2017 NPOY Picture Story International – Sponsored by Leica

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Listed in alphabetical order.

 

Pieter de Vos / Independent

“Homelands” explores the complexities of life on the margins of South Africa, namely in Woodlane Village, a squatter camp located in the wealthy suburb of Moreleta Park in Pretoria. Woodlane Village comprises 846 households representing around 3000 people from Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, and South Africa. Most of the residents are economic refugees. The village is called “Plastic View” by the surrounding homeowners who describe the place as a hotbed of crime and pestilence — and oppose community-building efforts. The village is a crucible for the tensions South Africa is experiencing around land, migration, housing, economic segregation, social upheaval and violence.

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2017 NPOY Single Multimedia – Sponsored by Vistek
(Listed in alphabetical order of title)

 

Iona Whipp
 Michelle Berg / Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Saskatoon drag queen Iona Whipp, the performance alter ego of Aron DoSouto, is funny, glamorous and over-the-top, but she takes her art very seriously and takes great care to remember those who came before. Aron DoSouto applies makeup during his three-hour transformation into drag queen Iona Whipp.

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Photograph of the Year
Khan Mohammed, a young boy who fled the fighting in Sangin, Helmand Province, shortly after his father was killed in January 2016 during fighting between  the Taliban and government forces, is now living in an IDP camp on the outskirts of Kabul. Afghan forces, backed by Western fighter planes and special forces had been struggling to repel a Taliban siege in Sangin for weeks. (Zachary Prong)

Toronto, Ontario: Canada’s top photojournalists have been awarded thousands of dollars in prize money at the 10th Annual National Pictures of the Year Awards (NPOY), held May 6th in Toronto, Ontario, by the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC).

As the nation’s premier photojournalist competition, the NPOY is a testament to the ideal that photojournalism matters now more than ever. An esteemed panel of experts juried the hundreds of submissions and selected a total of 32 photographers who were honoured in16 different categories for images that stretched from the ranches of Alberta to the grasslands of Mongolia.

The NPOY recognizes the excellence of Canada’s outstanding photojournalists whose compelling images collectively represented a spectacular body of work in 2016.
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2016 NPOY Student Multimedia – Sponsored by Nikon

 

Winner – Vivian Tabar / Loyalist College

Jibola Fagbamiye struggled for years trying to fit in on Bay Street and in the corporate world of finance. Finally, after years, he decided to take that leap and pursue a career in the arts – despite what those around him advised.

 

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The nominees for Student Photographer of the Year are (in alphabetical order):

Chris Donovan – Loyalist College
Noah Park – Loyalist College
Andrew Ryan – Loyalist College

The portfolios (below) include single images and picture stories.

 

Chris Donovan

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