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“Kamloops Residential School” by Amber Bracken (Picture of the Year for International Press).
The photograph presiding over this exhibition was taken by Canadian photographer Amber Bracken, and has just received the main prize of the World Press Photo 2022 competition, the most important international documentary photography competition.
Titled Kamloops Residential School, the photo Bracken took for the New York Times shows a row of dresses hung on crosses along a road to commemorate the dozens of minors who died in a Catholic institution for Aboriginal children. in British Columbia, Canada.
The photo was taken in June 2021, after as many as 215 unmarked graves were discovered on the site of the former school, which closed in 1978.
“it’s a picture It has been recorded in your memory“It provokes a kind of sensory reaction,” said the chair of the jury, Rina Effendi.
The photographer added, “I can almost hear the calm in this photo; a quiet moment for a global account of colonial history, not only in Canada but around the world.”
Bracken’s photo also won the Singles Award in the North and Central America regional category.
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This photo of old Na Savi people, taken in Cerro Garza, Mexico, was one of the winners.
The World Press Photo competition recognizes the best photojournalism and documentaries.
This year’s winners were chosen from among 64,823 Pictures Taken by 4,066 photographers from 130 countries.
Matthew Abbott He was awarded the World Press Photo Story of the Year category, with his series “Saving the Forests with Fire”Prepared for National Geographic and Panos Pictures.
image source, Matthew Abbott Barra National Geographic / WPP
Konrad Maralangora burns grass to protect the Mamadawerre community from ‘bushfires’ in Mamadawerre, Australia, on May 3, 2021.
The images show Aboriginal Australians strategically burning the land so that the flames move slowly and burn only the brush, removing the buildup of fuel that fuels the largest flames.
The series featured Nawarddeken people from an area of Australia called Arnhem Land, who have carried out this practice for tens of thousands of years.
image source, Matthew Abbott has been transferred to National Geographic
Indigenous Australians set tree bark on fire to produce a natural light source to help them hunt snakes.
The world press photo jury chose it “Amazon Dystopia”And by Lalo de Almeidaas the long-term project award winning series.
image source, Lalo de Almeida for Folha de São Paulo / WPP
An aerial view of the construction of the Belo Monte Dam on the Zingo River, Altamira, Pará, Brazil, on September 3, 2013.
The images, taken for Folha de São Paulo and Panos Pictures, show the threat to the Amazon rainforest from deforestation, mining, infrastructure development and natural resource exploitation under Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s term.
“This project depicts something that not only has negative impacts on the local community, but also on a global level, as it leads to a chain reaction,” Effendi said.
image source, Lalo de Almeida for Folha de São Paulo / WPP
Members of the Mundurukú community line a plane at Altamira Airport in Pará, Brazil, on June 14, 2013.
“blood seed“by Isadora RomeroOpen Format Award.
Through personal stories and a journey to the ancestral city of Romero, ON, in cOndinamarca, ColombiaThe project questions the disappearance of seeds, forced migration, colonization and the consequent loss of ancestral knowledge.
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Poster for the photography project “Blood as a Seed”, directed by Isadora Romero, in Colombia.
Regional winners have also been announced with global press photos, some of which can be found below.
South America, Individuals: “Evacuation of the Settlement of San Isidro,” by Vladimir Encina, Colombia
image source, Vladimir Encinna
Police officers arrest a man as his wife and family resist, while evacuating people from the San Isidro settlement, in Puerto Caldas, Risaralda, Colombia, on March 6, 2021.
South America, Stories: “The Promise,” by Irina Ferning, Argentina, for the Pulitzer Center
image source, Irina Werning has been transferred to the Pulitzer Center
Antonella studies through Zoom, using her mother’s cell phone, in her room at her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 13, 2021. She promised to cut her hair only when she can resume face-to-face lessons, suspended due to the pandemic.
North and Central America, open format: “Flower of Time. Red Mount Guerrero,” by Yael Martinez for Magnum Photos
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The Na Savi people greatly respect their elders because they possess the wisdom and connection to “Mother Earth”. Each December 31, communities climb Cerro de la Garza, Mexico, to perform a ritual commemorating the end and beginning of the cycle.
North and Central America, Stories: “The People Who Shepherd America” (in English), by Ismail Ferdous, Bangladesh, for VU Agency.
image source, Ismael Ferdous for VU Agency ‘
Sandra Seibert sits with her husband, James, in the room where he has been isolated with the COVID-19 virus, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, on September 7, 2020.
Africa, Individuals: “Protests in Sudan” by Fayez Abu Bakr Muhammad
image source, Faiz Abubakr Mohamed/WPP
A protester throws a tear gas canister fired by security forces during a rally to demand an end to military rule, in Khartoum, Sudan, on December 30, 2021.
Africa, Stories: ‘Afraid to go to school’ by Sodic Adilakon Adekula, Nigeria for AFP
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Amina Labaran (not her real name) cries at her home in Jingibi, Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, on February 27, 2021, one day after her two daughters were kidnapped.
Asia, Individuals: “Palestinian Children in Gaza,” by Fatima Shbeir, Gaza, for Getty Images
image source, Fatima Shabbir via Getty Images / WPP
Palestinian children gather by candlelight during a ceasefire in Beit Lahia, Gaza, May 25, 2021.
Asia, Stories: “Cinema Kabul,” by Bram Jansen, Netherlands, for The Associated Press
image source, Bram Jansen Paragraph AP/WPP
Gul Muhammad, who works as a nominee at Ariana Cinema in Kabul, Afghanistan, poses for a photo on November 4, 2021, nearly three months after the Taliban closed the cinema.
Europe, Singles: “A forest fire on the island of Evia” by Konstantinos Tsakallidis, Greece, for Bloomberg News
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Panayuta Kritsiubi is saddened as a forest fire approaches her home in the village of Govez, on the island of Evia, Greece, on August 8, 2021.
Europe, Stories: “As the Frozen Earth Burns,” by Nana Heitmann, Russia/Germany, for Magnum Pictures
image source, Nana Heitmann Photo Magnum / WPP
Local firefighting volunteers take a lunch break in Magaras, Central Sakha, Siberia, Russia, on July 1, 2021.
Europe, honorable mention: “M+T,” by Mary Gilman
image source, Mary Gilman / WPP
This is an intimate story about the love of a married couple, Minya and Tatiana, 50, with Down syndrome, in Svetlana, Saint Petersburg, Russia, a hub of people with different mental differences.
Southeast Asia and Oceania, Singles: “Slingshot”, Unknown, for The New York Times
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Protesters use a slingshot and other homemade weapons in a clash with security forces in Rangoon, Myanmar.
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