The organizing committee of the 10th anniversary Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest is expected to announce the winners among the short-listed entrants during an award ceremony.
Scheduled to take place at the State Museum of Contemporary History of Russia on September 3, it will also reveal the Grand Prix winner, the contest’s biggest intrigue.
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The international jury of the 2024 contest reviewed more than 2,000 photo images from 36 countries to select works by 32 young photographers from 10 countries: Bangladesh, China, India, Italy, Myanmar, Russia, Spain, Syria, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
Photos by the contest winners will be on display at the State Museum of Contemporary History of Russia until the end of September.
The ceremony will also serve as the starting point of the annual exhibition tour for the contest winners. This year, the international road show will travel to Ethiopia, Serbia, and Argentina and could expand its geography even more.
The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest is a platform for talented young photographers who are sensitive and open to everything new, empowering them to bring into focus the people and events around us.
The Stenin Contest is supported by its general media partners, including VGTRK (All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company) (Russia), SMOTRIM online platform (Russia), and Moskva 24 television channel (Russia).
The contest’s international media partners are the Sputnik news agency and radio (International), RT television network and news website (International), Independent Media holding (South Africa), ANA news agency (South Africa), Shanghai United Media Group (SUMG) (China), the online version of the China Daily newspaper (China), The Paper news website (China), and the Al Mayadeen media network (Lebanon).
The contest is also supported by industry partners including the Union of Journalists of Russia, the YOung JOurnalists information portal (Russia), the Russian Photo portal (Russia) and the Photo-study.ru portal (Russia).