Heba Khamis (Egypt) is nominated for her story Banned Beauty at this year’s World Press Photo competition. She’s nominated in the category Contemporary Issuses, stories.
A portrait from Heba Khamis’ prize winning story “Banned Beauty”. Photo: Heba Khamis.
4548 photographers submitted 73044 pictures for the contest. Out of these 42 photographers from 22 countries are nominated. The winners will be announced at the World Press Photo Festival in Amsterdam on the 13. and 14. of April this year.
Heba Khamis did the story Banned Beauty as her final Diploma Project at DMJX during her Photo II study in the fall 2016.
Banned Beauty has already been widely acknowledged – recently the story was published in Wordt Vervolgd, February issue, in Netherlands and it received an honorable mention from Social Documentary Network, “Through a Women’s Lens” contest.
The project was also a part of our anniversary exhibition at the Copenhagen Photo Festival, June last year.
It’s only the second time student project made at DMJX is nominated for World Press Photo. First time was in 2013, where Marie Hald won 2nd place in the category Observed Portraits.