World Press Photo Yearbook 2024 E-Book

• Herausgeber: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 90

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

Independent photojournalism and documentary photography are indispensable tools of political education for a democratic society and an essential part of shaping public opinion—especially in our so-called 'post-factual' times. In recognition of this, the independent non-profit organization World Press Photo Foundation, based in Amsterdam, has been presenting the World Press Photo Award for the best photo, the best story, the best longterm project of the year for more than six decades. The winning images in the various categories tell bold stories and provide invaluable insights into the state of our world.  A photograph by Mohammed Salem for Reuters from the Gaza war is the press photo of the year and also the cover illustration - it shows a Palestinian woman holding her five-year-old niece, who was killed when a missile hit her home in Khan Younis, Gaza, tightly on her lap.

Leseprobe

ABDALLAH ALWAN

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

ABDULHADI HABIB*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

ABDULLAH DARWISH

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

ADEL ZOROB

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

ADHAM HASSOUNA

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

AHMAD JAMAL AL MADHOUN

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

AHMED ABU MHADI

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

AHMED AL-QARA*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

AHMED FATIMA*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

AHMED KHAIREDDINE

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

AHMED SHEHAB

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

ARMAN SOLDIN

Ukraine

ASSAAD SHAMLAKH

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

ASSEM KAMAL MOUSSA

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

AYAT KHADOURA

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

BILAL JADALLAH

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

BOHDAN BITIK

Ukraine

CRIS BUNDOQUIN

Philippines

DUAA JABBOUR

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

DUAA SHARAF

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

DUMESKY KERSAINT

Haiti

DYLAN LYONS

USA

FARAH OMAR

Lebanon

FRANCISCO JAVIER RAMÍREZ

Honduras

GOLAM RABBANI NADIM

Bangladesh

HALIMA IDRIS SALIM

Sudan

HANEEN KASHTAN

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

HASSOUNEH SALIM*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

HISHAM ALNWAJHA

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

HOSEIN NADERI

Afghanistan

HUSAM MUBARAK

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

IBRAHIM MOHAMMAD LAFI*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

ISSAM ABDALLAH*

Lebanon

ISSAM BHAR

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

IYAD MATAR

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

JABR ABU HADROUS

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

JAMAL AL-FAQAAWI

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

JAMAL MOHAMED HANIYEH

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

JEAN-JACQUES OLA BEBE

Cameroon

KHALIL ABU AATHRA

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MAJD FADL ARANDAS*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MARTINEZ ZOGO

Cameroon

MOHAMAD AL-BAYYARI

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOHAMAD AL-IFF*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOHAMED ABU HASSIRA

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOHAMED FAYEZ ABU MATAR*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOHAMED MOUIN AYYASH*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOHAMED NABIL AL-ZAQ

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOHAMED NASER ABU HUWAIDI

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOHAMMAD BALOUSHA

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOHAMMAD JARGHOUN

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOHAMMED ABU HATAB

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOHAMMED AL-SALHI*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOHAMMED ALI

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOHAMMED IMAD LABAD

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOHAMMED SOBH*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MONTASER AL-SAWAF*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOSSAB ASHOUR*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOSTAFA BAKEER

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

MOSTAFA EL SAWAF

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

OLA ATALLAH

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

RABIH AL MAAMARI

Lebanon

RALIKONELO JOKI

Lesotho

ROEE IDAN*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

ROSHDI SARRAJ*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

SAED AL-HALABI

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

SAEED AL-TAWEEL

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

SALAM MEMA

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

SALMA MKHAIMER

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

SAMEEH AL-NADY

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

SAMER ABU DAQQA

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

SARI MANSOUR

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

SHAIMA EL-GAZZAR

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

SHASHIKANT WARISHE

India

YAHYA ABU MANIH

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

YANIV ZOHAR*

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

YASSER ABU NAMOUS

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

YOUSEF MAHER DAWAS*

Israel and the Occupied alestinian Territory

The list of names of journalists killed in 2023 was compiled using the database of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in collaboration with Free Press Unlimited (FPU). The list and methodology are accessible via www.cpj.org/data. CPJ and FPU collaborate with Reporters Without Borders on addressing impunity for journalist killings in the project A Safer World for the Truth. All journalists in CPJ’s database known to work as photographers are indicated with *

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), 78 journalists were killed worldwide in reprisal for their work in 2023. Many more faced threats of violence and imprisonment for simply doing their job. Ongoing conflicts, rising authoritarianism, and divisive elections continue to imperil the work of journalists everywhere. World Press Photo seeks to raise public awareness of this urgent issue by showcasing the names of each journalist who was killed for their work in 2023, regardless of affiliation. CPJ researchers independently investigate and verify the circumstances behind each death listed here and consider a case “confirmed” only when it appears certain that a journalist was murdered in retaliation for their work; killed in combat or crossfire; or killed while carrying out a dangerous assignment. Each of the journalists listed here are confirmed deaths.

Based on the data, the Israel-Gaza war is one of the deadliest wars for the media on record. 65 of the 78 journalists killed in relation to their work in 2023 were killed in the war. 60 journalists were killed in Gaza, 2 Israeli journalists were killed in Israel from the Hamas raid, and 3 were killed in Lebanon. Israel is denying foreign journalists access to Gaza to freely report on the war, while local journalists are working under extremely dangerous conditions to document the conflict and help people understand its severity. World Press Photo acknowledges the bravery of this work and of the lives of all journalists lost in 2023.

WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2024

World Press Photo connects the world to the stories that matter. It is our mission to uphold press freedom and freedom of expression. Our work is guided by accuracy, trustworthiness, transparency, and authenticity. Our new strategy and focus for the contest over the past few years has been regional, aiming to represent stories from all parts of the world.

By showcasing the outstanding work of photojournalists and documentary photographers, and by placing their work in context, we hope this book will help create mutual understanding, foster discussion, and mitigate growing polarization. Amidst the hype and discussion around images generated by artificial intelligence, it’s useful to remember what makes a photograph unique.

We ask the jury to choose the stories that matter by awarding exceptional projects. We also ask the jury to award the work, not the situation. Choosing the winners of the contest is not about choosing sides, nor is it possible to show all perspectives. We ask the jury to choose personal stories with the power to speak universally.

OUR EFFORTS IN PERILOUS TIMES

JOUMANA EL ZEIN KHOURY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WORLD PRESS PHOTO FOUNDATION

The period when the global jury of the World Press Photo Contest goes through its judging process is always my favorite time of year. I get to listen in while the jury reviews the events and discusses the images that have been submitted from around the world, and it is exciting! I feel it is a privilege to dive into so many stories, seeing and hearing perspectives on events from the previous year. Often, they are stories that have not made it into the global news. But ironically, this time of year is also very painful, as I am faced with how difficult, violent, and sometimes horrendous life can be.

Unfortunately, this past year has been no exception. It is not an exaggeration to say that we live in perilous times. It is not just the suffering in regional wars that threaten to escalate, or domestic political conflicts that seem intractable, or even new weather events that are increasingly severe and destructive. Humankind has lived through crises before. Believe me, as the director of an organization that has captured the history of news for almost 70 years, I know. But why do these times feel more perilous, more desperate? For me, the answer lies in a new rigidity, a dominance of fixed ideas, a failure, even a refusal, to understand others' perspectives: in sum, a disastrous lack of dialogue.

And that touches directly on what I see as the central role of World Press Photo: to showcase the work of photojournalists and documentary photographers and to provide additional information that places their work in context. The goal is to create better understanding, which can foster dialogues that break through fixed ideas and polarization.

As a major and respected visual institution with a very wide reach around the world, World Press Photo does not take this task lightly. It is at the forefront of everything we do. Placing stories in context every year requires rigorous research and fact-checking. We are extremely mindful of the sensitivity of language and take great care with the wording of our captions and publications.

After 7 October 2023, the most difficult ongoing story for photojournalists became the war in Gaza. Apart from the horrific humanitarian impact of the war, that conflict has also dramatically demonstrated the enormous pressure that photojournalism is under, starting with huge obstacles to access. It has been nearly impossible for foreign journalists to enter Gaza and report on the situation. Palestinian journalists in Gaza documenting what is happening cannot escape risking their lives, plus they often face the agonizing loss of colleagues, family and friends. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, as of 4 April 2024, 95 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, making it one of the deadliest on record for the media. Of those confirmed dead, 90 were Palestinians, 2 were Israeli, and 3 were Lebanese. The conflict claimed the lives of more journalists in three months than have ever been killed in a single country over an entire year. For us, as an organization that advocates photojournalism and documentary photography, the toll of this conflict is devastating.

Gaza has captured the world’s attention, but we are acutely aware that there are many other situations around the world where journalists are putting themselves in danger in order to document grim realities that otherwise would go unseen. World Press Photo believes it is essential to highlight legitimate stories produced by professionals, especially where they have taken risks to report stories that should matter.

That presents us, as an organization not driven by breaking news, with the question of how, in this searing news moment, we should strive to be fair. Is it our role to show all sides of a situation? Is it our role to offer answers? Both are impossible tasks. Still, fairness is our constant concern.