Grand Press Photo is the most important press photo competition in Poland.

The award ceremony of the yearly competition was held in recent days.

Here is the photo of the year next to 5 photos that won first prizes and among them one with a Jewish context:    

The photo of the year by Jacek Szydlowski – Dziennik Wschodni / Jacek Szydlowski – nurse in the tent of the Lublin hospital during the corona pandemic days

Second place – photo by Anna Lewanska – Agencja Gazeat – Pani Anna (90) – the oldest participant in a group of swimmersVeils

Third place – photo by Tomasz Kaczor – Tomasz Kaczor for “Duzy Fromat” – portrait of Ewa, a 15-year-old American who woke up after 8 months of anesthesia

Fourth place – photo by Jedrzej Nowicki / Agencja Gazeta – …..activity of an open pit in Konin

Fifth place – photo by Katarzyna Piechowicz – Katarzyna Piechowicz for “Duzy Format” – during shooting at an old folks home in Silesia

Sixth place – photo by Jakub Pokrzycki – Jakub Pokrzycki /Agencja Gazeta – Orthodox Jews during a vivist to the tomb of the Grand Rabbi Dovid Biderman

We congratulate the winners!!