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Stenin Contest 2023: Indian Photojournalist Work Wins Online Vote

14:06, 8 August 2023
Indian photojournalist Kabir Jhangiani and his Seagulls around Yamuna River has won the online vote in this year’s Andrei Stenin Press Photo Contest, rounded up in early August.
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Here is how the photographer describes his own work: “A man rows his boat along the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. Migratory birds come to India for the winter. They get to different parts of the country by October and usually leave in March.”

According to online voters, the top five of the shortlist also include single images and series by photojournalists from Russia and Burundi. Sleeping Queens by Fabrice Mbonankira (Burundi) won the second place. The third and fourth places were taken by Russia’s Pelagia Tikhonova and her Remembering 1945 and Yevgeny Filippov for Individual Race. Another Indian photographer, Sayan Adhikary from Kolkata, won the fifth place with The Dying Tradition through Circle.
Prize-winners from the shortlist, as well as the Grand Prix winner, will be announced by the contest’s organizing committee in September. Future plans include launching a traditional road show of the winners in cities around the world before the end of the year.
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A man rows his boat along the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. Migratory birds come to India for the winter. They get to different parts of the country by October and usually leave in March.
© Photo : Kabir Jhangiani
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Renilde Mbanzendorere Aged 47, she is one of the women who survive thanks to the Buterere dump in Bujumbura. Her husband is also part of the collectors at the dump. She is a mother of seven children, and her biggest wish is to get out of the dump and to be able to earn a living in a different way.
© Photo : Fabrice Mbonankira
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The dress rehearsal for the airborne part of the military parade to mark the 77th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
© Photo : Pelagia Tikhonova
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A primary school student skiing at the empty school stadium.
© Yevgeny Filippov
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Stilt fishermen community. The practice started during World War II when food shortages and overcrowded fishing spots prompted some clever men to try fishing on the water. This picture was taken on the northern coast of India.
© Photo : Sayan Adhikary

About the contest

The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, organized by Rossiya Segodnya under the patronage of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, aims to support young photographers and draw public attention to the challenges of photojournalism today. It is a platform for young photographers – talented and sensitive individuals open to all things new – to highlight people and events near us.
General media partners: VGTRK (National State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company) (Russia), SMOTRIM online-platform (Russia), Rossiya-Kultura TV channel (Russia), Moskva-24 TV channel (Russia).
International media partners: Sputnik news agency and radio (International), RT TV channel and website (International), Independent Media (South Africa). ANA (South Africa), Shanghai United Media Group (SUMG) (China), China Daily (China), The Paper (China), Al Mayadeen (Lebanon). Industry partners: Russian Union of Journalists (Russia), YOung JOurnalists (Russia), Russian Photo (Russia), Photo-study.ru (Russia).
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