 26th edition of the Joop Swart Masterclass, taking place 17-21 September 2019.
July 18, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to launch the second cycle of the 6x6 Global Talent Program, with the first edition in Southeast Asia and Oceania.
June 06, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation is pleased to announce the participants selected for the 26th edition of the Joop Swart Masterclass. The 2019 Joop Swart Masterclass will be held 17-21 September 2019 at the World Press Photo Foundation in Amsterdam.
April 18, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation announced the results of the 62nd annual World Press Photo Contest and the 9th annual World Press Photo Digital Storytelling Contest, at its annual Awards Show in Amsterdam, on 11 April.
April 11, 2019
Aida Muluneh, Tina Rosenberg, Kathy Moran, MFON, and more confirmed as speakers. 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 29, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation is pleased to introduce the nominees for the 62nd annual Photo Contest and the 9th Digital Storytelling Contest.
February 20, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to announce the six selected talents from Asia in the sixth edition of the 6x6 Global Talent Program.
February 13, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation is pleased to present the members of the 2019 Digital Storytelling Contest Jury and Screening Panel. Posted 24 January 2019.
January 24, 2019
Announcing the results of the North and Central America edition of the 6x6 Global Talent ProgramThe World Press Photo Foundation is proud to announce the six selected talents from North and Central America in the fifth edition of the 6x6 Global Talent Program. Posted 17 December 2018.
January 23, 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation is pleased to introduce the members of the 2019 Photo Contest juries. Posted 6 December 2018.
The World Press Photo Foundation is pleased to announce that Zahra Rasool, Head of Contrast—Al Jazeera’s immersive media studio, will be chair of the 2019 Digital Storytelling Contest Jury and that Whitney C. Johnson, Vice President, Visuals and Immersive Experiences, at National Geographic, will chair the 2019 Photo Contest Jury. Posted 22 November 2018.
The World Press Photo Foundation is introducing three major new awards for the 2019 contests. These new awards will be on a par with the ‘World Press Photo of the Year’ and will put the spotlight on the stories that matter. Posted 23 October 2018.
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to announce the six selected talents from Africa in the fourth edition of the 6x6 Global Talent Program. Posted 28 September 2018.
Now halfway through its first cycle, with three of the six global regions’ talents announced, the 6x6 Program will present work by the six European talents at LUMIX Festival for Young Photojournalism in Hannover, Germany from 20 - 24 June. This first exhibition of the 6x6 Program will showcase a selection from the portfolios of each of the 18 selected talents announced so far. This is part of a continued effort to support and develop opportunities for the 6x6 talents. Posted 18 June 2018.
World Press Photo Foundation and the Caen Mémorial will host a unique exhibition to mark the occasion of Caen Mémorial’s 30th anniversary. For the first time, the World Press Photo of the Year winners from the last 30 years are being presented together in one exhibition. Posted 28 May 2018.
The World Press Photo Foundation announced the results of its renowned contests, the 61st annual World Press Photo Contest and the 8th annual World Press Photo Digital Storytelling Contest, at its annual Awards Show in Amsterdam. Posted 12 April 2018.
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to reveal the six selected talents from South America in the second edition of the 6x6 Global Talent Program. Posted 9 March 2018.
The World Press Photo Foundation announces the results of its renowned contests, the 61st annual World Press Photo Contest and the 8th annual World Press Photo Digital Storytelling Contest. Posted 14 February 2018.
The World Press Photo Foundation invites all professional visual journalists worldwide to participate in its two renowned and free to enter contests: the 61st Photo Contest and the 8th Digital Storytelling Contest.
February 05, 2019
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