Homophobia in Russia
A photograph that highlights the difficulties facing sexual minorities in Russia has won the World Press Photo contest's top prize. 'Jon and Alex', from a project called 'Homophobia in Russia', shows an 'intimate moment' between a gay couple from St. Petersburg and won Danish photographer Mads Nissen the Contempory Issues category of the competition, as well as the first prize for a single. An image of a gay couple locked in a tender embrace in Russia won the prestigious World Press Photo award on Thursday, highlighting the plight of sexual minorities in the country. But organisers said almost a quarter of all pictures reaching the penultimate round of the 58th edition of the contest were rejected because they were digitally enhanced.
Russian gay rights story wins World Press Photo contest for
An image of a gay couple locked in a tender embrace has won the prestigious World Press Photo award, highlighting the plight of sexual minorities in Russia, judges say. Published 12 February pm. Updated 13 February am.
An image of love takes World Press Photo awards by storm
AMSTERDAM (AP) — An atmospheric image of a gay couple in Russia by Danish photographer Mads Nissen was crowned the World Press Photo of the Year on Thursday. Petersburg has long been Ground Zero — and with good reason. A few years ago, Mads Nissen , a Danish photographer based in Copenhagen, started a project documenting homophobia in Russia. 
Word Press Photo Award
A Danish photographer set out to document homophobia in Russia. But he wound up taking an award-winning photo that documents love. Ariel Min Ariel Min. The World Press Photo of , selected today, shares an intimate embrace between a gay couple in a dark room in Russia, captured by Danish photographer Mads Nissen.
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The World Press Photo of , selected today, shares an intimate embrace between a gay couple in a dark room in Russia, captured by Danish photographer Mads Nissen. . Award
The struggle for LGBT rights in Russia wins out — Danish photographer Mads Nissen has won the World Press Photo of the Year with an intimate portrait of a young gay Russian couple. . Image of gay couple in Russia wins World Press Photo
An image of a gay couple locked in a tender embrace in Russia won the prestigious World Press Photo award on Thursday, highlighting the plight of sexual minorities in the country. AFP's Istanbul-based photographer Bulent Kilic won first and third prizes in the Spot News category, Singles, for two haunting images taken in Turkey and Syria. Danish photographer Mads Nissen shot his evocative. . Intimate image of gay couple in Russia wins World Press Photo
For example, my image will be shown in Russia [Moscow and St. Petersburg as part of the traveling World Press Photo exhibition] but if you’re under 18, you can’t go in. And if you’re a homosexual and have kids, you can’t tell them that it’s OK to be gay. So things are both permissive and restrictive. .