Free exhibition at the State Library from July 31 to August 20, 2021.
45 of the World’s best press photos from 2020 are on display
The World Press Photo Exhibition which showcases the best visual journalism of the past year will be on show at the State Library of Western Australia from July 31 to August 20, 2021.
The free exhibition presents the winners of the 2021 World Press Photo Contest.
Since 1955, the annual contest has recognised professional photographers for the best pictures presented as individual photos or stories in eight categories captured in the past year of visual journalism.
In an unprecedented year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and social justice protests around the globe, the winners share a diversity of interpretations and perspectives to these and other urgent issues such as the climate crisis, transgender people’s rights, and territorial conflicts.
Coronavirus hug image wins press award
Second time Danish photographer gets prestigious honor By MIKE CORDER, Associated Press
Published: April 18, 2021, 6:05am
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24 Photos The First Embrace, shows Rosa Luzia Lunardi, 85, embraced by nurse Adriana Silva da Costa Souza, at Viva Bem care home, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Aug. 5, 2020. The photo won the World Press photo of the year. (Mads Nissen, Politiken, Panos Pictures, World Press Photo) Photo Gallery
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A photo symbolizing “love and compassion” of an 85-year-old Brazilian woman getting her first embrace in five months from a nurse through a transparent “hug curtain” was named the World Press Photo of the Year on Thursday.
April 17, 2021
Mike Corder
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (AP) – A photo symbolising “love and compassion” of an 85-year-old Brazilian woman getting her first embrace in five months from a nurse through a transparent “hug curtain” was named the World Press Photo of the Year on Thursday.
It was the second time the Danish photographer who shot the image has won the prestigious award.
The choice of a winning photo portraying the global pandemic was almost inevitable for the contest covering a year in which news around the globe was dominated by the virus that has killed nearly three million people, including more than 360,000 in hard-hit Brazil.
Apr 15, 2021
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Judges looked at 74,470 photographs by 4,315 photographers before selecting winners in eight categories. Here are 24 of the best images from the past year.
In this image released by World Press Photo, Thursday April 15, 2021, by Mads Nissen, Politiken, Panos Pictures, which won the World Press Photo of the Year award, and the first prize in the General News Singles category, titled The First Embrace, shows Rosa Luzia Lunardi (85) embraced by nurse Adriana Silva da Costa Souza, at Viva Bem care home, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on August 5, 2020. Mads Nissen, Politiken, Panos Pictures, World Press Photo via AP
In this image released by World Press Photo, Thursday April 15, 2021, by Adam Pretty, Getty Images, titled Log Pile Bouldering, which won first prize in the Sports Singles category, shows Georg climbs a log pile while training for bouldering, in Kochel am See, Bavaria, Germany, on Sept. 15, 2020.Â
Coronavirus hug image named World Press Photo of the Year
A curtain of clear plastic — its yellow edges folded into a shape resembling a pair of butterfly wings — offers protection, as does the nurse's face mask. Author: MIKE CORDER Associated Press Published: 7:45 PM EDT April 15, 2021 Updated: 7:46 PM EDT April 15, 2021
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A photo symbolizing “love and compassion” of an 85-year-old Brazilian woman getting her first embrace in five months from a nurse through a transparent “hug curtain” was named the World Press Photo of the Year on Thursday.
It was the second time the Danish photographer who shot the image has won the prestigious award.
World Press Photo winners revealed
April 16, 2021
The World Press Photo Foundation has announced 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.
Photo of the Year
The jury selected Mads Nissen’s photograph The First Embrace as the World Press Photo of the Year. In the image, Rosa Luzia Lunardi (85) is embraced by nurse Adriana Silva da Costa Souza, at Viva Bem care home, São Paulo, Brazil, on 5 August 2020.
“This iconic image of COVID-19 memorialises the most extraordinary moment of our lives, everywhere,” said jury member and photographer, Kevin WY Lee. “I read vulnerability, loved ones, loss and separation, demise, but, importantly, also survival—all rolled into one graphic image. If you look at the image long enough, you’ll see wings: a symbol of flight and hope.”
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