Today, December 6, the World Press Photo 2024 exhibition opened at the Odessa National Art Museum. 

This year, the series titled “War is Personal” by Ukrainian photographer Yuliya Kochetova won in the “Open Format” category.

Also reaching the finals in the European region was Johanna Maria Fritz's project “Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant: Flood in the Combat Zone,” created during the evacuation of civilians during the flood. 

The exhibition tour in Ukraine is organized by the Odesa Photo Days Festival. The exhibition features 129 photographs documenting war, protests, migration and climate crises, as well as other significant events from 2023. Finalists were selected from over 61,000 works submitted by 3,851 participants from 130 countries.

The exhibition in Ukraine has been made possible with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine. Kyiv was the first city in the exhibition's tour, where 1,000 visitors attended the exhibition at the Dovzhenko Centre from late October to mid-November.

The exhibition will showcase works from 31 regional winners across 24 countries: Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Myanmar, Palestine, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States, and Venezuela.

The exhibition will run from December 6, 2024, to January 12, 2025. 
Admission: 150 / 75 UAH.

The World Press Photo Foundation is an independent organization that supports photojournalists and documentary photographers while promoting the development of global photojournalism. It also offers workshops and seminars.

Odesa Photo Days is an international festival of contemporary photography founded in 2015 in response to the war in Eastern Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. Since February 24, 2022, the festival has not been held, but the team has been working with Ukrainian photographers and the international community to spread awareness about the war in Ukraine and assist those affected.