World Press Photo reveals the breathtaking gallery of 2020 contest nominees [NSFW]

Nominees and winners of World Press Photo Contest never fail to give us chills and leave us in awe, shock and with mixed emotions. The World Press Photo Foundation has just announced nominees of its 63rd annual contest, as well as its Digital Storytelling Contest. They come from all over the world, making yet another stunning and powerful collection of images.

[Editor’s note: some photos contain graphic scenes you may find disturbing, so viewer discretion is advised]

World Press Photo Contest

The World Press Photo Contest has been around since 1955. So, this year’s contest is the 63rd so far. 4,282 photographers from 125 countries all over the world entered the contest with a staggering number of 73,996 images. Among all of them, the jury of 17 photography professionals had a challenging task of choosing the best of the best.

There are three nominees for World Press Photo Story of the Year, and six nominees for World Press Photo of the Year. The jury also nominated three single images and three stories in each of the eight categories of the 2020 Photo Contest:

• Contemporary Issues
• General News
• Environment
• Nature
• Long-Term Projects
• Portraits
• Spot News
• Sports

Here is the selection of images from this year’s World Press Photo Contest nominees. You can see full gallery and read stories behind each image here.

World Press Photo Story of the Year

World Press Photo of the Year

General News – singles

Long-Term Projects

Nature, Singles

Portraits, Singles

Sports, Singles

Spot News

World Press Photo Digital Storytelling Contest

The Digital Storytelling Contest is open to short documentary film and interactive productions. Just like the images, they also highlight contemporary issues and stories from all over the world, told by the means of digital technologies.

This year, 287 videos were submitted to the contest across three categories: Interactive, Long and Short. The jury nominated three participants in each of the categories. There were also three nominees for the World Press Photo Online Video of the Year. You can see the full list of nominees via this link.

The winners of both the 2020 Photo Contest and the Digital Storytelling Contest will be announced at the Awards Show, which will take place on 16 April 2020 in Amsterdam. The winners of both contests will be awarded a cash prize of 10,000 euros.

There will also be the World Press Photo Exhibition 2020. It will have all the prize-winning photos assembled into a year-long exhibition that visits 120 cities and 50 countries all over the world. The exhibition will premiere at De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 18 April 2020. You can see all upcoming exhibitions in this calendar, and make sure to check out the full gallery of nominated images and videos here.