Presenting the World Press Photo Story of the Year in 2023: ‘The Price of Peace in Afghanistan’ by Mads Nissen, Denmark, Politiken/Panos Pictures.
The Story of the Year, nine haunting but beautiful photos by Mads Nissen, refuses to let us forget the people of Afghanistan living now under the Taliban and with a lack of international aid.
After the withdrawal of US and allied forces from Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban returned to power. In response, other nations stopped providing foreign aid and froze billions of dollars of government reserves deposited abroad. Intense droughts in 2022 exacerbated the economic crisis; currently half of the country’s population do not have enough to eat and over a million children are severely malnourished according to the UN.
Mads Nissen said: “My hope with this work is more than anything to create not just awareness, but engagement with the millions of Afghans who are desperately in need of food and humanitarian aid right now.”
The jury remarked that this is truly extraordinary work especially as it covers so many different layers of life under Taliban rule. They commended the photographer’s airtight, traditional approach that elucidates the failures of the American adventure in Afghanistan to give us a well-rounded look at how these failures have impacted the people.
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The annual World Press Photo Contest recognizes and celebrates the best photojournalism and documentary photography produced over the last year.
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