World Press Photo Partners with Fujifilm to Expand Annual Competition
The World Press Photo Foundation, which operates the annual World Press Photo Contest, has entered into a "strategic partnership" with Fujifilm.
World Press Photo Contest Backtracks on AI After Photographer Backlash
The World Press Photo contest has bowed to pressure from the photographer community. After initially announcing that AI-generated images would be allowed in the "Open Format" category of the competition, it has now walked back on that decision.
Hungary Fires Museum Director Over Photo Exhibit
A set of photos featured in the World Press Photo exhibition showing an LGBT community in the Philippines has claimed the job of a museum director in Hungary.
The Cameras that Shot the Winning World Press Photos of 2022
The World Press Photo organization recently shared the winners of its 2022 competition. As it does every year, the Spanish website Photolari has followed with a breakdown of the brands, systems, and cameras that were used to capture the winning photos.
Coronavirus Hug in Brazil Wins World Press Photo of the Year
The World Press Photo Foundation has announced the winners of its prestigious annual photojournalism competition, naming the World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Story of the Year, and winners of eight categories.
World Press Photo Enters ‘New Phase’ as Managing Director Leaves
On June 11th, the World Press Photo Foundation made an important announcement. Lars Boering—Managing Director of the foundation for the past 5 years—is leaving the organization as they prepare to enter "a new phase for connecting the world to the stories that matter."
Assassination Photo Named World Press Photo of the Year
If World Press Photo assigned a theme to their annual competition, this year's might have been "Tragedy." Death, imminent death, fear, loss, pain—these are the true subjects of the images that won this year's top prizes, highlighted, at the very top, by a photo of an assassin brandishing a murder weapon.