World Press Photo 2019
PieterTenHoopen,
Netherlands/Sweden
WorldPressPhotostoryof
theYear 2018 and1stPrize
spotNews(stories)
It wasn’tsurprisingtoseestories
surroundingimmigrationissues
topof theagendaat WorldPressPhoto.
PieterTenHoopen’sstory‘TheMigrant
Caravan’documentsthousandsof
CentralAmericanmigrantsjoininga
caravanheadingtotheUnitedStates
border.Thecaravan,whichwas
assembledthrougha grassrootssocial
mediacampaign,leftHondurason 12
October.Thisimagestoodoutfrom
thesetfordemonstratinghope,peace
andresiliencein a subjectwhomust
havebeengoingthroughsomething
life-changinganddifficult.Thegirlis
pickingflowersduringtheday’swalk
fromTapanatepectoNiltepec,a
distanceof 50km.Olivia Harris, United Kingdom
1st Prize Contemporary Issues
(stories)
On 25 May 2018, Ireland voted by a large
majority to overturn its abortion laws, which
were among the most restrictive in the world.
While many of the images presented in World
Press Photo were taken in far-off locations,
Olivia’s images are very close to home. The
photo story presented the complex issues around
the referendum without necessarily making a
clear-cut political statement of its own. In this
image from the set, Repeal campaigner Megan
Scott, dressed as St Brigid, poses on Dublin’s
main shopping street, on 21 April.SarahBlesener,USA
1stPrize,
longtermProjects
SarahBlesener’sphotoessay,
‘BeckonUsFromHome’,focuses
onpatrioticeducationin boththe
UnitedStatesandRussia.Aninteresting
project,it drawsparallelsbetweenthe
twonations,exploringhowideasare
instilledin futuregenerations,as
wellasexploringhowyoungpeople
arerespondingtothedemandsof
contemporarysociety.Thisimagefrom
thesetshowscadetsliningupfordrill
at School#7,Dmitrov,Russia.© Pieter ten HooPen, Agence VU/ciViliAn Act
© SArAH BleSener