If you like photography and free cultural events, then this exhibition is a must – World Press Photo 2024. The exhibition featuring the best in photojournalism returns to Fórum Maia on November 9 and will remain open to the public until December 1.
For 25 consecutive years, Maia has hosted World Press Photo, the annual exhibition that showcases the most surprising works of photojournalism and documentary photography. In this edition, the visual narrative takes us to the destruction of war, the consequences of climate change and the drama of migration.
A wide-open window to see global reality through the lens of professionals who tell us the whole truth of what happens in the most disparate and distant cultural and political latitudes, in a free, democratic and plural look,” reads the official website of Maia City Council.
World Press Photo: a look at the winners
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, right? This exhibition has precisely the power to tell us stories that matter, regardless of their geographical location, cultural and/or political context.
As part of this true window to the world, the 67th edition of World Press Photo received more than 61,000 photographs, which were submitted to the competition by more than 3 , 500 photographers from 130 countries. In the end, a jury of 31 professionals chose the winners.
In this context, among reports of war, climate emergency and migration, these were some of the award-winning works:
- Photograph of the Year: “A Palestinian Woman Embraces the Body of Her Niece”, by Mohammed Salem (Reuters), in a record of the drama experienced in Gaza
- Story of the Year: “Valim-babena” by Lee-Ann Olwage (for GEO), an account of dementia and family in Madagascar
- Long-Term Project Award: given to “The Two Walls”, by Alejandro Cegarra (The New York Times/Bloomberg), in a reference to the experience of migrants on the Mexican border
- Open Format Award: “War is Personal”, by Julia Kochetova, which portrays life in the war in Ukraine.
📍Fórum da Maia, Rua Eng. Duarte Pacheco 131
📅From November 9 to December 1, Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
🎫Free admission