Reuters Photographer Mohammed Salem Wins World Press Photo Competition for Powerful Image from Gaza 2024

[Aithisg Naidheachd Yahoo]The winners of the World Press Photo Competition were announced yesterday (18th) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem won the “Photo of the Year” award for a photo of “Palestinian women mocking the corpse of their niece” in war-torn Gaza. The jury said that the pictures of the painting are full of care and respect, and at the same time, people can feel unimaginable sadness from just a glance, “urges people to face the ruthlessness of there can be conflict effects.

The photographer Salem said that the photo was taken on October 17 last year, ten days after the long conflict between Israel and Palestine was officially ignited by the attack of Hamas at that time, his child was only a few days old age, describing it was an intense and sad time, and I think this picture sums up the situation and the feeling of the whole Gaza Strip.”

As shown in the photo, against the background of a simple tiled wall, a woman wearing a blue burqa and a yellow headscarf is chewing a roll of white cloth wrapping her young body in her arms. Salem was in tears when he saw Inas Abu Maamar, 36, kissing the body of his 5-year-old brother wrapped in sheets in the morgue at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza. The little girl Saly was also killed in an air strike.

The photographer Salem is also Palestinian and has been working for Reuters since 2003. He also won the World Journalists Photo Award in 2010. When the Reuters editor attended the award ceremony yesterday, said on his behalf, “This is not a picture worth celebrating… Salem hopes that, through this award, the world will become more aware of the impact of war on humanity, especially on children.” “

The jury said this is “a powerful scene”.

Photo Story Awards for Caregiver Stories of Malagasy Families

In addition, the female journalist from South Africa Lee-Ann Olwage won the “Story” award for her series “Valim-babena”, which documented the life of a Madagascar family in which the daughter of 41 – year old taking care of her 91. – year old father with dementia. The photographer said he wanted to show the lack of attention given to dementia in Madagascar.

Award Long Term Project Documenting the Story of Migration at the US-Mexico Border

The winner of the “Long-Term Projects” category is “The Two Walls” by Alejandro Cegarra, reporter for The New York Times and Bloomberg. The photographer has been documenting the lives of illegal immigrants on the US-Mexico border since 2018. He himself moved from Venezuela to Mexico in 2017, documenting immigrant stories through personal perspectives and black and white photos.

“Open Format” was awarded to Ukrainian photographer Julia Kochetova for her project “War is Personal”

“Open Format” was won by Ukrainian photographer Julia Kochetova for her work “War is Personal”. -a visual story with strong emotional features, and shows the world of people’s lives during the war.

World Press Photo AwardsEstablished in 1955, this year’s jury selected the winning photographs from 61,062 entries from 3,851 photographers from 130 countries. This year’s World Press Photo Exhibition will be held at Borough Yards, London, from May 3 to 27.

See more award-winning worksWorld Press Photo Awardswebsite.