Photos of the Year: Images proclaimed winner in World Press Photo

World Press Photo, the independent non-profit organisation in Amsterdam, known for the annual photo competition distributed in the media, praised the photos of 2020.

As the “Photo of the Year” was chosen for Danish photographer Mads Nissen, “First Embrace”, where 85-year-old Rosa Luzia Lunard is embraced by nurse Adriana Silva da Costa Souza on August 5, 2020.

This image of vivid represents the most extraordinary moment of our lives, anywhere. I see vulnerability, loving people, loss and division, destruction, but most importantly survival. ” jury member and photograph Kevin WY Lee.

“If you look at the picture enough, you will see wings: flight and hope symbol,” he added.

For the “History of” award, the jury selected <x2Habib” from Antonio Faccilongo, where a series of photos broadcast in the form of a chronic background of the conflicts of the Israeli-Palestinian war. History shows the impact of conflict on Palestinian families and the difficulties they face in preserving their rights and dignity.

This is a history of human war in the XXI century: a story about those unprecedented voices that can reach the world if we, the jury, act as a medium,” said Ahmed Nay, member of the jury. “This indicates another part of the conflict between Israel and Palestine. ”

The World Press Photo jury rated at the “Interactive Award of the Year” the reconstruction of 7 days of protests in Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd” of Holly Bailey, Matt Daniels and Amelia Wattenberger. Work Their broadcasts the way protests spread attached to their views.