World Press Photo announces the 12 young photographers who will participate in the 24th edition of the prestigious Joop Swart Masterclass
Acceptance to the masterclass is based on a system of nomination and selection. The nominating committee selected 187 young photographers this year. An independent selection committee then made the final online selection of the 12 participants based on their submitted portfolio.
The participants:
The following 12 photographers—7 women and 5 men from 11 countries and 5 continents—will join the 2017 Joop Swart Masterclass, to be held in Amsterdam in September:
Juanita Escobar, Colombia
Kevin Faingnaert, Belgium
Rahima Gambo, Nigeria
Hicham Gardaf, Morocco
Mojgan Ghanbari, Iran
Heba Khamis, Egypt
Alejandro Kirchuk, Argentina
Adriane Ohanesian, USA
Shadman Shahid, Bangladesh
Daro Sulakauri, Georgia
Rebecka Uhlin, Sweden
Michael Vince Kim, Argentina/South Korea
The runners-up will automatically be nominated in 2018:
Aleksey Kondratyev, Kyrgyzstan
Marie Hald, Denmark
The masters:
We are proud to welcome the following masters this year:
Magdalena Herrera, France, director of photography Geo France
Damir Sagolj, Bosnia and Herzegovina, staff photographer Reuters
Tiago Santana, Brazil, photographer and editor
Newsha Tavakolian, Iran, photographer Magnum Photos
Jonathan Torgovnik, USA/Israel, photographer, Verbatim Photo Agency