Ook in 2016 vond de wereldberoemde World Press Photo Contest plaats. Het is de 59ste editie dat de jury uit 82,951 inzendingen door 5,775 fotografen uit 128 landen de winnaars uit moet kiezen. De kwaliteit van de inzendingen is in 2016 buitengewoon adembenemend.
“I camped with the refugees for five days on the border. A group of about 200 people arrived, and they moved under the trees along the fence line. They sent women and children, then fathers and elderly men first. I must have been with this crew for about five hours and we played cat and mouse with the police the whole night. I was exhausted by the time I took the picture. It was around three o’clock in the morning and you can’t use a flash while the police are trying to find these people, because I would just give them away. So I had to use the moonlight alone.”
