World Press Photo 2019, the winners

As every year, the 62nd edition of World Press Photo of the Year has just been held. The competition rewards images that have shaken the world by telling news and stories in eight different categories. Not only photojournalists can participate, it is also open to fans from all over the world as its main objective is to teach us that the power of an image is infinite.

In this edition, the winner of the prestigious award has been John Moore, photographer of Getty Images. His photo entitled Crying Girl on the Border was selected from 78,801 images as the image of the year. But this is not the first time he has won the prize; in 2005, 2006 and 2012 he also received the award.

Here you have the photograph of the year and the winners of each category:

 

Crying girl on the Border, by John Moore

Winning image of “Photography of the year”. Photo shows Yanela Sanchez, a two-year-old Honduran girl, crying as she is detained with her mother on the Texas border.

 

Las Cubanitas, by Diana Markosian

Winning image in the “Contemporary Issues” category. Pura celebrates her fifteenth birthday party, considered the coming of age that marks the transition from child to woman. Havana celebrates her arrival in a car with a special commotion as doctors had told Pura that she would not live more than 13 years when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

 

The Migrant Caravan, by Pieter Ten Hoopen

Winning image in the category “Spots News”. Hundreds of people joined this caravan on its way to the U.S. border. The Dutch photographer documented the experience of 7,000 refugees, according to the UN, who left their homes during October and November this past year. Coming from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, they fled harsh economic conditions in hopes of a better life.

 

The Brave Ones, by Brent Stirton

Winning image in the “Environment” category. The protagonist of the photo is Petronella Chigumbura who, along with other women, is part of the ranger team. Her job is to hide to chase hunters in the Phundundu Nature Park (Zimbabwe).

 

The Disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, by McGrath

Winning image in the “General News” category. In it, an anonymous person tries to hold the press after the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Photographers crowded outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Istanbul.

 

Harvesting Frog Legs, by Bence Máté

Winning image in the “Nature” category. In the photograph, frogs try to survive without their legs after being thrown into the water in Romania. A small part of the inhabitants of the Carpathian Mountains are in charge of cutting them, when the females and males mate. That’s why you can see frogs’ eggs floating in the water. The fact is that the trade in frog legs as food exceeds 40 million euros.

 

Dakar Fashion, by Finbarr O’Reilly

Winning image in the “Portraits” category. Diarra Ndiaye, Ndeye Fatou Mbaye and Mariza Sakho show the designs of Senegalese Adama Paris in the Medina district. In fact, Dakar is home to Fashion Africa TV, the first fashion channel on the continent. In addition, the Dakar Fashion Week includes an open street show for thousands of residents to attend.

 

Boxing in Katanga, by John T. Pedersen

Winning image in the “Sports” category. Boxer Moreen Ajambo trains at Rhino, her boxing club in Kampala. Despite the success of men’s boxing in Uganda, women boxers are often frustrated by the lack of opportunities to compete internationally.

 

Beckon us from home, by Sarah Blesener

Winning image in the category “Long-term projects”. In it, students laugh behind the scenes at a singing and walking competition at the school gym in Dmitrow, Russia. Photographer Sarah Blesener visited ten of these youth programs in the U.S. and summer military camps in Russia. These programs and camps are based on patriotic education. Many of them arose in 2015, when President Vladimir Putin ordered the creation of a Russian student movement aimed at instruction in ideology, religion and preparation for war.

The Cajasol Foundation, in Seville, is once again the first in the world to host the exhibition from 25 April to 23 May. Barcelona will also be one of the first cities to show the winning photographs at the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea (CCCB), from 29 April to 5 June. And everything points to the exhibition arriving in Madrid in October this year.