For 70 years, the World Press Photo Contest has been the ultimate time capsule of photojournalism.
But the three words that make up its name — World, Press, and Photo — don’t mean what they did
in 1955. The “world” is no longer filtered through a single Western perspective. The “press” is a
fragmented battlefield of digital noise. And the “photo”? Well, it no longer needs a camera to exist.
Yet, despite all this change, our visual language keeps repeating itself. We’ve built a library of tropes:
heroic men in action, emotional women in distress, Africa as a place of suffering, and melodramatic
white soldiers. These patterns have become shortcuts, shaping how stories are told and, more
importantly, how they are remembered.
This tension between new tools and old habits raises a crucial question: If the ways we capture
and share images has changed, why do we keep telling the same stories in the same way?
What do these recurring images say about what we choose to see—and what we ignore?
This exhibition is an invitation to rethink not just how photojournalism has evolved but how we,
as viewers and citizens, should be learning to read images with a sharper and more critical eye.
The hosting partner will take care of the transport as it is locally produced.
What is included:
- Exhibition kit: A complete exhibition kit with guidelines to suit your venue.
- 80 — 120 photographic prints
- There will be a possibility of locally producing the exhibition materials
- Required space: approx. 150 linear meters
- Didactic material: Researched and updated didactics to accompany and contextualize each of the images in the exhibition.
- Didactic material will be provided in the local language + English
- Promotional kit: A kit to help you promote the exhibition in your location with assets and templates for online and offline use.
- Education: A detailed document providing guided tour information and visual literacy understanding for school groups.
- Support from WPP: Dedicated staff to support all of your questions relating to exhibition organization and production.
- Side program opportunities: With all of our exhibitions, we encourage side programing, in the form of guided tours, talks, inviting participating photographers etc. WPP staff will be able to participate or support in organization.
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Please select the community profile of your partner and the type of partnership. Your partner will receive an email for confirmation.
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