Press conference Unicef Photo of the Year 2024
For the first time in the 25-year history of the UNICEF Photo of the Year, the jury has awarded two first prizes: Avishag Shaar-Yashuv (left) and Samar Abu Elouf (right). The Jury of the UNICEF Photo of the Year, acutely aware of the very different numbers of victims in Israel and Gaza, did not presume to establish a ranking of suffering. Regardless of who is to blame from whose point of view, two photographers on both sides of the front have contributed equally to painting a universal picture of the fate of children during the war. Their pictures show no blood, but restraint. They are a cautious yet striking portrait of a serious trauma. These haunting images will continue to serve as a warning to us even when the guns hopefully fall silent one day.
The winners of the 25th Unicef Photo of the Year Award were announced on 19 December 2024. Patron Elke Büdenbender, jury member Peter-Matthias Gaede and one of the first prizewinners Avishag Shaar-Yashuv gave touching speeches about the works at the house of Federal Press Conference (Haus der Bundespressekonferenz) in Berlin.
UNICEF Photo of the Year