World Press Photo Exhibition Returns To Hong Kong This March 2021

The prestigious photo exhibition showcases some of the world's best visual journalism work, and is set to take place from March 29–April 10, 2021

Hong Kong will get a first-hand chance to look at some of the world's best visual journalism works as selected in the latest World Press Photo annual photography competition. The prestigious World Press Photo Exhibition returns to the city for their 2020 edition to showcase works from almost 74,000 entries submitted by over 4,200 photographers from 125 countries.

The private exhibition is taking place at theDesk, United Center, 5/F, 95 Queensway, Admiralty. It will feature single images and photo stories which an independent jury selected for honours in eight categories, namely contemporary issues, general news, environment, nature, long-term projects, portraits, spot news and sports.

Japanese photographer, Yasuyoshi Chiba from Agence France-Presse (AFP) bagged 2020's top award, the World Press Photo of the Year for his image Straight Voice, which depicts a young man reciting protest poetry during a blackout in Khartoum, Sudan. Protest and the role of young activists aiming to bring about change were highlighted by the jury as it was a recurrent theme among the 2020 entries. A photo series, Hong Kong Unrest by Nicolas Asfourni from Denmark, working for AFP, also explored this theme.

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Firefighters battle the Marsh Fire near the town of Brentwood in Contra Costa County, Calif. on Aug. 3, 2019.

An Ethiopian relative of a crash victim throws dirt in her own face after realising that there is nothing physical left of her loved one, as she mourns at the scene where the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday killing all 157 on board, near Bishoftu, south-east of Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia Thursday, March 14, 2019. About 200 family members of people who died on the crashed jet stormed out of a briefing with Ethiopian Airlines officials in Addis Ababa on Thursday, comp

A woman holds up an umbrella and license plates, one that reads 'love', during violent protests between riot police and demonstrators in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on October 1, 2019, as the city observes the National Day holiday to mark the 70th anniversary of communist China's founding Strife-torn Hong Kong on October 1 marked the 70th anniversary of communist China's founding with defiant "Day of Grief" protests and fresh clashes with police as pro-democracy activists ignored a ban and took t

Rezan at Khanke IDP Camp, Dohuk Province, Iraqi Kurdistan on April 20, 2019. Rezan is 11. He was kidnapped by ISIS in 2014 and freed earlier this year. How does the human soul survive atrocity? After the horror of ISIS captivity, tens of thousands of Iraqis â many of them children â are caught up in a mental-health crisis unlike any in the world. Adam Ferguson photographed posed portraits of displaced Yazidi, a Kurdish religious minority group of some 700,000 people, most of whom lived west of Mosul in

Diana (name changed), 91 years old, single, no children, one abortionAfter the war, in 1945, I was afraid of everything. My leg was amputated when I was still very young. I had to use crutches for a long time, then I got a prosthetic leg and it became easier to walk. When I was 20 years old, I got pregnant. Ivan and I were not a couple. We just met from time to time. When I told him I was pregnant, he looked at me in silence and left. His mother was against me having a baby. She said that they did not nee

Aceh Province, Sumatra, IndonesiaHalf an hour after her death, the team is still profoundly shocked. The truck pulls over and vet Zulhilmi wraps the tiny orangutan in a green surgical drape.The 1-month-old baby orangutan was rescued from a palm oil plantation with her mother, named Hope by the rescue team. Hope, secured in a cage in the back of the pick up, was found with a broken clavicle, 74 air rifle bullet wounds and totally blind.General captionIndonesiaâs Sumatran orangutan is under threat fr

A fire erupts from bushland, and engulfing âcrowningâ the tops of the surrounding eucalyptus trees, forcing the firefighters from Fire and Rescue NSW to flee and abandon their fire truck. A video of the event, shot by the man pictured, was widely seen. The Green Wattle Creek fire, just south-west of Sydney, burned at emergency level for several days, burning out more than 35,000 hectares of land, threatening lives and property, forcing many residents to evacuate. Orangeville, NSW, Australia. Thursday 6t

Photo 1 of 8 Ultra fans sing during a football match in the 5 July 1962 Stadium in Algiers, Algeria, on 22 December 2015. After street demonstrations were banned in 2001, football stadiums became places where youth could protest through song (Photo: Romain Laurendeau)

Photo 2 of 8 Firefighters battle the Marsh Fire near the town of Brentwood in Contra Costa County, Calif. on Aug. 3, 2019 (Photo: Noah Berger for Associated Press)

Photo 3 of 8 A relative of a victim of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 plane crash throws dirt in her face as she grieves at the crash site, near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 14 March 2019 (Photo: Mulugeta Ayene for Associated Press)

Photo 4 of 8 A woman holds up an umbrella (a symbol of protest) during demonstrations in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong, on 1 October 2019, the day police first used live ammunition against protestors (Photo: Nicolas Asfouri for Agence France-Presse)

Photo 5 of 8 Rezan (11), who was kidnapped by IS in 2014 and freed in early 2019, at the Khanke IDP Camp in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan, on 20 April 2019 (Photo: Adam Fergurson for The New York Times Magazine)

Photo 6 of 8 Diana (91) had her leg amputated when she was very young and fell pregnant at the age of 20. The father and she were in a casual relationship and he left her when he found out. His mother said she did not want a crippled daughter-in-law. Diana felt nobody needed her with her disability, never again allowed anybody to come close, and never married. 28 September 2018 (Photo: Tatsiana Tkachova)

Photo 7 of 8 The body of a month-old orangutan lies on a rescue team’s surgical drape, near the town of Subulussalam, Sumatra, Indonesia. She died soon after being found with her injured mother on a palm oil plantation, on 10 March 2019 (Photo: Alain Schroeder)

Photo 8 of 8 Firefighters attempt to control flames in a burning house, as they threaten nearby properties, in Lake Conjola, New South Wales, Australia, on 31 December 2019 (Photo: Matthew Abbot, Panos Pictures for The New York Times)

"I am very happy that, despite the global pandemic, the World Press Photo Exhibition will be held once again in Hong Kong," said Arjen van den Berg, the Consul General of the Netherlands in Hong Kong and Macau. "With its powerful and evocative images, the exhibition bears testament to the important work photojournalists do all over the world in bringing us the stories that matter. In these uncertain times, it reminds us that a free and independent press is vital for maintaining stable and resilient societies."

"It is thrilling to see the World Press Photo Exhibition being held in Hong Kong amidst such turbulent times. We treasure the opportunity to share the work of so many talented news photographers from around the world with the people of Hong Kong," says Ho Ka Tat, chair of the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association.

Admission to the exhibition is free. Enhanced hygiene and social-distancing protocols will be in place including compulsory use of face masks and temperature checks. Guests are required to register in advance to book their time to visit. Tours will be available in both English and Cantonese. Please contact worldpressphotohongkong@gmail.com for more information.

This article was originally published on January 15, 2021 and was updated on March 30, 2021.

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World Press Photo Exhibition Returns To Hong Kong This March 2021