Yik Fei Lam, photojournalist based in Hong Kong, wins Photo of the Year Award

The jury of the Istanbul Photo Awards 2020, organized by Anadolu Agency, have announced the winners.

Anadolu Agency organized the annual contest for the 6th time. This year, the selection was made using a specifically designed online platform developed by Anadolu Agency’s tech team.

The international jury convened on June 24-25 to decide the first three winners in four categories: single news, story news, single sports and story sports.

Sponsored by Turkey’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines, the winners of the contest presents a summary of the events worldwide in 2019, from Hong Kong to Gaza.

News category

In the Single News category, Yik Fei Lam’s photograph, titled “Hong Kong Protests,” won Photo of the Year Award. The photo shows a policeman pointing handgun at a protester.

Mahmoud el Hams came in second with his photo, titled “Funeral in Gaza,” which he shot for AFP. The photo shows distressed Palestinian children crying side by side.

Reuters photojournalist Ibraheem Abu Mustafa was awarded third with his photo of people breaking fast in a long table near the demolished buildings, titled “Palestinian Iftar amongst Rubble”.

In Story News, Valerio Bispuri won the first prize with his photo series titled “Prisoner.” Photos taken at Italian jails show daily life of prisoners.

Yik Fei Lam’s Hong Kong protest photos were awarded the second prize. The protests in Hong Kong are shown in a series of photos, from protesters to policemen and burning streets.

Alain Schroeder’s photos showing efforts to save orangutans that are forced out of the rainforest, got the third prize in same category. The series is titled “Saving Orangutans”.

Sports category

Gazeta Wyborcza’s photojournalist Jakub Porzycki was awarded the first prize in Single Sports category for his photo titled “Gymnastics”.

The second award in this category was given to Getty Images photojournalist Richard Heathcote for his photo, titled “Boom-Two Time Champion.” The photo captures the drama of a high-stakes boxing rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia, 2019.

Insidefoto photojournalist Andrea Staccioli won the third place in the Single Sports category, with photo titled “Diver”.

Getty Images photojournalist Adam Pretty won the first prize in Story Sports with a series of photos, titled “Sport Climbing’s Olympic Debut.” He also won the second award with “The Road to Tokyo 2020 Paralympics”.

AFP photojournalist Franck Fife won the third award in Story Sports with photo titled “Titan Bike Race”.

Details of the winner photographs can be found at "http://istanbulphotoawards.com/"

Winner of the Photo of the Year won the prize of $8,000. First places in other categories are awarded $5,000, second places $3,000, and third places $500.

Winners of Istanbul Photo Awards, organized by Anadolu Agency this year for 6th time, set to be announced next Tuesday

After meeting online this week to judge the entries, the jury of the Istanbul Photo Awards 2020, organized by Anadolu Agency, Turkey's top news source, has chosen the winners.

Next Tuesday, June 30, will see the announcement of the choice photos honored by the awards, organized this year by Anadolu Agency for the sixth time.

The selection process took place using an online platform using state-of-art software developed by Anadolu Agency's dedicated tech team.

The winning photos were selected from more than 10,000 entries sent by professional photographers in over 100 countries. Starting June 30, the winners will be viewable at istanbulphotoawards.com.

Jury members include Yuri Kozyrev, a veteran photojournalist with Dutch-based NOOR Agency; Marion Mertens, a senior digital editor at Paris Match in France; Michel Scotto, AFP's head of photo business development in France; Deborah Copaken, an American photojournalist and author; Georges De Keerle, a photojournalist and visual media consultant; Cameron Spencer, Getty Images sports chief photographer; Ahmet Sel, a senior photojournalist; Hasan Oymez, the editor-in-chief of Anadolu Agency's Visual News Department, and Firat Yurdakul, photography editor for Anadolu Agency.

An Anadolu Agency team organized the elimination process on an online platform specifically designed for the awards.

Jury members praised the continuation of the contest even amid the coronavirus outbreak, and shared their thoughts on the organization.

Scotto congratulated the organizers for maintaining a smooth process despite this year’s challenging circumstances due to the pandemic.

Spencer said the online elimination platform, including jurors from at least six countries, was handled very smoothly, and congratulated the team.

De Keerle said the technology used in the platform was quite advanced, while Mertens praised its ease of use.

Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s flag carrier airline, sponsors the contest.

Winners of annual event to be announced on June 30

The jury of Istanbul Photo Awards 2020, organized by Anadolu Agency, Turkey's top news source, will meet online for this year’s event due to novel coronavirus.

The jury meeting of the 6th edition of the contest which is held annually with the participation of photographers from more than 100 countries, will be held on June 24-25.

The jury will follow the elimination process via a website specially prepared for the contest by the Anadolu Agency team. The winners will be announced on June 30.

Jury gathering, which was scheduled for March in Turkey, had been postponed as part of pandemic measures.

More than 10,000 photos were sent to the event in four categories. Applications were made between Nov., 2019, and Feb., 2020 at www.istanbulphotoawards.com.

Information on the international jury board of the contest, consisting of the most prestigious names in the world of photography, can be found at http://www.istanbulphotoawards.com/Jury/.

Jury members to meet this March to select winner of international photo contest

The Jury members to judge entries in the sixth Istanbul Photo Awards -- an international news photography contest held by Turkey's leading Anadolu Agency -- were announced on Wednesday.

The jury members of the Istanbul Photo Awards 2020 are Yuri Kozyrev, a photojournalist with Dutch-based NOOR Agency; Marion Mertens, a senior digital editor at Paris Match in France; Michel Scotto, AFP's head of photo business development in France; Deborah Copaken, an American photojournalist and author; Georges De Keerle, a photojournalist and visual media consultant; Cameron Spencer, Getty Images sports chief photographer; Ahmet Sel, a senior photojournalist with Anadolu Agency; Hasan Oymez, the editor-in-chief of Anadolu Agency's Visual News Department, and Firat Yurdakul, photography editor for Anadolu Agency.

Jury members will meet this March to select the winner of the international photo contest.

The Istanbul Photo Awards is organized by Anadolu Agency, which has worked with a great number of photojournalists throughout its 100 years in journalism and aims to support the profession of photojournalism.

The application period of the contest, to which photographers across the world applied in approximately three months, was extended until Feb. 15, according to a statement from the agency.

The contest has four categories: Single News, Story News, Single Sports, and Story Sports.

Professional photographers can apply for the contest via istanbulphotoawards.com, the statement said.

The winner of the Single News category will be honored as Photo of the Year with a prize of $8,000, while winners in other categories will get $5,000 for first prize, $3,000 for second prize, and $1,500 for third.

Much like years past, this year's winning photos will be displayed throughout the year at exhibitions in Turkey and abroad, including New York, Istanbul and Tokyo.