It seems that the photography company Canon no longer sponsors the World Press photography exhibition, which was displayed at the State Library Of New South Wales.
To my mind, this has resulted in a total lack of variety in the selected images.
It seems that the judges felt that misery, pestilence, rioting and death, over other categories such as great moments in sport, entertainment and nature.
Most of the images were in the form of a photo essay com prising of multiple photos.
Accompanying the photos was a detailed text explaining the circumstances and context of each photo essay.
A few of the photos were singles.
Accordingly the titles I have given to the images are my own, compressing the elongated text.
The other point which I wish to make is that not every photo in the photo essay is great.
Therefore some of the photos I have included are from a number of photos of a particular topic.
There was also a slide show which was ineffective because of the ambient light in the Gallery and the speed at which it was calibrated.
Even more disappointing was the fact that it seems it is for the first time the exhibition’s catalogue will be hardcover at a cost of $65.
The exhibition ran at the State Library Of New South Wales from 21 M ay 2022 to Sunday 19 June 2022.
Featured image : Yael Martinez – Opium Growers Ritual, Guerraro Mexico. Photos of photos and text by Ben Apfelbaum