İstanbul Photo Awards 2024

The Istanbul Photo Awards is an international news photography competition organized by Anadolu Ajansı (AA), a global news agency with more than a century of history. Aimed at advancing the field of photojournalism, the competition honors the efforts of courageous and talented professional photographers from around the world, awarded strictly based on merit. Over the years, it has grown into one of the world’s most respected and well-known photojournalism contests.

In the Istanbul Photo Awards 2024 photobook, readers will find a powerful collection of the past year’s award-winning images across categories including news, sports, nature and environment, daily life, and portraiture. The stories captured range from Israel’s ongoing assaults in Palestine to the earthquake in Türkiye, dubbed the “Disaster of the Century,” from Mexico’s drug cartels to refugee camps in Afghanistan, from widespread plastic pollution in Nigeria to the plight of elephants in Sri Lanka whose habitats have turned into garbage dumps, from the World Aquatics Championships in Japan to the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament, and from systemic discrimination in India to the tragic deaths of migrants off the Spanish coast.

The cover features A Palestinian Woman Embracing the Body of Her Deceased Niece, a striking photograph taken by Reuters photojournalist Mohammed Salem, which was named Photo of the Year.

All photobooks featuring the winning works from AA’s annual Istanbul Photo Awards competition are accessible via the contest’s official website: istanbulphotoawards.com.