World Press Photo 2019 nominees announced

Thursday 21 February 2019, 22:11 by Michelle Peeters | 7,035 views | 0 comments

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The nominations for the World Press Photo have been announced again, with a relatively large number of women among the nominees. There is a new category, Story of the Year, which will be just as important as the main Photo of the Year competition, with an accompanying prize of 10,000 euros. This is because stories are becoming increasingly important.

Nominated for World Press Photo of the Year and Environment - Singles. Petronella Chigumbura (30), a member of Akashinga, an all-female anti-poaching unit in Zimbabwe, during training in Phundundu Wildlife Park.
Photo: Brent Stirton/Getty
Fourteen of the forty-three nominees are women, so one third. That is a substantial increase compared with last year's 12 per cent.

The number of entries by women is somewhat lower (19%), but their share is much higher among the final nominations, proving the strength of female photographers, said Lars Boering (director of World Press Photo).

This year's nominated photographs addressing women's issues also stand out: Iranian women in a football stadium, a former FARC fighter who is allowed to become pregnant again after the peace agreement, and a female member of the anti-poaching unit in Zimbabwe.

Nominated in the categories World Press Photo of the Year and Contemporary Issues - Stories. Yorladis is pregnant for the sixth time, after five other pregnancies were terminated during her time with the FARC. Photo: Catalina Martin-Chico, Panos
The awards ceremony will take place on 11 April, with prizes presented in the eight sub-competitions. Among the nominees are two Dutch photographers: Pieter ten Hoopen for his photo story about the migrant caravan and Jasper Doest for his photographs of flamingos in an animal sanctuary on Curaçao.

Although the pickings for news photographs become slimmer every year, which is why Story of the Year has now also been introduced as a new category, the classic news photograph is still central.

And photographs of the often most distressing moments of a photographer's news year, taken by someone who was in the right place at the right time, have been submitted again this year.

Last year's winner, of a burning protester in Venezuela, was in the Hard News category, as is this year's leading contender: the iconic photograph of almost two-year-old Yana, whose mother is being searched at the Mexican-American border.

Yana, almost two years old here, from Honduras, watches as her mother Sandra Sanchez is searched at the Mexican-American border in Texas. The photograph largely shaped the image of the debate about separating migrant children from their parents. Yana was not separated from her mother, incidentally.

Nominated in the categories World Press Photo of the Year and Hard News - Singles. Photo: John Moore/Getty Images

Pieter ten Hoopen

Swedish-Dutch photographer Pieter ten Hoopen has been nominated for the new main prize, Story of the Year, with his series 'The Migrant Caravan'. He also documented the migrant caravan, but he did not photograph the series in a standard way.

Pieter chose a hopeful and sunny atmosphere. He took his time to capture moments that are often overlooked, in an empathetic and respectful way.

The nominated photo story 'The Migrant Caravan' by Swedish-Dutch photographer Pieter ten Hoopen in the categories 'World Press Story of the Year' and 'Hard News - Stories'

Jasper Doest

The second Dutch nominee, who was even nominated twice, is Jasper Doest. He made a series of photographs of flamingos on Curaçao. His cousin runs an animal sanctuary here, where flamingo 'Bob' acts as an ambassador after flying into a hotel.

Last year, Jasper came second with his photographs of monkeys that had to perform tricks in Japan.

The nominated series 'Meet Bob' by Dutch photographer Jasper Doest in the category 'Nature - Singles'
The photo story below is by Ingo Arndt / National Geographic. He is nominated in the Nature - Stories category. A female puma hunts an adult male guanaco, a wild llama.

Sport

The photographs below were nominated in the Sport - Singles and Sport - Stories categories respectively. The photograph on the left by Terrell Groggins shows Olympic champion Claressa Shields (right) against Hanna Gabriels during a boxing match in Detroit, in the US state of Michigan.

The photograph on the right by Michael Hanke shows Zdenek Safranek finishing a workout with pull-ups. He is captain of the Czech para ice hockey team and took part in three Paralympic Games. He also represents his country in mountain biking and handcycling.

In 2017-2018, Safranek was Czech para-boxing champion. He ended up in a wheelchair after an accident in a car workshop in 2003.

Photographs: Terrell Groggins and Michael Hanke

Portraits

The photograph on the left is by Alyona Kochetkova. It was nominated in the Portraits - Singles category. It is a self-portrait of Russian photographer Aljona Kotsjetkova, who is struggling to eat a bowl of borscht at home. Beetroot soup is normally her favourite dish. She is being treated for cancer.

The photograph in the middle is by Luisa Dörr. It was nominated in the Portraits - Stories category. Maria Fernández wears a second-hand fallera costume for the Las Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain.

New dresses inspired by centuries-old traditional clothing worn by women while working in the rice fields are very expensive. The women decorate their hair with combs and jewellery that have often been in the family for generations.

The photograph on the right is by Bénédicte Kurzen and Sanne de Wilde/Noor. It was nominated in the Portraits - Stories category. Twin sisters in Nigeria. The West African country has one of the highest percentages of twins, especially among the Yoruba in the south-west.

Twins used to be banished or killed, but are now generally welcomed with celebrations because they are believed to bring luck and prosperity. In 2018, a twins festival took place in the town of Igbo-Ora, attracting more than 2,000 twins. The photographers used two colour filters in the series to emphasise the duality.

Photographs: Alyona Kochetkova, Luisa Dörr and Bénédicte Kurzen / Sanne de Wilde/Noor

Long-Term Projects

The photograph on the left by Sarah Blesener was nominated in the Long-Term Projects category. Firearms training near Borodino, about 120 kilometres west of Moscow, where Russia fought Napoleon's troops in 1812.

The photographer visited ten military youth programmes in the United States and military summer camps in Russia.

The photograph in the middle by Alejandro Cegarra was nominated in the Long-Term Projects category. Demonstrators with homemade shields during a protest against President Nicolás Maduro in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, on 7 July 2017.

The photographer documented the country's decline since the death of Maduro's predecessor Hugo Chávez in 2013.

The photograph on the right by Yael Martínez was nominated in the Long-Term Projects category. Alin Granda in the house of her father, Ignacio Granda, in Taxco Guerrero, Mexico. Alin was one year old when her father went missing. Violence between drug cartels has caused tens of thousands of Mexicans to go missing, many of whom are probably no longer alive.

In 2013, two brothers-in-law of photographer Yael Martínez disappeared, and one was killed. In the years that followed, he photographed the psychological impact this had on his family.

Photographs: Sarah Blesener, Alejandro Cegarra and Yael Martínez

Environment and General News

The photograph on the left by Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times was nominated in the Environment - Singles category. Evacuated horses are tied to a post while smoke from a wildfire in California, at Zuma Beach in Malibu, towers above them. The 2018 wildfire season was the deadliest and most destructive in California so far.

The photograph in the middle by Daniele Volpe was nominated in the General News - Singles category. The living room of an abandoned house in San Miguel Los Lotes is covered in ash after the eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala.

The eruption was not preceded by a warning and was one of the deadliest in the country in the past hundred years. More than three hundred people were killed.

The photograph on the right by Nadia Shira Cohen was nominated in the Environment - Stories category. Beekeepers care for their bee colonies in Tinúm, Mexico. Their work is threatened by soybean farmers in the area.

Photographs: Wally Skalij, Daniele Volpe and Nadia Shira Cohen

General News/Contemporary Issues

The photograph on the left by Brendan Smialowski/AFP was nominated in the General News - Singles category. US President Donald Trump takes his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron by the hand in the Oval Office on 24 April 2018.

Macron's three-day visit stood out because of the friendly, almost intimate, way in which the two leaders interacted.

The photograph in the middle by Olivia Harris was nominated in the Contemporary Issues - Stories category. Olivia Harris documented the debate about abortion legislation in Ireland, which was relaxed after a referendum.

Here, Aidan prays with a priest after confession at the summit of the sacred mountain Croagh Patrick, in County Mayo. The mountain is the setting for many pilgrimages, including one by a group of men from a pro-life movement.

The photograph on the right by Philip Montgomery/The New Yorker was nominated in the Contemporary Issues - Stories category. A woman makes a call from a withdrawal room in the Montgomery County jail, in the US state of Ohio.

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