Elena Anosova, a Russian photographer from the Baikal region who is currently based in Moscow, won the third prize in the Stories Category of the 2016 Pride Photo Award. Prompted by her own childhood experiences Elena explores in her series Section themes of identity, isolation and boundaries. Ivana Babic talked to her about these themes,
How much of ‘you’ is there in ‘me’? The series ‘You As Me’ by Gian Cruz plays with the notion of how our self-image is created through interaction with others. What happens if you ask other people to embody you? At the Award Ceremony in September, we interviewed Gian about his clever series of stand-in
‘Polarity’ by Ukrainian photographer Lana Yanovska, a work about androgyny and gender opposites, has won the Audience Award for the 2016 edition of Pride Photo Award. Of the 13.156 people who visited the Old Church, where the 2016 exhibition of the winning images of Pride Photo Award was on display, almost one in six
Turkish photojournalist Akın Çeliktaş is the name behind the winning photo of the sixth edition of Pride Photo Award. His image, taken during this year’s banned Istanbul Gay Pride march, speaks of the right to individual freedom as well as freedom of press. Ivana Babic talked to Çeliktaş about his winning photo and his work
A photo of riot police preventing the Istanbul Pride march in June 2016, wins the sixth edition of the international Pride Photo Award. The photo was made by Turkish photo journalist Akin Celiktas. The award ceremony and the official opening of the exhibition take place on Friday 16 September in the historic Old Church in
For this sixth edition of the contest we have received nearly 3.700 images from all over the world. Photographers of over 70 nationalities have sent in their best work, breaking last year’s record, and making the contest a truly international celebration of diversity, in style with the coming Europride, hosted in Amsterdam this year. The