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| Danish photographer Mads Nissen was awarded the World Press Photo of the Year for this image of "Jon and Alex" locked in a tender embrace in St. Petersburg, Russia (AFP Photo/Mads Nissen) |
An image of a gay couple locked in a tender embrace in Russia won the prestigious World Press Photo award on Thursday, highlighting the plight of sexual minorities in the country.
But organisers said almost a quarter of all pictures reaching the penultimate round of the 58th edition of the contest were rejected because they were digitally enhanced.
AFP’s Istanbul-based photographer Bulent Kilic won first and third prizes in the Spot News category, Singles, for two haunting images taken in Turkey and Syria.
Danish photographer Mads Nissen shot his evocative winning picture of “Jon and Alex” in a bare room in Saint Petersburg, with only a brown curtain as a backdrop.
One of the men is lying down with his eyes closed as the other looks down at him tenderly, their hands locked together on the one man’s chest. Full story here!
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