contests

2018 Photo Contest

World Press Photo of the Year Ronaldo Schemidt

The Battle for Mosul by Ivor Prickett

Feeding China by George Steinmetz

Kid Jockeys by Alain Schroeder

Ich Bin Waldviertel by Carla Kogelman

View the entire collection of winning images from the 61st World Press Photo Contest. They were selected from 73,044 images taken by 4,548 photographers from 125 different countries.

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2018 Photo Contest

View the entire collection of winning images from the 61st World Press Photo Contest. They were selected from 73,044 images taken by 4,548 photographers from 125 different countries.

World Press Photo of the Year

Ronaldo Schemidt

World Press Photo of the Year Nominees

Patrick Brown

Adam Ferguson

Toby Melville

Ivor Prickett

Ivor Prickett

Categories

Contemporary Issues

Jesco Denzel

Giulio Di Sturco

Roger Turesson

Heba Khamis

George Steinmetz

Espen Rasmussen

Environment

Neil Aldridge

Thomas P. Peschak

Thomas P. Peschak

Kadir van Lohuizen

Luca Locatelli

Daniel Beltra

General News

Patrick Brown

Richard Tsong-Taatarii

Md Masfiqur Akhtar Sohan

Ivor Prickett

Kevin Frayer

Francesco Pistilli

Long-Term Projects

Carla Kogelman

Fausto Podavini

Javier Arcenillas

Nature

Corey Arnold

Thomas P. Peschak

Michael Patrick O'Neill

Ami Vitale

Jasper Doest

Thomas P. Peschak

People

Magnus Wennman

Alessio Mamo

Li Huaifeng

Adam Ferguson

Anna Boyiazis

Tatiana Vinogradova

Sports

Oliver Scarff

Stephen McCarthy

Erik Sampers

Alain Schroeder

Juan D Arredondo

Nikolai Linares

Spot News

Ronaldo Schemidt

Ryan Kelly

Goran Tomasevic

David Becker

Toby Melville

Juan Barreto