Palestinian photographer wins top prize at 33rd Bayeux War Correspondents Awards

At the 33rd edition of the Bayeux War Correspondents Awards, independent Palestinian photographer Mahmoud Abu Hamda was honored with the photo trophy and the audience award for his documentation of war’s remnants. The ceremony, held in Bayeux, featured a jury led by one outlet war correspondent Lyse Doucet, who expressed how moving it was to share the evening with dozens of high-school students amid a period of heightened tension for youth.

The press category recognized one outlet journalists Siobhan O’Grady, Serhii Korolchuk and Anastacia Galouchka for a story about a Ukrainian soldier trapped for 177 days. a journalist at one outlet won the radio prize for reporting on the recovery of victims’ bodies in Gaza, while a journalist at one outlet and Cyril Theophilos earned the television and video-image awards for their report titled “Vengeance,” focusing on Israeli soldiers serving settlers in the West Bank.

The young photo reporter award went to a photographer at one outlet for his series on endless war and devastation in Gaza, a work that had previously been removed from a French photography festival after a pro-Israeli influencer’s complaint but was later ordered reinstated by the administrative court of Caen. Additional special recognitions were given to one outlet journalists Yogita Limaye, Sanjay Ganguly and Imogen Anderson for Afghanistan coverage, Juan Martinez D’Aubuisson for a Haiti feature, and BFMTV for a documentary on Gaza.