World Press Photo 2024 winners
The winners of World Press Photo 2024, an annual recognition highlighting the best in photojournalism worldwide, have recently been announced. The winning image of the Photo of the Year award captures a deeply emotional moment: a Palestinian woman embracing the body of her niece, the victim of an Israeli missile in Gaza. This striking photograph, titled ‘Embracing Loss’, is the work of Palestinian photographer Mohammed Salem for Reuters. In addition, the award for Graphic Report of the Year has been awarded to South African photographer Lee-Ann Olwage for her story ‘Valim-babena’, which is part of a dementia project.
Exhibition in Barcelona
The World Press Photo 2024 exhibition will arrive in Barcelona, organized by the Photographic Social Vision Foundation. This event, which is being held for the twentieth consecutive year, will offer the public the opportunity to see the winning works, both globally and regionally. The exhibition will take place at the Center for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona from November 8 to December 15. In addition to the award-winning photographs, the exhibition will include complementary activities and guided tours for the general public, school groups and companies, with the aim of deepening the stories captured and the current state of the photojournalistic profession.
Other Featured
In addition to the main awards, other outstanding photographers were recognized for their work. Venezuelan photographer Alejandro Cegarra won the Long Term Project award with a project about the situation of migrants in Mexico, based on his own experience as a migrant from Venezuela. On the other hand, Ukrainian photographer Julia Kochetova was awarded the Open Format prize for a multidisciplinary website that shows how to live with war. In total, the four global winners of World Press Photo 2024 were selected from among 24 regional winners, which emerged from more than 61,000 photographs submitted by 3,851 photographers from 130 countries.
Local recognition
Spanish photographer Jaime Rojo was recognized with an award in the Graphic Reportage category of the North and Central America region. His extensive reporting on the decline of the monarch butterfly and efforts to save its migration was highlighted by the competition jury.
