World Press Photo Exhibition

Name: World Press Photo Exhibition
Start: 2025-10-03
End: 2025-10-26
Location: Nowa Huta Cultural Centre

Friday Oct 3 - Sunday Oct 26 Al. Jana Pawła II 232

Photo (fragment) by Zied Ben Romdhane dla Magnum Photos, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, AIM LAB.

A fascinating look back at the year that was, and a strikingly visual confrontation with environmental, societal and political issues currently facing the world, the World Press Photo exhibit is one of the most important annual exhibits that comes to Kraków. In addition to popping a flashbulb on the issues of the day, it also awards artistic accomplishment in the field of photography and is a huge source of prestige for the photo-journalists whose work is selected and featured in the exhibit. Both a showcase and competition, each year the World Press Photo Foundation, in collaboration with Canon, asks an independent international jury of experts to choose and award the best press photos and photography projects in a range of categories to become part of this exhibition, which then tours the world stopping in major cities for about a month at a time (don't miss it!)

2025 World Press Photo Finalist by Musuk Nolte, covering droughts in the Amazon.

The 2025 edition (the 68th in its history), saw over 59,000 images submitted by over 3,778 photographers from 141 countries. This is the also the 8th time that the exhibition has been hosted by the Nowa Huta Cultural Center in Kraków, and is part of their annual 'Power of Photography' (Siła Fotografii) project, which sees all of the galleries of NCK filled with photography-related exhibits during the month of October; find the World Press Photo exhibit in the Biała Galeria CENTRUM. A new aspect of the exhibition, is QR codes you can scan to hear story (in English) about each image - bring your phone and headphones. This annual exhibit is highly recommended, but note that some of the images are distressing and the exhibit is not necessarily suitable for young children.