City lensman wins in news category

INFERNO: Victor Blanco’s ‘Cleansing Fire’ came third in the My Planet category.

THIS YEAR’S award-winning entries in the 2017 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest will be exhibited in Cape Town this

The exquisite images – the best in the world – will go on display from today at the Eclectica Contemporary at 69 Burg Street. And the best part? Admission will be free.

South African photojournalist Phandulwazi Jikelo, who worked at the Cape Argus’s sister title, the Cape Times, and now works for Africa News Agency (ANA) won first prize in the Top News single category for his “Grabouw Housing Protest”.

Kevin Midigo from Kenya won second prize in the same category for his “AntiIEBC Protests”.

Their pictures capturing events in the political life of both countries became part of the bright kaleidoscope of topics that concern young photographers.

The exhibition features over 50 photos, including “Migrants in Belgrade”, a piercing story about people with a lost future by Spanish journalist Alejandro Martinez Velez; the “What?” photo series by Italian photographer Danilo Garcia Di Meo about the courage and the will to live of young Italian woman Ambra; the black-andwhite chronicle “Playing in the Dark” by Pavel Volkov, about Paralympian football player Sergei Mangos; and “Silent Howl”, an unbiased story of MD Shahnewaz Khan from Bangladesh about children who are forced to work so that their family can survive. WITH OUR TYRES: South African Phandulwazi Jikelo won first prize in the Top News single category for his ‘Grabouw Housing Protest’.

Ahead of the exhibition tour in South Africa, 2017 jury member and SA photojournalist Ian Landsberg said one of the main goals of the exhibition was to motivate young South African photojournalists to up their game in telling the untold stories of South Africa and Africa, its people and their hope and aspirations.

“The exhibition of winning entries of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest brings together the best in photojournalism by young visual storytellers from around the world, including South Africa.

“As a photojournalist from Africa, in particular South Africa, who is closely involved with newspaper photography as a photo editor, I am convinced that the contest will not only encourage young photojournalists to tell the stories of Africa, its people and their hopes and aspirations, but will also provide global exposure and international awareness,” Landsberg said.

– Staff Reporter

SELF-ABSORBED: Jelena Jankovic of Serbia’s picture, ‘Selfie Culture’, taken at the Massive Attack concert in Croatia, last year, won first place in the My Planet category.

DISRUPTIVE TIMES: Kevin Midigo from Kenya won second prize in the same category for his ‘Anti-IEBC Protests’.

UNORTHODOX: Kristina Kormilitsyna of Russia’s ‘Rabbis’ came second in the My Planet category