THE ANNUAL WORLD PRESS PHOTO EXHIBIT USES IMAGES TO ILLUMINATE THE EVENTS AND ISSUES THAT AFFECTED US ALL IN 2014
Photo: Mads Nissen for Scanpix/Panos Pictures
SEPTEMBER 30 TO OCTOBER 20 Drone strikes in the Middle East, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, anti-government protests in Turkey—just a few of the events that impacted life on earth in 2014, and which were documented unflinching artistry by intrepid international photojournalists. The most compelling of these images are now on display at Brookfield Place’s Allen Lambert Galleria as part of World Press Photo. The annual juried exhibition features the prize-winning efforts of 41 photographers in eight categories—from Raphaela Rosella’s portrait of a socially isolated woman in Australia to Mads Nissen’s World Press Photo of the Year (pictured above), depicting an intimate moment for a gay couple in Russia. Though not always easy to look at, the pictures lend immediacy and humanity to significant issues that too often seem far removed from our day-to-day experience. —Craig Moy
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- Laurinda waits in her purple dress for the bus that will take her to Sunday School. She is among the many socially isolated young women in disadvantaged communities in Australia facing entrenched poverty, racism, trans-generational trauma, violence, addiction, and a range of other barriers to health and well-being. <br /><em>(Caption provided by World Press Photo)</em>
- Photo: Raphaela Rosella for <em>Oculi</em>
- World Press Photo 2015 in Toronto
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- Photo: Raphaela Rosella for Oculi
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- Wei, a 19-year-old Chinese worker, wearing a face mask and a Santa hat, stands next to Christmas decorations being dried in a factory as red powder used for coloring hovers in the air. He wears six masks a day and the hat protects his hair from the red dust, which covers workers from head to toe like soot after several hours of work. <br /><em>(Caption provided by World Press Photo)</em>
- Photo: Ronghui Chen for <em>City Express</em>
- World Press Photo 2015 in Toronto
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- Photo: Ronghui Chen for City Express
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- Shipwrecked people are rescued aboard a boat 20 miles north of Libya by a frigate of the Italian navy. After hundreds of men, women and children had drowned in 2013 off the coast of Sicily and Malta, the Italian government put its navy to work under a campaign called “Mare Nostrum” rescuing refugees at sea. Only in 2014, 170,081 people were rescued and taken to Italy. <br /><em>(Caption provided by World Press Photo)</em>
- Photo: Massimo Sestini
- World Press Photo 2015 in Toronto
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- Photo: Massimo Sestini
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- A group of young Samburu warriors encounter a rhino for the first time in their lives. Most people in Kenya never get the opportunity to see the wildlife that exists literally in their own backyard. <br /><em>(Caption provided by World Press Photo)</em>
- Photo: Ami Vitale
- World Press Photo 2015 in Toronto
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- Photo: Ami Vitale
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- Argentina player Lionel Messi comes to face the World Cup trophy during the final celebrations at Maracana Stadium. His team lost to Germany 1-0, after a goal by Mario Götze in extra time. <br /><em>(Caption provided by World Press Photo)</em>
- Photo: Bao Tailiang for <em>Chengdu Economic Daily</em>
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- Photo: Bao Tailiang for Chengdu Economic Daily
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