The 2024 World Press Photo Exhibition showcases the world’s best photojournalism and documentary photography, highlighting the importance of press freedom by supporting photographers and introducing visual literacy to a broader audience. The traveling exhibition is currently displayed at Erasmus Huis Jakarta from 25 August to 22 September 2024.
The exhibition showcases the 2024 World Press Photo Contest results, telling stories about wars in Gaza and Ukraine, migration, family and dementia. These winning images show the importance of press and documentary photography, and are a testament to the courage, skill and empathy shown by photographers worldwide.
“Each of these winning photographers is intimately and personally familiar with their topics. This helps them bring a deeper understanding to the rest of us, which hopefully leads to empathy and compassion. I am thankful for their dedication, courage, professionalism and skill,” said Executive Director World Press Photo Joumana El Zein Khoury.
At the opening of the exhibition in Jakarta, a keynote speech was given by the Chairwoman of Indonesia’s Alliance of Independent Journalists Nany Afrida. "This exhibition will provide a treasure trove for the public in Indonesia about the important moments captured by photographers as well as additional information that being a photographer is not easy. There are many challenges, especially when capturing dramatic moments while still adhering to the journalistic code of ethics," said Nany.
The annual World Press Photo Contest recognizes and celebrates the best photojournalism and documentary photography produced over the last year. The awarded photographs were selected from 61,062 entries by 3,851 photographers from 130 countries. They were judged first by six regional juries, and the winners were then chosen by a global jury consisting of the regional jury chairs plus the global jury chair.
There are six regions in the new contest model (Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America, South America and Southeast Asia and Oceania), where each regional jury is composed of five professionals from and/or working in that region, with a range of expertise. One of the jury members for Southeast Asia and Oceania is Ng Swan Ti, the Managing Director of PannaFoto Institute and Co-founder of the Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest).
The global winners are selected from the 24 regional winners. There are also six honorable mentions, including Indonesian photographer Arie Basuki. Additionally, this year, the jury made the exceptional decision to include two special mentions in the selection. The awarded stories will be shown to millions as part of their annual exhibition in over 60 locations around the world. Millions more will see the winning stories online.