Anadolu Agency's international photograph competition on display at UN headquarters

The works of 22 award-winning photographers were on display Monday in an exhibit launched by Anadolu Agency at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Winners of the Istanbul Photo Awards 2017 hail from 17 countries and beat out the competition at this year’s contest that received approximately 25,000 entries.

The Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations helped open the exhibition that is sponsored by Turkish Airlines and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency

It is the second consecutive year the exhibit has been held at the UN headquarters and the third straight year Anadolu Agency has organized the contest.

"What is important for [Anadolu Agency] is to ensure that news photographs are widely published and more accessible," Anadolu Agency Deputy Director-General and Editor-in-Chief Metin Mutanoglu, who played host, said at the opening ceremony.

"And what is also important for us is to tell human stories to the audience through photo interviews, and this requires well-trained professionals," he added.

Among the highlighted works were Fleeing Daesh, the Photo of the Year award snapped by French photographer Frederic Lafargue for the weekly news magazine Paris Match.

News Series Award winner Aris Messinis’s Death in the Mediterranean for Agence France-Presse and Adam Pretty's photograph Below the Surface, taken for Getty Images in the sports category were also included.

A spotlight was also shined on Hosam Salem, a freelance photojournalist in Gaza who received the Young Photojournalist Award for his work, Street Training in Gaza.

The exhibition will be displayed adjacent to the Vienna Cafe in the UN until Oct. 27.

Distinguished guest at the opening ceremony included Turkey's permanent representative at the UN Feridun Sinirlioglu, Consul General in New York Ertan Yalcin, other UN permanent representatives, consular authorities, national and international media organizations and representatives for the Turkish community.

Applications for the Istanbul Photo Awards 2018 will open Nov. 1 and run until Jan. 31, 2018.

The number of categories will be increased from eight to 10 and the total prize money will be raised to $165,000 in the next competition.

Award-winning photographs will be displayed at UN headquarters for about two weeks starting from Monday

Anadolu Agency’s award-winning selection of photographs from the Istanbul Photo Awards 2017 (IPA) will go on exhibit on Monday at the UN headquarters in New York City.

Anadolu Agency Deputy Director-General and Editor-in-Chief Metin Mutanoglu will host the exhibition.

Turkey's permanent representative at UN Feridun Sinirlioglu, Consul General in New York Ertan Yalcin, UN permanent representatives and consular authorities, national and international media organizations and Turkish community representatives are expected to attend the exhibition.

The exhibition will be open for its visitors until Oct. 27.

Twenty-two photographers were awarded from 17 countries during 2017 IPA contest which is sponsored by Turkish Airlines (THY) and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA).

Impressive photos from around the world

Photo of the Year award was given to French photographer Frederic Lafargue’s "Fleeing Daesh" which was clicked in Iraq for Paris Match.

Aris Messinis’s series "Death in the Mediterranean" for Agence France-Presse won the News Series Award, while Adam Pretty's photo "Below the Surface" taken for Getty Images won the Sports Single Award. Patrick Smith received the Sports Series Award as well.

Mary Gelman won the top prize in the Multiple Portrait category for her images of domestic violence victims. There was no winner in the Single Portrait category.

Kemal Jufri’s Feeding Orphaned Orangutans won the Nature-Environment Story Award, while Johnny Miller's Papwa Sewgolum Golf Course photo series took home the Nature-Environment Single Award.

Hosam Salem, a freelance photojournalist in Gaza, received the Young Photojournalist Award for Street Training in Gaza.

The Istanbul Photo Awards saw around 25,000 entries.

Award-winning photos are on display at Folkart Gallery until Oct. 7

An exhibition of Anadolu Agency’s 2017 Istanbul Photo Awards contest that rewarded 22 photographers from 17 countries opened Thursday in Turkey's western Izmir province.

Attending the opening ceremony, the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's Izmir deputy Necip Kalkan praised the exhibition. 

The Folkart Gallery in Izmir will display the winning photographs from this year's Istanbul Photo Awards that saw around 25,000 entries in eight categories.

Twenty-two photographers from 17 countries received awards during the March contest sponsored by Turkish Airlines and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA).

French photographer Frederic Lafargue’s "Fleeing Daesh" was named Photo of the Year.

Aris Messinis’s series "Death in the Mediterranean" for Agence France-Presse won the News Series Award, while Adam Pretty's photo "Below the Surface" taken for Getty Images won the Sports Single Award.

Anadolu Agency Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Saban Kizildag said the photo contest was receiving more international appreciation each year.

Recalling that Istanbul and Ankara were also hosting the exhibition, Kizildag said the agency was planning to open two more exhibitions in New York and Moscow in the upcoming months. 

The exhibition in Izmir can be visited until Oct. 7.

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