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The Curious Trend in The Regional Winners of the World Press Photo Awards for 2024

Chris Gampat
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Last updated on 04/03/2024
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Last Updated on 04/03/2024 by Chris Gampat

There are lots of crazy things happening in the news right now, let’s be very frank. The photojournalists of the world have been competing to get better and better photographs. Their images are proof that the still image is quite important in the age of AI and videos seen on social media platforms. Every year, we look at some of the gear that photographers use; and this year there’s a very curious trend.

All images are provided to the Phoblographer with permission by the World Press Photo Awards. For more, please visit their website.

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Gear Analysis of the World Press Photo Awards Regional Winners for 2024

Here’s a list of some of the gear used:

Fascinatingly, we can’t find records of Fujifilm in the EXIF data. In fact, everything that we could find leads to full-frame cameras. Perhaps it’s true that APS-C is really going away? But why would photographers use cameras as old as the Canon 5D Mk II and the Nikon D3? Of course, it’s the photographer that matters the most, but this data is fascinating to explore.

Editor’s note: World Press Photo reached out to us to tell us that Vincent Haiges used a Fujifilm X-Pro2. Nice to know, but again, it’s about the photographer.

World Press Photo Awards: Africa

SINGLES: Returning Home From War by Vincent Haiges, Germany, Real 21

STORIES:Valim-babena Lee-Ann Olwage, South Africa, for GEO

OPEN FORMAT: Adrift Felipe Dana and Renata Brito, Brazil, Associated Press

LONG-TERM PROJECTS: The Escape Zied Ben Romdhane, Tunisia, Magnum Photos, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, AIM LAB

World Press Photo Awards: Asia

SINGLES A Palestinian Woman Embraces the Body of Her Niece Mohammed Salem, Palestine, Reuters

STORIES Afghanistan on the Edge Ebrahim Noroozi, Iran, Associated Press

OPEN FORMAT Heartstrings Kazuhiko Matsumura, Japan, for The Kyoto Shimbun

LONG-TERM PROJECTS: I Am Still With You Wang Naigong, China

World Press Photo Awards: Europe

SINGLES: A Father’s Pain Adem Altan, Turkey, Agence France-Presse

STORIES: Kakhovka Dam: Flood in a War Zone Johanna Maria Fritz, Germany, Ostkreuz, for Die Zeit

OPEN FORMAT:War Is Personal Julia Kochetova, Ukraine

LONG-TERM PROJECTS: No Man’s Land Daniel Chatard, Germany/France

World Press Photo Awards: North and Central America

SINGLES: A Day in the Life of a Quebec Fire Crew Charles-Frédérick Ouellet, Canada, for The Globe and Mail, CALQ

STORIES: Saving the Monarchs Jaime Rojo, Spain, for National Geographic

OPEN FORMAT: The Gay Space Agency Mackenzie Calle, United States

LONG-TERM PROJECTS: The Two Walls Alejandro Cegarra, Venezuela, The New York Times/Bloomberg

World Press Photo Awards: South America

SINGLES:Drought in the Amazon Lalo de Almeida, Brazil, for Folha de São Paulo

STORIES: Red Skies, Green Waters Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, Venezuela, for The New York Times

OPEN FORMAT: Silenced Crimes Marco Garro, Peru, Pulitzer Center

LONG-TERM PROJECTS:Mapuche: The Return of the Ancient Voices Pablo E. Piovano, Argentina, Greenpeace Award, GEO, National Geographic Society

World Press Photo Awards: South East Asia and Oceania

SINGLES: Fighting, Not Sinking Eddie Jim, Australia, The Age/Sydney Morning Herald

STORIES: Battle for Sovereignty Michael Varcas, Philippines, for The Philippine Star

OPEN FORMAT: A Lost Place Aletheia Casey, Australia

LONG-TERM PROJECTS: Revolution in Myanmar Ta Mwe, Myanmar, Sacca Photo, VII Foundation, Frontline Club, W. Eugene Smith Grant

World Press Photo Awards: Honorable Mentions

AFRICA: Survivors Arlette Bashizi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, for The Washington Post

ASIA:The Edge Zishaan A Latif, India

EUROPE: Looking for Satyrus Rena Effendi, Azerbaijan, VII Photo, National Geographic Society

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA: The First Climate Refugees of the United States Sandra Mehl, France

SOUTH AMERICA: Insurrection Gabriela Biló, Brazil, for Folha de São Paulo

SOUTHEAST ASIA AND OCEANIA: Pollution in the Cileungsi River Arie Basuki, Indonesia

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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