Hungarian photographers have won four prizes in this year’s World Press Photo contest, the premier accolade for news photographers worldwide.
Balázs Gárdi won two first places in the general news category with shots from the war in
Judit Berekai of Focus Fotoagentur won a joint third prize for a shot of Yoga performers in
Zsolt Szigetváry, who works for national news agency MTI, won second place in the contemporary issues singles category for his shot Couple targetted in anti-gay voilence wait for medical halp,
For more information on the winners of this year’s competition go to www.worldpressphoto.org.