The World Press Photo Exhibition 2024 opened today, December 6, at the Odessa National Art Museum.
This year, the winner in the 'Open Format' category is the series of photographs titled 'War is Personal' by Ukrainian photographer Julia Kochetova.
Also reaching the finals for the European region was Johanna Maria Fritz's project 'Dike of Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station: Flood in the Combat Zone,' created during the evacuation of civilians during the flood.
The touring exhibition in Ukraine is organized by the Odesa Photo Days Festival. The exhibition features 129 photographs documenting war, protests, migration, climate crises, and other significant events of 2023. Finalists were selected from over 61,000 submissions by 3,851 participants from 130 countries.
The exhibition in Ukraine was made possible thanks to the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine. Kyiv was the first city to host the exhibition, with 1,000 visitors attending at the Dovzhenko Center from late October to mid-November.
The exhibition will showcase works from each of the 31 regional winners from 24 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Myanmar, Palestine, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States, and Venezuela.
The exhibition will run from December 6, 2024, to January 12, 2025.
Admission: 150 / 75 UAH.
The World Press Photo Foundation is an independent organization dedicated to supporting photojournalists and documentary photographers while fostering the development of global photojournalism. The organization also holds masterclasses and seminars.
Odesa Photo Days is an international contemporary photography festival founded in 2015 in response to the war in Eastern Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. Since February 24, 2022, the festival has not been held, but the team works closely with Ukrainian photographers and the international community to raise awareness about the war in Ukraine.
