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World Press Photo Stands By Controversial Award

In the aftermath of a written complaint by the mayor of Charleroi, World Press Photo conducted an investigation into the photographs of Italian photographer Giovanni Troilo which were just recently awarded First Place in the contest’s Contemporary Issue S

via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/world-press-photo-stands-controversial-award

While World Press Photo describes itself as a photojournalism and documentary photography contest, this statement seems to grant permission to photographers to set-up or stage scenes that would “ordinarily” take place.

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