Ronaldo Schemidt (born 1971[1]) is a Venezuelan photographer. He won the 2018 World Press Photo of the Year award with a photo showing a protester, José Víctor Salazar Balza, catching fire during the crisis in Venezuela. The photo itself was taken in May 2017.
Schemidt was born in Venezuela and worked with Agence France-Presse since 2004. He was based in Mexico City since 2006.[2]
Awards
edit- 2018: World Press Photo of the Year award 2017, World Press Photo, Amsterdam[3][4][5]
- 2018: First prize, spot news – singles category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam for the same photograph as won World Press Photo of the Year[6]
References
edit- ^ "Venezuela Crisis". World Press Photo. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "AFP photographer Ronaldo Schemidt wins the World Press Photo of the Year". Agence France-Presse. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ Palazzo, Chiara (1 March 2018). "Behind the shutter: How photographer Ronaldo Schemidt captured one of the defining images of the Venezuela crisis". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Ronaldo Schemidt wins World Press Photo of the Year 2018 award – British Journal of Photography". www.bjp-online.com. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
- ^ Laurent, Olivier (12 April 2018). "Perspective: World Press Photo: Photograph of a man on fire wins top photo prize". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-05-10 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "World Press Photo Contest 2018 – the winning pictures". The Guardian. 13 April 2018. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-09-16 – via www.theguardian.com.