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World Press Photo Exhibition 2019
World Press Photo Exhibition 2019
View the world’s best photojournalism from 2018, selected from the prestigious World Press Photo contest, now in its 62nd year.
Location
State Library of New South Wales
1 Shakespeare Place
Sydney
NSW
2000
Australia
World Press Photo Exhibition 2019
View the world’s best photojournalism from 2018, selected from the prestigious World Press Photo contest, now in its 62nd year.
The exhibition features over 150 powerful and evocative single images and photo stories captured by professional photographers from across the globe, covering news, contemporary issues, people, daily life, sport, nature and the environment.
The annual World Press Photo exhibition travels to 45 countries to be seen by more than 4 million, in over 100 cities each year, and is brought to Sydney by Canon Australia.

