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The exhibition, which brings together the best 140 photos taken in 2018, is to be launched on 21 November, at the National Museum of History of Moldova. Foreign ambassadors accredited in Chisinau, IJC partners and journalists will attend the inauguration.
The annual photo contest awards photographers from all over the world for the best pictures that contributed to the development of the visual journalism during the last year. Professional photographers, photojournalists and documentary photographers participate in this contest.
The general public is invited to discover the life stories behind those 140 photos at the National Museum of History during 23 November – 12 December 2019.
The winning photos of this year’s World Press Photo edition were selected from 78,801 works, made by 4,738 photographers from 129 countries. The jury nominated 43 photographers from 25 countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, Great Britain, USA and Venezuela. As many as 14 (32%) out of the total number of photographers are women, a significant increase compared to 2018, when only 12% of the nominated photographers were women.
The annual international World Press Photo exhibition travels all over the world. It is installed in about 100 showrooms in over 45 countries and is visited by over 4 million people each edition. Before arriving in Chisinau, the exhibition was organized in New York, Naples, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Chicoutimi, Maastricht, Valencia, Guayaquil, Gavoi, Maia Taipei, Paris, Amsterdam, Oldenburg and Washington DC, etc.
World Press Photo’s first edition took place in 1955, when a group of Dutch photographers organised a contest to expose their work to a global audience. Since then the contest has grown into the world’s most prestigious photography and visual journalism competition.
The exhibition was organised in Chisinau for the first time in 2017.
