World Press Photo 2022 exhibition at the Fortress of Bard

Photographs from the World Press Photo, the world’s most important award for photojournalism, will be on display from May 7 to July 3 at the Fortress of Bard, for the exhibition of the best shots from the event that restores to the world the enormous documentary and narrative capacity of images, revealing their fundamental role as historical witness of our time. The award, now in its 67th year, was conceived in 1955 by the World Press Photo Foundation, an independent nonprofit organization based in Amsterdam, and this year saw the participation of 4066 photographers from 130 countries, with a total of 64,823 images nominated. Judging involved regional juries and a global jury of 31 highly qualified members.

Unlike previous years, when it was organized into thematic categories, the competition is now divided into six geographical areas, which in turn are divided into four categories based on image format. The macro areas are Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America, South America, Southeast Asia and Oceania. Each area has four categories: Singles, Stories, Long-Term Projects and Open Format. From the 24 winners in each of the four categories, the jury selected the four global winners: World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Photo Story of the Year, World Press Photo Long-Term Project Award and World Press Photo Open Format Award. The 24 winners come from 23 countries-Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Russia, Sudan and Thailand.

Winning World Press Photo of the Year was the Kamloops Residential School shot by Canadian photographer Amber Bracken. The image captures a succession of red robes hanging from crosses along the road. A kind of open-air memorial to remember the 215 children who died at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in Canada, where children of local Native families were forcibly sent, their remains found in a mass grave. Commented Rena Effendi, chair of the jury, “It is an image that sticks in the memory. That elicits an immediate reaction. I can almost sense the stillness in this photograph. A kind of reckoning in the history of colonization. Not only in Canada but all over the world.” This is the first time in the 67 years of the Prize that a photograph that does not depict people has won.

The award for Story of the Year went to Australian Matthew Abbott’s Saving Forests with Fire project. The series documents the practice of controlled forest fires that the Nawarddeken of West Arnhem Land, Australia, have used to manage their lands for thousands of years. In contrast, it is Amazonian Dystopia by Brazilian photographer Lalo de Almeida that won the Long-term Project Award. The series documents the exploitation of the Amazon Rainforest, which has been greatly boosted under Bolsonaro’s government. A biodiversity heritage compromised by deforestation, mining and infrastructure construction. All activities that seriously endanger not only nature but also the people who live here.

The Open Format Award went to Blood is a Seed by Ecuadorian photographer Isadora Romero. The series is a journey to the village of Une in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. Here, the author’s grandfather and great-grandmother were “seed keepers” and grew several varieties of potatoes, of which only two remain. Through a personal story, then, Isadora Romero addresses issues related to the loss of biodiversity, forced migration, colonization and the fading away of ancient traditions. Also featured in the exhibit at the Fortress of Bard will be The Winner Wall, a 3x5-meter maxi-combo that will showcase the best Photo of the Year award-winning photos from 1955, the year of the first exhibition, to the present.

The exhibition is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Closed Mondays. Full ticket 8 euros, reduced 7 euros. Media partner RMC Radio Monte Carlo. For info: 0125 833811, info@fortedibard.it, www.fortedibard.it.

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World Press Photo 2022 exhibition at the Fortress of Bard

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