Ясни са победителите от 61-ото издание на фотоконкурса от "World Press Photo" за 2018 г. Организацията отличава от 1955 г. най-добрите снимки в международната фотожурналистика. Селекцията винаги е невероятна, често представяйки трудни за гледане сцените, но осветявайки истории, които трябва да бъдат разказани.

Победителите във фотоконкурса "World Press Photo" винаги оставят трайна следа в съзнанието, а носител на наградата за "Снимка на годината" за 2018 г. спечели фотографът Роналдо Шеймдт, заснел участник в сблъсъците с полицията във Венецуела, който претърпява изгаряния от първа и втора степен.

Вижте и останалите победители, спечелили наградата за най-добра снимка в осемте основни категории.

Победител в категория "Съвременни проблеми": Jesco Denzel - "Lagos Waterfronts under Threat"

 

‘Lagos Waterfront Under Threat’ by Jesco Denzel (@jesco_denzel) was awarded the First Prize in the Contemporary Issues, Singles category of the 2018 Photo Contest. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ February 24, 2017 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A boat with tourists from Lagos Marina is steered through the canals of the Makoko community—an ancient fishing village that has grown into an enormous informal settlement—on the shores of Lagos Lagoon, Lagos, Nigeria. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Makoko has a population of around 150,000 people, many of whose families have been there for generations. But Lagos is growing rapidly, and ground to build on is in high demand. Prime real estate along the lagoon waterfront is scarce, and there are moves to demolish communities such as Makoko and build apartment blocks: accommodation for the wealthy. Because the government considers the communities to be informal settlements, people may be evicted without provision of more housing. Displacement from the waterfront also deprives them of their livelihoods. The government denies that the settlements have been inhabited for generations and has given various reasons for evictions, including saying that the communities are hideouts for criminals. Court rulings against the government in 2017 declared the evictions unconstitutional and that residents should be compensated and rehoused, but the issue remains unresolved. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #WPPh2018 award-winning visual journalists spoke about their work at the World Press Photo Festival in Amsterdam from 13–14 April. The Festival had a varied program of presentations, workshops, and meetups featuring special guests, including the renowned Sem Presser Lecture, supported by DuPho, this year presented by Stephanie Sinclair. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Follow our Instagram stories for highlights of the Festival!

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Победител в категория "Околна среда": Neil Aldridge - "Waiting For Freedom"

 

‘Waiting for Freedom’ by Neil Aldridge (@AldridgePhoto) was awarded First Prize in the Environment, Singles category of the 2018 Photo Contest. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ September 21, 2017 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A young southern white rhinoceros, drugged and blindfolded, is about to be released into the wild in Okavango Delta, Botswana, after its relocation from South Africa for protection from poachers. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Southern white rhinos are classified as ‘near threatened’. Rhinoceros horn is highly prized, especially in Vietnam and China, for its perceived medicinal properties, and in places is used as a recreational drug. Horns can fetch between €20,000 and €50,000 per kilogram. Poaching in South Africa rose from 13 rhinos a year in 2007 to a peak of 1,215 in 2014, and although these figures have declined slightly since then, losses are still unsustainable. Botswana is saving rhinos from poaching hotspots in South Africa and re-establishing populations in its own wildlife sanctuaries. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #WPPh2018 award-winning visual journalists spoke about their work at the World Press Photo Festival in Amsterdam from 13–14 April. The Festival had a varied program of presentations, workshops, and meetups featuring special guests, including the renowned Sem Presser Lecture, supported by DuPho, this year presented by Stephanie Sinclair. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Follow our Instagram stories for highlights of the Festival!

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Победител в категория "Общи новини": Patrick Brown - "Rohingya Crisis"

 

‘Rohingya Crisis’ by Patrick Brown (@patrickbrownphoto), Panos Pictures, for Unicef, was awarded First Prize in the General News, Singles category of the 2018 Photo Contest. This image was also a nominee for the World Press Photo of the Year. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ September 28, 2017 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The bodies of Rohingya refugees are laid out after the boat in which they were attempting to flee Myanmar capsized about eight kilometers off Inani Beach, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Around 100 people were on the boat before it capsized. There were 17 survivors. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Rohingya are a predominantly Muslim minority group in Rakhine State, western Myanmar. They number around one million people, but laws passed in the 1980s effectively deprived them of Myanmar citizenship. Violence erupted in Myanmar on 25 August after a faction of Rohingya militants attacked police posts, killing 12 members of the Myanmar security forces. Myanmar authorities, in places supported by groups of Buddhists, launched a crackdown, attacking Rohingya villages and burning houses. According to the UNHCR, the number of Rohingya that subsequently fled Myanmar for Bangladesh reached 500,000 on 28 September. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The 2018 Photo Contest (#WPPh2018) drew entries from around the world: 4,548 photographers from 125 countries submitted 73,044 images. The independent jury selected 312 photographs by 42 photographers from 22 countries, over an intensive anonymous judging process. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #WPPh2018 award-winning visual journalists will speak about their work at the World Press Photo Festival in Amsterdam from 13–14 April. The Festival will have a varied program of presentations, workshops, and meetups featuring special guests, including the renowned Sem Presser Lecture, supported by DuPho, this year presented by Stephanie Sinclair. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Follow our Instagram stories for highlights of the Awards Show and the Festival!

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Победител в категория "Дългосрочни проекти": Carla Kogelman - "Ich Bin Waldviertel"

 

‘Ich Bin Waldviertel’ by Carla Kogelman (@carlakogelman) was awarded First Prize in the Long Term Projects category of the 2018 Photo Contest. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ July 16, 2014 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Alena and Steffi play in the sand. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Hannah and Alena are two sisters who live in Merkenbrechts, a bioenergy village of around 170 inhabitants in Waldviertel, an isolated rural area of Austria, near the Czech border. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The girls have two older brothers, but spend much of their time together in a carefree life, swimming, playing outdoors and engrossed in games around the house. A bioenergy village is one which produces most of its own energy needs from local biomass and other renewable sources. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The photographer has been photographing Hannah and Alena since 2012. She visits them for a few weeks, usually at summertime, every year, watching them growing up and spending time together. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The 2018 Photo Contest (#WPPh2018) drew entries from around the world: 4,548 photographers from 125 countries submitted 73,044 images. The independent jury selected 312 photographs by 42 photographers from 22 countries, over an intensive anonymous judging process. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #WPPh2018 award-winning visual journalists will speak about their work at the World Press Photo Festival in Amsterdam from 13–14 April. The Festival will have a varied program of presentations, workshops, and meetups featuring special guests, including the renowned Sem Presser Lecture, supported by DuPho, this year presented by Stephanie Sinclair.

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Победител в категория "Природа": Corey Arnold - "Dumpster Diver"

 

‘Dumpster Diver’ by Corey Arnold was awarded First Prize in the Nature, singles category of the 2018 Photo Contest. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The World Press Photo Foundation has just revealed the winners in each category of the 2018 Photo Contest and 2018 Digital Storytelling Contest at the Awards Show in Amsterdam. Follow the link in our bio to see the winners. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The 2018 Photo Contest (#WPPh2018) drew entries from around the world: 4,548 photographers from 125 countries submitted 73,044 images. The independent jury selected 312 photographs by 42 photographers from 22 countries, over an intensive anonymous judging process. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #WPPh2018 award-winning visual journalists will speak about their work at the World Press Photo Festival in Amsterdam from 13–14 April. The Festival will have a varied program of presentations, workshops, and meetups featuring special guests, including the renowned Sem Presser Lecture, supported by DuPho, this year presented by Stephanie Sinclair.

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Победител в категория "Хора": Magnus Wennman - "Resignation Syndrome"

 

‘Resignation Syndrome’ by Magnus Wennman (@magnuswennman) was awarded First Prize in the People, Singles category of the 2018 Photo Contest. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ March 2, 2017 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Djeneta (right) has been bedridden and unresponsive for two-and-a-half years, and her sister Ibadeta for more than six months, with uppgivenhetssyndrom (resignation syndrome), in Horndal, Sweden. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Djeneta and Ibadeta are Roma refugees, from Kosovo. Resignation syndrome (RS) renders patients passive, immobile, mute, unable to eat and drink, incontinent and unresponsive to physical stimulus. It is a condition believed to exist only amongst refugees in Sweden. The causes are unclear, but most professionals agree that trauma is a primary contributor, alongside a reaction to stress and depression. It is also not clear why cases are found exclusively in Sweden. RS has so far affected only refugees aged seven to 19, and mainly those from ex-Soviet countries or the former Yugoslavia. For many, the syndrome is triggered by having a residence application rejected. Granting residence to families of sufferers is often cited as a cure. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The 2018 Photo Contest (#WPPh2018) drew entries from around the world: 4,548 photographers from 125 countries submitted 73,044 images. The independent jury selected 312 photographs by 42 photographers from 22 countries, over an intensive anonymous judging process. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #WPPh2018 award-winning visual journalists will speak about their work at the World Press Photo Festival in Amsterdam from 13–14 April. The Festival will have a varied program of presentations, workshops, and meetups featuring special guests, including the renowned Sem Presser Lecture, supported by DuPho, this year presented by Stephanie Sinclair. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Follow our Instagram stories for highlights of the Awards Show and the Festival!

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Победител в категория "Спорт": Oliver Scarff - "Royal Shrovetide Football"

 

‘Royal Shrovetide Football’ by Oliver Scarff (@oliscarff) was awarded First Prize in the Sports, Singles category of the 2018 Photo Contest. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ February 28, 2017 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Members of opposing teams, the Up’ards and Down’ards, grapple for the ball during the historic, annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, UK. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The game is played between hundreds of participants in two eight-hour periods on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday (the day preceding and the day marking the start of Christian Lent). The two teams are determined by which side of the River Henmore players are born: Up’ards are from north of the river; Down’ards, south. Players score goals by tapping the ball three times on millstones set into pillars three miles apart. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There are very few rules apart from an historic stipulation that players may not murder their opponents, and the more contemporary requirement that the ball must not be transported in bags, rucksacks, or motorized vehicles. Royal Shrovetide Football is believed to have been played in Ashbourne since the 17th century. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The 2018 Photo Contest (#WPPh2018) drew entries from around the world: 4,548 photographers from 125 countries submitted 73,044 images. The independent jury selected 312 photographs by 42 photographers from 22 countries, over an intensive anonymous judging process. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #WPPh2018 award-winning visual journalists will speak about their work at the World Press Photo Festival in Amsterdam from 13–14 April. The Festival will have a varied program of presentations, workshops, and meetups featuring special guests, including the renowned Sem Presser Lecture, supported by DuPho, this year presented by Stephanie Sinclair. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Follow our Instagram stories for highlights of the Awards Show and the Festival!

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Победител в категория "Локални новини": Ronaldo Schemidt - "Venezuela Crisis"

 

Just announced at the Awards Show in Amsterdam, the World Press Photo of the Year is Ronaldo Schemidt’s ‘Venezuela Crisis’, Agence France Presse. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ‘Venezuela Crisis’ was also awarded 1st prize in the Spot News Singles category. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ José Víctor Salazar Balza (28) catches fire amid violent clashes with riot police during a protest against President Nicolás Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela. May 3, 2017 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ President Maduro had announced plans to revise Venezuela’s democratic system by forming a constituent assembly to replace the opposition-led National Assembly, in effect consolidating legislative powers for himself. Opposition leaders called for mass protests to demand early presidential elections. Clashes between protesters and the Venezuelan national guard broke out on 3 May, with protesters (many of whom wore hoods, masks or gas masks) lighting fires and hurling stones. Salazar was set alight when the gas tank of a motorbike exploded. He survived the incident with first- and second-degree burns. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We’ve just revealed the winners in each category of the 2018 Photo Contest and 2018 Digital Storytelling Contest at the Awards Show in Amsterdam. Follow the link in our bio to see the winners. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The 2018 Photo Contest (#WPPh2018) drew entries from around the world: 4,548 photographers from 125 countries submitted 73,044 images. The independent jury selected 312 photographs by 42 photographers from 22 countries, over an intensive anonymous judging process. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #WPPh2018 award-winning visual journalists will speak about their work at the World Press Photo Festival in Amsterdam from 13–14 April. The Festival will have a varied program of presentations, workshops, and meetups featuring special guests, including the renowned Sem Presser Lecture, supported by DuPho, this year presented by Stephanie Sinclair.

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