Is there a world-class top prize for photography?

The Pulitzer Prize was founded by Joseph Pulitzer, a famous American journalist. Mainly divided into news awards and cultural and artistic awards. Pulitzer made a will before his death, donated his property to Columbia University, and established the Pulitzer Prize, which will be awarded once a year from 19 17.

According to Pulitzer's will, Pulitzer prizes include four news prizes, four literary and artistic prizes, 1 education prize and four academic prizes. However, the influence of Pulitzer Prize is growing. At present, Pulitzer prizes include 14 news prizes and 7 literary and artistic prizes.

For 86 years, the Pulitzer Prize has been a symbol of America's most responsible and beautiful works. Especially the news award, is the highest honor of the American press. Every American journalist who wants to make a difference aims to win the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism.

The judges of the Pulitzer Prize are composed of two accomplished journalists. The winners of that year were examined and selected by the judges, but the selection results must be approved by the Columbia University Advisory Committee and announced by the president of Columbia University.

The first Pulitzer Prize for Photography was awarded by 1942. After that, it will be issued once a year except 1946. Since 1968, the photography category has added a special news photography award, and the winning works usually consist of a group of photos.

The Pulitzer prize in the United States is $7,500, but the report that won the public service contribution award will not be rewarded, and the winning newspaper will receive a Pulitzer Gold Award.

Jose prize

The World Photojournalism Competition (WPP) was launched in the Netherlands in 1955, so it is also known as the Netherlands, and is considered as the most authoritative event in the international professional photojournalism competition.

Over the past 40 years, the scale of world news photography has been expanding. Up to now, there are nearly 10,000 entries from dozens of countries every year, and the contest has grown to 9 categories 18, which is the most extensive, representative and authoritative news photo contest in the world. Its works have witnessed the times and history of human life.

The "Lotus Award" is divided into breaking news, general news, news figures, sports actions, sports topics, contemporary hot spots, daily life, portraits, art and nature *** 10, and each category is also divided into two categories: single photo and group photo, with a maximum of 12 photos. First, second and third prizes will be awarded for each project, and one photo of the best news of the year will be awarded from 20 projects in the 10 category of all the entries. And the children's jury selected one of the annual award-winning pictures as the "Children's Award".