The 12 participants for this year’s Joop Swart Masterclass were announced at the World Press Photo award days this weekend in Amsterdam.
Evgeny Makarov, international DMJX graduate from 2014, is selected for the masterclass based on his final diploma project Narko Stop about young Russian right wing vigilantes.
Raid close to the Moscow metro station Shabalovskaya. The Narko-Stop group beats up an alleged drug dealer. Only a few pedestrians stop or interfere. Picture by Evgeny Makarov from his story Narko Stop.
12 former and present DMJX-students were among the 163 nominated photographers for the Joop Swart Masterclass.
Evgeny Makarov was nominated by Søren Pagter, who is one of the nominators for the masterclass.