World Press Photo Exhibition 2018
Exhibition: 16 Jun – 06 Jul 2018, 9 am – 7 pm
Vietnam Fine Arts University
42 Yet Kieu, Hanoi
From the organizer:
Visit the World Press Photo Exhibition 2018 on its world-wide tour – in Vietnam for the first time since 15 years! The Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands is organizing this exhibition on the occasion of 45 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and The Netherlands in 2018.
The exhibition will showcase the stories that matter, with photography from the 61st annual World Press Photo contest. The winners were chosen by an independent jury that reviewed more than 73,000 photographs entered by 4,548 photographers from 125 countries. The exhibition will visit >90 major cities and have >4 million visitors – now including Hanoi!
The World Press Photo Foundation is a global platform connecting professionals and audiences through trustworthy visual journalism and storytelling. It was founded in 1955 when a group of Dutch photographers organized a contest (“World Press Photo”) to expose their work to an international audience. Since then the contest has grown into the world’s most prestigious photography competition, reaching millions of people every year. The World Press Photo Foundation is a creative, independent, nonprofit organization, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It receives support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and is sponsored worldwide by Canon.
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