İstanbul Photo Awards 2019

The İstanbul Photo Awards is an international news photography competition organized by Anadolu Ajansı (AA), a global news agency with over 100 years of experience. Aiming to contribute to the field of news photography, the competition rewards the efforts of courageous and talented professional photographers from around the world based on merit. The İstanbul Photo Awards has become one of the world’s most renowned news photography competitions.

The İstanbul Photo Awards 2019 photo book features award-winning news and sports photographs from the previous year, ranging from refugees on the Mexican border to the Yellow Vests protests in France, from football stadiums in Iran to a Taekwondo school in North Korea. The cover of the book features the photograph titled “Israel-Palestine Conflict” by AFP’s Palestinian photojournalist Ahmad Gharabli, which won the Photo of the Year award.

Books featuring the award-winning photographs from Anadolu Ajansı’s annual international news photography competition, the İstanbul Photo Awards, can be accessed through the competition’s official website, istanbulphotoawards.com.