The photo went around the world. On March 9, 2022, a young woman named Iryna Kalinina lay on a stretcher, with her hand on her stomach, injured. Russia had just bombed the Mariupol hospital in Ukraine, just two weeks into the war. The attack left 3 dead and 17 injured and Iryna Kalinina and her baby did not survive. A strong cliché, which had moved the whole world, and which today received the first prize of Photo of the world press.
Photography as a weapon against the horrors of war
In a video posted on the official website of Photos from the world press, Evgeniy Maloletka, award-winning photographer of the Associated Press (AP) agency, hopes that ” all the work we’ve done will help people understand in some way. Maybe it will be used in a Russian war crimes case “.
He adds, regarding his photo:
” For me, this picture is the picture I want to forget. But I couldn’t »
Yevgeny Maloletka
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the city of Mariupol has been 90% destroyed and 20,000 people have lost their lives.
From April 22nd all the winning shots of the Photo of the world press will be exhibited in Amsterdamheadquarters of the foundation, before traveling the world.
Source: Madmoizelle
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