Farmers are processing jute in a lake in Bangladesh. (Abdul Momin/Stenin contest)

The organizing committee of the tenth Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest has opened entries for its 2024 edition. The contest is named after Andrei Stenin, a photojournalist at Rossiya Segodnya who died in the summer of 2014 near Donetsk while on assignment.

"We are very pleased to launch the 10th-anniversary competition, a tribute to our colleague and war correspondent Andrei Stenin. Over 10 years, it has become a truly multinational platform for young and talented photographers who are not afraid to take risks, look for new angles, and express their opinions in a bright and unbiased manner," Oksana Oleinik, the contest’s curator, said.

Traditionally, the annual photo contest kicks off on Andrei Stenin's birthday, December 22.

The organizer chose to name the competition after the Russian photojournalist Andrei Stenin, in honor of his memory, having worked in red zones in the Arab World, such as Egypt, Syria, Libya, and Gaza, and was martyred in August 2014 while covering the war in Ukraine, after winning the "Silver Camera" award in 2010 and 2013.

The organizing committee of the ninth Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest has opened entries for its 2023 edition. pic.twitter.com/G1Z5QzA3pT
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) December 26, 2022

Professional photographers aged 18-33 can submit their work through stenincontest.ru (https://stenincontest.ru) in Russian, (https://stenincontest.com) in English, and (https://cn.stenincontest.com) in Chinese.

The anniversary edition of the contest introduces a new category called "View From Above" alongside the existing four categories: "Top News", "Sports", "My Planet", and "Portrait. A Hero of Our Time." This addition encourages participants to explore a fresh visual perspective, emphasizing unconventional subjects and settings. The grand prize is 700,000 rubles ($7,588), with the first, second, and third places receiving 125,000 rubles, 100,000 rubles, and 75,000 rubles, respectively.

It is worth noting that the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, organized by Rossiya Segodnya under the patronage of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, serves as a platform for young photographers – talented and sensitive individuals open to all things new – to highlight surrounding people and events.