World Press Photo 2024 arrives to Barcelona
CCCB presents the twentieth edition of the international exhibition that brings together the best images of photojournalism from around the world.
The annual photojournalism event returns to the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) to celebrate the twentieth edition of the World Press Photo exhibition, organised jointly with the Photographic Social Vision Foundation. From 8 November to 15 December, you can immerse yourself in a selection of the best photographs and multimedia productions of the competition to explore current issues through stories about armed conflicts, the climate crisis, mental health, migration and family conflicts.
This year's edition presents twenty-four photographic projects, including the four main prizes in the competition categories: Individual Photographs, Graphic Reports, Long-Term Projects and Open Format.
The photograph of the year, by Mohammed Salem for Reuters, shows a Palestinian woman embracing the body of her five-year-old niece Saly, killed by an Israeli missile in Gaza. The Graphic Report of the Year goes to South African photographer Lee-Ann Olwage, with the story Valim-babena, for GEO, about dementia and family ties. Alejandro Cegarra from Venice is the winner of the Long-Term Project award with The Two Walls for The New York Times / Bloomberg, which portrays the reality of migrants trying to cross the border into Mexico. Completing the list of winners is the Ukrainian Julia Kochetova, who won the Open Format award for War is personal, a project that combines documentary photojournalism, poetry, illustration and music to explain her daily experience of war in Ukraine.
The exhibition also includes six honorary mentions for each region of the competition and, exceptionally, two special mentions awarded by the jury to two photographs showing single people (one Israeli and the other Palestinian), in the midst of scenes marked by dramatic deadly attacks.
In addition, the exhibition also offers complementary activities that encourage debate and reflection, as well as guided tours and meetings with international guests, photojournalists and professionals from the sector.
If you are interested in photojournalism, don't miss World Press Photo 2024, which you can see from 8 November to 15 December. The exhibition can be visited from Sunday to Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays and holidays (6th and 8th December), from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The general admission ticket costs €6 and, if you wish to buy it, you can do so from the CCCB website or the Photographic Social Vision Foundation.
In the image: photograph by Jaime Rojo.