The American photographer John Stanmeyer became the first prize winner of the World Press Photo 2014 His work is an example of how, in the middle of the night with only the moonlight, a group of African immigrants raise their phones with the intent to receive a better signal of Somalia, its neighbor.
In 2012, the Mexican photographer Pedro Pardo won third place in the contest in the Contemporary Issues category; this Mexican another year to get it back: Christopher Vanegas, Coahuila photojournalist and contributor to the Vanguardia newspaper, also won third place. His work is "a poetic and sophisticated photography," as expressed in a press conference yesterday at the Museo Franz Mayer Laurens Korteweg, curator of the exhibition World Press Photo 14.
Vanegas said that when he saw his photo "thought it was a good picture, but never to win a prize; I just knew it was the best picture I had taken at that time. "
