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World Press Photo Contests Winners Announced
12 April 2019
The World Press Photo Foundation has announced the results of its 62nd annual World Press Photo Contest and the 9th annual World Press Photo Digital Storytelling Contest.
PHOTO CONTEST
John Moore's image Crying Girl on the Border won World Press Photo of the Year while The Migrant Caravan by Pieter Ten Hoopen, as the first World Press Photo Story of the Year.
Photo Contest Winners. Winning stills by Moore (left) and Ten Hoppen.
Ten Hoopen's award is the first for Story of the Year, a new award which, the Foundation hopes, will put a focus on stories that matter.
STORY TELLING CONTEST
The Legacy of the 'Zero Tolerance' Policy: Traumatized Children With No Access to Treatment by Univision News Digital was awarded World Press Photo Online Video of the Year.
Story Telling. Video award (left) and Interactive award winners.
And The Last Generation by Frontline/The GroundTruth Project was selected as World Press Photo Interactive of the Year.
For more information see the news release below.
World Press Photo Foundation Announces Contests Winners
The World Press Photo Foundation announced the results of the 62nd annual World Press Photo Contest and the 9th annual World Press Photo Digital Storytelling Contest, at its annual Awards Show in Amsterdam, on 11 April.
2019 Photo Contest
The independent jury of the Photo Contest selected John Moore's image Crying Girl on the Border as World Press Photo of the Year.
To put the spotlight on the stories that matter, this year the World Press Photo Foundation introduced the World Press Photo Story of the Year award. The jury chose The Migrant Caravan by Pieter Ten Hoopen, as the first World Press Photo Story of the Year.
The prizes for the eight categories of the Photo Contest were also announced at the awards show.
2019 Digital Storytelling Contest
For the first time, the World Press Photo Foundation introduced awards for World Press Photo Interactive of the Year and World Press Photo Online Video of the Year.
The independent jury of the Digital Storytelling Contest selected The Last Generation by Frontline/The GroundTruth Project, as World Press Photo Interactive of the Year.
The Legacy of the 'Zero Tolerance' Policy: Traumatized Children With No Access to Treatment by Univision News Digital, was selected as World Press Photo Online Video of the Year.
The prizes for the 'Interactive', 'Long' and 'Short' categories were also announced at the awards show.