World Press Photo 17
The best photojournalism from 2016 comes to Brisbane.
Overview
It's that time of year again — Brisbane Powerhouse is about to play host to the annual, globally-touring World Press Photo exhibition. From June 30 to July 23, their exhibition space will display over 150 images painstakingly selected from 80,408 submissions by 5034 press photographers, photojournalists and documentary photographers from 126 countries to World Press Photo. That's a lot of photos.
See what took out first prize in the contest's 60th year across categories including nature, sport, daily life and contemporary issues. Of course, the winner will be on display too — Burhan Ozbilici's chilling An Assassination in Turkey, which captured Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş mere moments after shooting the Russian ambassador to Turkey in an Ankara art gallery.
Lighter fare includes a photo by Tomas Munita of The New York Times titled Cuba on the Edge of Change, which won first prize in the Daily Life: Stories category. The image depicts a barber shop — barber shop photography is quite the trend this month — in Cuba's Old Havana, taken shortly after the death of Fidel Castro.
