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The World Press Photo 2017 exhibition can be seen beginning November 21 on the 4th floor of the Jumbo Shopping Center in Chisinau. This travelling exhibition displays the winners of the World Press Photo 2017 contest, and in Chisinau it is organized with the financial support of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Bucharest in partnership with the Independent Journalism Center (IJC).
The World Press Photo 2017 Contest
The annual photo contest rewards photojournalists for the best pictures that contributed to the development of visual journalism in the past year. It is the world’s leading contest for professional press photographers, photojournalists and documentary photographers. The 2017 contest received entries from around the world: 5,034 photographers from 125 countries submitted 80,408 pictures. The jury awarded prizes in eight categories to 45 photographers from 25 countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Syria, New Zealand, Turkey, Great Britain, and USA.
The jury of the 60th World Press Photo contest chose the picture of Turkish photographer Burhan Ozbilici as World Press Photo of the Year. Ozbilici’s photo – which also took the first prize in the “Spot News” category – shows Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, a 22-year-old off-duty police officer, who assassinated the Russian Federation Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov at an art exhibition in Ankara, Turkey, on December 19, 2016. Ozbilici is a photographer of the Associated Press in Istanbul.
Travelling Exhibition 2017
The award-winning photos are displayed in an exhibition that has visited about 100 cities in 45 countries over the course of the year and was seen by over 4 million people worldwide. This year’s exhibition displays will be printed on large-format Canon and Arizona printers. Please see the Canon website for details: http://www.canon-europe. com/
For further information please contact:
Independent Journalism Center
Tel.: (022) 213 652
Contact person – Olga Lanovaia, program coordinator, IJC
The World Press Photo 2017 Contest
The annual photo contest rewards photojournalists for the best pictures that contributed to the development of visual journalism in the past year. It is the world’s leading contest for professional press photographers, photojournalists and documentary photographers. The 2017 contest received entries from around the world: 5,034 photographers from 125 countries submitted 80,408 pictures. The jury awarded prizes in eight categories to 45 photographers from 25 countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Syria, New Zealand, Turkey, Great Britain, and USA.
The jury of the 60th World Press Photo contest chose the picture of Turkish photographer Burhan Ozbilici as World Press Photo of the Year. Ozbilici’s photo – which also took the first prize in the “Spot News” category – shows Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, a 22-year-old off-duty police officer, who assassinated the Russian Federation Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov at an art exhibition in Ankara, Turkey, on December 19, 2016. Ozbilici is a photographer of the Associated Press in Istanbul.
Travelling Exhibition 2017
The award-winning photos are displayed in an exhibition that has visited about 100 cities in 45 countries over the course of the year and was seen by over 4 million people worldwide. This year’s exhibition displays will be printed on large-format Canon and Arizona printers. Please see the Canon website for details: http://www.canon-europe. com/
For further information please contact:
Independent Journalism Center
Tel.: (022) 213 652
Contact person – Olga Lanovaia, program coordinator, IJC
