The annual press photo grand prize was awarded to newsgroups in the form of a gold medal: " the other side of europe for refugees " . The owner of the turkish ship had taken some 150 refugees who wished to flee turkey to the greek coast. He was later arrested in turkish waters。
The results of the 12th international press and photography competition (waace) were announced in chengdu today, 25 march. The annual news photo prize was won by the russian freelance photographer bonomarvis, “the other side of europe for refugees”, and the photo was taken by the group of current affairs news groups in this competition。
Since the presentation, more than 30,000 entries have been received from over 70 national and regional photographers worldwide. Of these, two chinese photographers received a single gold prize: " pollution in the desert " , filmed by chen jie, a photographer in the new kyoto newspaper, received a gold medal for " pollution in the desert " ; and " scorched earth sadge " , filmed by zhou jiu, a photographer in the sheep city evening newspaper, received a gold medal for a disaster and disease-type news sheet。
It is understood that the “wazza” event, hosted by the chinese society for press and photography, is one of the most professional and authoritative news photography events recognized by the international press and photography community and is the only international news photography event hosted by china, and is widely recognized by the global news and photography community。
