UNTIL SUNDAY 7/11
F. CHIRIVELLA SORIANO. Valeriola, 13
The pandemic that has united the human species in grief for the last two and a half years and the latent conflict caused by the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories star in the winning photographs of 64 edition of the World Press Photo, the most prestigious photojournalism exhibition in the world that has been in Valencia for nine years thanks to the Chirivella Soriano Foundation and Doctornopo. The danish Mads Nissen has won the contest with the image The fist embrace, the first hug that an elderly woman named Rosa receives after five months confined to a Brazilian residence due to Covid-19 (The second prize is also for an image related to the pandemic, very present in the selection of winning photos). The WPP organization takes advantage of the award to take a dig at Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who minimized the severity of the pandemic by encouraging his fellow citizens to continue with their normal lives to keep the economy afloat. And another little pull with the winning series in the “Story of the year” category, this time to the Israeli government that keeps imprisoned 4.200 Palestinians who find it very difficult to receive visits from their families. Marital encounters and physical contact between adults are prohibited, So long-term prisoners have been hiding their semen in gifts made to their children, those who can hug, to continue increasing his offspring even while behind bars. This drama is collected by the series Habibi of Italian Antonio Faccilongo, the subterfuges used by the Palestinians in the demographic fight against Israel, one of the many cruxes of this conflict that has been entrenched for decades in the Middle East.
In a Valencian key, Claudia Reig Valera and Barret Cooperativa have been awarded as one of the best interactive educational Digital Narrative projects for the documentary Giving birth in the 21st century. The work portrays the humanized care during childbirth of five women in the public hospital of La Plana de Vila-real, conditioned by the Covid pandemic. And at the state level, the names of the Barcelonan appear Luis Tato, for a photograph of a large plague of locusts in the Kenyan desert; the basque Aitor Garmendia, that portrays the pork industry in Spain; the Extremaduran Jaime Culebras, for his work on the reproduction of glass frogs in the Andes of Ecuador; and the Argentine resident in Barcelona Pablo Tosco, winner in the Contemporary Issues category for reflecting the life of a fisherman woman and her family in Yemen. Informative news, nature, portraits, sports and cultural phenomena permeate the photographs of this magnificent exhibition about the life that, since he arrived in the city, always finds the enthusiasm of the Valencian public. AU
