15TH ANNIVERSARY IN MONTREAL

EXHIBITION 2022

PRESENTED TO MICHAEL BELCHER

BY ALEJANDRA SEGRERA

CLASS: WRITING AND REVISING TEXTS RELEVANT TO THE FIELD

contents

Executive Summary 3

General Information 4

About the visit 5

World Press Photo 5

The world in motion: images that move you 6-8

Conclusions 9

Recommendations 10

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executive summary

The morning of September 26th, 2022 the students of LaSalle Collège from the
class Writing and Revising Texts Relevant to the field had the opportunity to
visit Marche Bonsecours (located in the Old Port) to experience the World
Press Photo 2022 exhibition, which is celebrating its 15th year in Montreal.

The following event report will cover information regarding the venue in which
the exhibition took place, a brief history of the World Press Photo organization
as well as selection of photos that stood out in the collection exhibited in the
venue that represent the broken bones of police repression in the world.

This event report will cover the representation of movement (physical,

emotional, and psychological) found in the photos selected. It will touch upon
the relevant presence of civilian protesters and the impact leaders have in
society when their actions represent the condemnation of a population.

Lima,
Peru

"A barrage of fireworks is

launched against police trying to
prevent protesters from
marching on the Peruvian
Congress building, in Lima, Peru"

November 14, 2020

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 WORLD PRESS PHOTO
MONTREAL, 2022

“TO
CONNECT
THE
WORLD
WITH
STORIES
THAT
MATTER.”
The exhibition took place in the
historic building of Marché
Bonsecours located in the Old
Port, Montreal, celebrating the
15th year of the World Press
Photo exhibition in the city, as
well as celebrating their 67th
anniversary since 1955.

In order for the attendee to

arrive at the venue, the
organization provided several
methods to guide them, such
Address: 325 De la Commune Street East as through metro posters,
Opening hours: stickers on the pavement and
Monday to Wednesday, and Sundays: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. big banners at the entrance of
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 12 a.m.
the building to inform where
Ticketing and how to enter to see the
General admission: $15 + taxes
exhibition.
Reduced rate: $12 + taxes (students, seniors (65+))
Group prices: $10 no taxes
Free of charge for 12 and under

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submissions photojournalists countries

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 about the visit

During the exhibition, it was possible

to notice different demographics
among the viewers in the exhibition.
From some older groups that
seemed to be tourists from within the
province to some students that
demonstrated rowdiness in front of
the photos of the exhibition.

what to look at?

The flow of the exhibition was not
advised at the entrance by the
people working in the venue;
however, if you noticed the main
posters at the entrance, a black
banner welcomed you to the
exhibition and asked you to scan a
barcode to listen to the tour guided
by the WPP organization's
application. If you chose not to, the
exhibition was open to the public for
them to walk around the pieces of
interest without guidance. about World Press Photo
"Our exhibitions showcase stories that make
people stop, feel, think and act to a
worldwide audience."

WPP's main mission is to connect the world to

reality, and to represent the diverse situations
across the globe with stories and different
perspectives.

Their commitment to provide an opportunity

to showcase photojournalism comes in
courtesy of WPP's educational programs.

Currently, they have two (2) programs

happening: African Photojournalism
Database and Joop Swart Masterclass to
help emerging storytellers better connect
their work to the world.
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 the world in motion:
images that move you

Puerto Caldas,
Colombia

"Police agents arrest a man while his wife and

family resist, during evictions of people from
the San Isidro settlement, in Puerto Caldas,
Risaralda, Colombia."

March 6, 2021

The last mechanism of a community to make their voice heard

when censorship rules the country is risking the main goal they Will you move?
are fighting for: their lives. “I always try to come to these
exhibitions; it allows you to
Movement seems to be the main curatorial theme for the understand how difficult it is to
exhibit. This can mean the act of changing location or position live your [normal] lives when in
or refer to how people are working together to advance their the country next door people die
every day just asking for basic
shared political and social ideas, supporting one another to
human rights. No matter how
reach a greater goal driven by compassion and the desire to many photos you show to the
move forward. world, no one does anything.”

Nicole Martinez, 25
For example, the above photo represents the instinctual International Student from Colombia
movement to protect, despite the fear of what consequences
might arise from this action. 6
Khartoum, Caracas,
Sudan Venezuela
A
lthough the flow of the exhibition did
not represent motion entirely, while
walking around the venue it is
common to find photos similar to
others reflecting the patterns of physical
movement. Protesters, civilians, armed forces,
and people fighting for their lives. Everyone in
a different context, yet altogether as a whole.
The exhibition’s focus is to provide to the
viewers the explicit reality of the ongoing
changes that some countries are facing when
it comes to political, social, and cultural issues.
The images above represent three different
countries, three different situations, one
sentiment: resilience.
Each of the photographers responsible for
these images has explained the context in
which these photos were taken, and the
descriptions tend to equalize when placing
them together: civilians against armed forces.
Yangon,
Myanmar
What do you have to do as the
photographer to be able to impact
the viewers and transmit the right
emotion to provide the proper
sentiment?
Might sound out of the ordinary, but
looking around at different photos, the
movement among the protesters is quite
the same.
The use of accessories in the three
different photos are observed to be
similar as well: gas mask, goggles, mouth
covers, gloves and slingshots.
Police forces seem to be the main
attacker against civilians, which reflects
broken systems within societies that
trusted their forces to protect them, now
they fight against them to get back their
integrity as individuals.
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Khartoum,
Sudan
LEGS
SEPARATED, STATIC IN THE
AIR, ALLOWING YOU TO
GAIN STRENGTH IN THE
RIGHT MOMENT TO JUMP,
THROW, RUN, OR ALL
"A protester throws back a tear-gas
canister that had been fired by THREE AT THE SAME TIME.
security forces, during a march
demanding an end to military rule,
in Khartoum, Sudan."

December 30, 2021

Yangon,
Myanmar ARMS
ARMS OPEN IN THE AIR,
READY TO HOLD,
CATCH AND THROW
BACK ANYTHING THAT
COMES IN THE WAY OF
THEIR FREEDOM.
"Protesters use slingshots and
other homemade weapons in a
clash with security forces in
Yangon, Myanmar. "

February 1, 2021

Caracas,
Venezuela
FACES
COVERED, PROTECTED
AGAINST THE SMOKE,
THE FIRE, THE FEAR OF
GETTING CAUGHT AND
DISAPPEARING.
PROTECTION IS A KEY
"Jose Victor Salazar Balza (28) catches TO SUCCESS, AS WELL
fire amid violent clashes with riot police
during a protest against President AS BEING KEPT IN
Nicolas Maduro."
ANONYMITY.
May 03, 2017
 conclusion
movements:
political, social, and civilian
movements that create a
before and after in society.
expression of
movement:
the urgency to express the
emotion of the moment,
internal feelings and external
expressions
that every person is going
through.
movement in
photography:
colour, saturation, and timing
the perfect shot to freeze a
movement into an image that
can be brought to live in your
mind.
The selected photos in this report
THE
TAKEAWAY
represent the repercussions of
decisions taken by political parties to
gain power over a society. As well, the
desire was to convey the similarities of The exhibition in general
movements that can be found in those
represented reality over
protests.
the passed years, trying
Different cities, different years and
different situations ended up tied to to give a sense or hope
some broken aspect of respecting that even though we
basic human rights. have ongoing issues
very much related to the
ones in the past, society
is slowly waking up and
The idea to use the word "movement"
using technologies to
in both the physical and emotional
analysis of the photos goes in hand show the world the
cruelty and reality of the
with a desire to empathize with those
situations taken in the photographs. world as it is.
From the experience of dealing with
the same protest back home, it was
easy for me to understand how
civilians are willing to sacrifice their
lives to fight for their freedom.
The idea was to curate selected
photos from the exhibition that could
allow the reader to understand the
emotion behind those shots and be
able to fully digest the effects of social
changes and dictatorships in the world
in general.
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 recommendations

1
FLOW EVALUATION
Ideal flow to group
photos by
countries/continents to
give a better
understanding of the
situations within each
nation.

2
A WELL-DEFINED GOAL
It will be a great idea to also provide a
starting point with navigation hints to
better understand the goal of the
exhibition. Starting from the
environmental topic moving forward to
the consequences done by the human,
and so on.

3
EDUCATE WITH
WORKSHOPS
Since the WPP organization
provides workshops both online
and in-person, it will be a good
idea to have workshops related
to the subjects discussed in the
photographs or the idealization
process behind the
organization's events.

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