Lu Guang was born in 1961, in Zhejiang Province, China. He has been passionate about photography since he held a camera for the first time, in 1980 when he was a factory worker in his hometown in ...

Andrew McConnell was born 1977 and began his career as a press photographer covering the closing stages of the conflict in Northern Ireland and the transition to peace. In 2004, he left press ...

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We’re proud to present the World Press Photo Yearbook 2024, our annual collectible publication presenting the award-winning photographs and stories of the 67th annual World Press Photo Contest.

Carlos Barria is an Argentinian-Chilean senior photographer at Reuters, based in California. Born in Patagonia, Barria has spent more than 20 years with Reuters covering breaking news around the world ...

The Japanese press photographer Sadayuki Mikami (Iwaki, Aomori prefecture, 1949) joined the Tokyo Bureau of The Associated Press in June 1969, first as a copy-boy and dark room operator, and later as ...

Nader ElGadi was born and raised in Tajoura, Libya and the area’s beautiful scenery has been the 25-year-old’s greatest photography inspiration. Like many of his peers, ElGadi spent much of the Libyan ...

He has been documenting the refugee crisis around the world for over a decade. He is a National Geographic photographer and the founder of Everyday Refugees Foundation. As the former Associated Press ...

French photographer Georges Mérillon (France, 1957) started his photographic career in 1980 as a freelance photographer for Géo magazine and Figaro magazine. In 1981, he was one of the founding ...

“Pushing cultural and societal boundaries, Amira Al-Sharif is a female visual storyteller that has been developing her voice in Yemen. Among others, making her way in a strongly male-dominated ...

The judging process of the 2024 World Press Photo Contest takes place in several rounds over a six-week period, in January and February 2024. It involves regional juries and a global jury, and takes ...