The winners of the “World Press Photo” competition were selected this year for the 67th time by an independent commission consisting of 31 professionals from around the world. They had to review and rate more than 61,062 photos submitted by 3,581 photographers from 130 countries.
This year’s Photo of the Year award goes to a photo of a grieving Palestinian woman hugging her little niece who was killed in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip. A photo by Mohammed Salem of Reuters shows Inas Abu Maamar holding the body of five-year-old Saly, who was killed along with her mother and sister when a rocket hit their home in Khan Yunis.
Mohammed Salem/2024 World Press Photo Contest photo/”Palestinian woman hugs her niece’s body”
The war between Israel and Hamas, the ongoing war against Ukraine, the cataclysms of climate change, global migration – the most significant global topics will open up a new perspective for visitors to the exhibition.
The exhibition is brought to Lithuania and organized by “15min grupė”.
Personal archive photo. /Tomas Balzek
“I am proud that the “15min group” cooperates with the “World Press Photo” organization and for the second time organizes the presentation of the world’s best photo works and the most sensitive issues to the Lithuanian public. The photos in the exhibition are an experience thanks to which we grow as people, as citizens of this world who want to help each other and be united against evil, – says Tomas Balžek, head of the 15min group.
World Press Photo is a global platform that connects photojournalists, documentary photographers and audiences around the world through storytelling.
World Press Photo was founded in 1955 when a group of Dutch photographers organized the first World Press Photo photography competition to present their work to an international audience. Since then, the organization’s mission has expanded. The World Press Photo competition has become one of the most prestigious competitions in the world, which rewards the best creators of photojournalism and documentary photography. The most important stories reach millions of people thanks to the exhibition that travels around the world.
The exhibition will be open to visitors from November 15. until December 6 exhibition address: “Cyber City”, Švitrigailos st. 36, Vilnius.
Opening hours of the exhibition:
Thursdays: 18:00 – 21:00
Fridays: 18:00 – 21:00
Saturdays: 10:00 – 21:00
Sundays: 10:00 – 21:00
You can buy tickets kakava.lt.
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2024-09-25 18:58:11