World Press Photo 2022
Ukraine crisis
Guillaume Herbaut
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Winner “Long-term project” – Europe
Photographed over a period of almost eight years (2013-2021) this project invites viewers to step out of the news cycle and look at the longer-term context leading to the 2022 war in Ukraine.
Jury comment : Amidst a sea of fast paced news events this highly relevant project offers a contemplative look at the largest ongoing conflict in Europe. The photographer has created something that is neither violent or graphic, giving viewers space for a moment of reflection. The consistency of suspended images and the variety of elements provides us with a nuanced approach that depicts the multilayered impacts of long-term conflict on daily life and the psyches of those who are living through it.
The People Who Feed the United States
Ismail Ferdous
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Winner “Stories” – North and Central America
Ismail Ferdous met with American meatpacking plant workers who were considered essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jury comment : The jury appreciated these nuanced portraits for their intimate, care, and dignified representations of an often invisible but crucial section in our society – a section that suffered the brunt of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. It approaches the portrayal of migrants in a humane way, unlike so many dehumanizing vantage points permeating the mainstream media and desensitizing us to the hardships of these vulnerable groups. The project allows us to see them as the people they are after they have become ingrained in the fabric of our society, apart from the occupations that they tend to be defined by in the media..
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