(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 28, 2017 Competitors from the opposing teams, the Up'ards and the Down'ards, reach for the ball during the annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne, northern England. British AFP Photographer Oli Scarff was nominated on February 14, 2018 for the World Press Photo award in the Sport Singles category. / AFP / Oli SCARFF
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  • (FILES) In this file photo taken on February 28, 2017 Competitors from the opposing teams, the Up'ards and the Down'ards, reach for the ball during the annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne, northern England. British AFP Photographer Oli Scarff was nominated on February 14, 2018 for the World Press Photo award in the Sport Singles category. / AFP / Oli SCARFF
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    (FILES) In this file photo taken on February 28, 2017 Competitors from the opposing teams, the Up'ards and the Down'ards, reach for the ball during the annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne, northern England. British AFP Photographer Oli Scarff was nominated on February 14, 2018 for the World Press Photo award in the Sport Singles category. / AFP / Oli SCARFF

  • (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 03, 2017 A man tries to help a fellow demonstrator who catched fire, after the gas tank of a police motorbike exploded, during clashes in a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on May 3, 2017. AFP photographer Juan Barreto was nominated on February 14, 2018 for the World Press Photo Award in the Spot Stories category. / AFP / JUAN BARRETO
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    (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 03, 2017 A man tries to help a fellow demonstrator who catched fire, after the gas tank of a police motorbike exploded, during clashes in a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on May 3, 2017. AFP photographer Juan Barreto was nominated on February 14, 2018 for the World Press Photo Award in the Spot Stories category. / AFP / JUAN BARRETO

  • (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 03, 2017 A demonstrator catches fire, after the gas tank of a police motorbike exploded, during clashes in a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on May 3, 2017. AFP photographer Juan Barreto was nominated on February 14, 2018 for the World Press Photo Award in the Spot Stories category. / AFP / JUAN BARRETO
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    (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 03, 2017 A demonstrator catches fire, after the gas tank of a police motorbike exploded, during clashes in a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on May 3, 2017. AFP photographer Juan Barreto was nominated on February 14, 2018 for the World Press Photo Award in the Spot Stories category. / AFP / JUAN BARRETO

  • (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 06, 2017 The Venezuelan AFP photographer Ronaldo Schemidt is seen during coverage of a opposition protest in Caracas. A searing image of a Venezuelan protestor who caught fire during clashes with riot police has won AFP photographer Ronaldo Schemidt a nomination for the 2018 World Press Photo award. The Mexico-based snapper for Agence France-Presse is among six photographers, chosen from more than 4,500 hopefuls, to be nominated for the prestigious annual prize, the World Press Photo Foundation in Amsterdam revealed on February 14, 2018. / AFP / Cristian HERNANDEZ
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    (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 06, 2017 The Venezuelan AFP photographer Ronaldo Schemidt is seen during coverage of a opposition protest in Caracas. A searing image of a Venezuelan protestor who caught fire during clashes with riot police has won AFP photographer Ronaldo Schemidt a nomination for the 2018 World Press Photo award. The Mexico-based snapper for Agence France-Presse is among six photographers, chosen from more than 4,500 hopefuls, to be nominated for the prestigious annual prize, the World Press Photo Foundation in Amsterdam revealed on February 14, 2018. / AFP / Cristian HERNANDEZ

  • Picture nominated for the Spot News Stories at World Press Photo contest shows passersby tending to an injured man after Khalid Masood drove his car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing four in addition to a police officer in London, Britain March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville
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    Picture nominated for the Spot News Stories at World Press Photo contest shows passersby tending to an injured man after Khalid Masood drove his car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing four in addition to a police officer in London, Britain March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville

  • EPA063. CARACAS (VENEZUELA), 03/05/2017.- FotografÌa facilitada por la organizaciÛn de los premios World PRess Photo que muestran la imagen tomada por el fotÛgrafo Romaldo Schemidt de la agencia France Presse (AFP) el 3 de mayo de 2017 que muestra a un manifestante en llamas durante unos enfrentamientos con la policÌa durante una protesta en contra del presidente venezolano, Nicol·s Maduro, en Caracas (Venezuela). La fotografÌa de Ronaldo Schemidt ha sido nominada al World PRess Photo del aÒo 2018. EFE/ Ronaldo Schemidt / Afp / Handout PROHIBIDO CUALQUIER TIPO DE CORTE? PROHIBIDO CUALQUIER TIPO DE MANIPULACI”N/ PERMITIDO UN S”LO USO EN RELACI”N A LA NOMINACI”N DE LOS WORLD PRESS PHOTO Y SUS ACTIVIDADES/S”LO USO EDITORIAL/NO VENTAS/NO ARCHIVOS
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    EPA063. CARACAS (VENEZUELA), 03/05/2017.- FotografÌa facilitada por la organizaciÛn de los premios World PRess Photo que muestran la imagen tomada por el fotÛgrafo Romaldo Schemidt de la agencia France Presse (AFP) el 3 de mayo de 2017 que muestra a un manifestante en llamas durante unos enfrentamientos con la policÌa durante una protesta en contra del presidente venezolano, Nicol·s Maduro, en Caracas (Venezuela). La fotografÌa de Ronaldo Schemidt ha sido nominada al World PRess Photo del aÒo 2018. EFE/ Ronaldo Schemidt / Afp / Handout PROHIBIDO CUALQUIER TIPO DE CORTE? PROHIBIDO CUALQUIER TIPO DE MANIPULACI”N/ PERMITIDO UN S”LO USO EN RELACI”N A LA NOMINACI”N DE LOS WORLD PRESS PHOTO Y SUS ACTIVIDADES/S”LO USO EDITORIAL/NO VENTAS/NO ARCHIVOS

  • Picture nominated for the Spot News Singles at World Press Photo contest shows an Iraqi special forces soldier shooting dead an Islamic State suicide bomber in Mosul, Iraq March 3, 2017 REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic.
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    Picture nominated for the Spot News Singles at World Press Photo contest shows an Iraqi special forces soldier shooting dead an Islamic State suicide bomber in Mosul, Iraq March 3, 2017 REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic.

  • REFILE - CORRECTING CAPTION AND CREDIT STYLE - Picture nominated for the Picture of the Year and People-Singles at World Press Photo contest shows: Aisha (14) stands for a portrait in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. After being kidnapped by Boko Haram, Aisha was assigned a suicide bombing mission, but managed to escape and find help instead of detonating the bombs. Picture taken September 21, 2017. Adam Ferguson, for The New York Times/World Press Photo handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
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    REFILE - CORRECTING CAPTION AND CREDIT STYLE - Picture nominated for the Picture of the Year and People-Singles at World Press Photo contest shows: Aisha (14) stands for a portrait in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. After being kidnapped by Boko Haram, Aisha was assigned a suicide bombing mission, but managed to escape and find help instead of detonating the bombs. Picture taken September 21, 2017. Adam Ferguson, for The New York Times/World Press Photo handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

  • Picture nominated for the Picture of the Year at the World Press photo contest shows: An unidentified young boy, who was carried out of the last ISIS-controlled area in the Old City by a man suspected of being a militant, is cared for by Iraqi Special Forces soldiers. Picture taken July 12, 2017. Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times/World Press Photo handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
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    Picture nominated for the Picture of the Year at the World Press photo contest shows: An unidentified young boy, who was carried out of the last ISIS-controlled area in the Old City by a man suspected of being a militant, is cared for by Iraqi Special Forces soldiers. Picture taken July 12, 2017. Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times/World Press Photo handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

  • TOB501. LONDRES (REINO UNIDO), 14/02/2018.- FotografÌa facilitada por la organizaciÛn de los World Press Photo que muestra la obra del fotÛgrafo brit·nico Toby Melville para Reuters tomada el 22 de marzo de 2017 que muestra a una mujer mientras consuela a una vÌctima herida tendida en el suelo tras ser atropellada por un automÛvil conducido por el yihadista Khalid Masood, que causÛ la muerte de 5 personas, en el Puente de Westminister en Londres (Reino Unido) .La fotografÌa de Toby Melville ha sido nominada al World Press Photo del AÒo. EFE/ Toby Melville / Reuters PROHIBIDO CUALQUIER TIPO DE RECORTE/ PROHIBIDO CULAQUIER TIPO DE MANIPULACI”N/PERMITIDO UN SOLO USO EN RELACI”N A LA NOMINACI”N DE WORLD PRESS PHOTO Y SUS ACTIVIDADES/ FOTO CEDIDA/ SOLO USO EDITORIAL/ NO VENTAS
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    TOB501. LONDRES (REINO UNIDO), 14/02/2018.- FotografÌa facilitada por la organizaciÛn de los World Press Photo que muestra la obra del fotÛgrafo brit·nico Toby Melville para Reuters tomada el 22 de marzo de 2017 que muestra a una mujer mientras consuela a una vÌctima herida tendida en el suelo tras ser atropellada por un automÛvil conducido por el yihadista Khalid Masood, que causÛ la muerte de 5 personas, en el Puente de Westminister en Londres (Reino Unido) .La fotografÌa de Toby Melville ha sido nominada al World Press Photo del AÒo. EFE/ Toby Melville / Reuters PROHIBIDO CUALQUIER TIPO DE RECORTE/ PROHIBIDO CULAQUIER TIPO DE MANIPULACI”N/PERMITIDO UN SOLO USO EN RELACI”N A LA NOMINACI”N DE WORLD PRESS PHOTO Y SUS ACTIVIDADES/ FOTO CEDIDA/ SOLO USO EDITORIAL/ NO VENTAS

  • Picture nominated for the Photo of the Year and General News-Singles at World Press Photo contest shows: The bodies of Rohingya refugees are laid out after the boat in which they were attempting to flee Myanmar capsized about eight kilometers off Inani Beach, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Around 100 people were on the boat before it capsized. There were 17 survivors. Picture taken on September 28, 2017. Patrick Brown, Panos Pictures, for Unicef/World Press Photo handout via REUTERS
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    Picture nominated for the Photo of the Year and General News-Singles at World Press Photo contest shows: The bodies of Rohingya refugees are laid out after the boat in which they were attempting to flee Myanmar capsized about eight kilometers off Inani Beach, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Around 100 people were on the boat before it capsized. There were 17 survivors. Picture taken on September 28, 2017. Patrick Brown, Panos Pictures, for Unicef/World Press Photo handout via REUTERS

  • (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 03, 2017 People try to help a fellow demonstrator who catched fire, after the gas tank of a police motorbike exploded, during clashes in a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on May 3, 2017. AFP photographer Juan Barreto was nominated on February 14, 2018 for the World Press Photo Award in the Spot Stories category. / AFP / JUAN BARRETO
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    (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 03, 2017 People try to help a fellow demonstrator who catched fire, after the gas tank of a police motorbike exploded, during clashes in a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on May 3, 2017. AFP photographer Juan Barreto was nominated on February 14, 2018 for the World Press Photo Award in the Spot Stories category. / AFP / JUAN BARRETO

  • Picture nominated for the Spot News Stories at World Press Photo contest shows passersby tending to a victim lying on the pavement after being thrown off Westminster Bridge when Khalid Masood drove his car into pedestrians killing four in addition to a police officer in London, Britain, March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville
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    Picture nominated for the Spot News Stories at World Press Photo contest shows passersby tending to a victim lying on the pavement after being thrown off Westminster Bridge when Khalid Masood drove his car into pedestrians killing four in addition to a police officer in London, Britain, March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville

  • REFILE - CORRECTING CAPTION AND CREDIT STYLE - Picture nominated for the Picture of the Year at the World Press photo contest shows: Civilians who had remained in west Mosul during the battle to retake the city, lined up for an aid distribution in the Mamun neighbourhood. Picture taken March 15, 2017. Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times/World Press Photo handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
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    REFILE - CORRECTING CAPTION AND CREDIT STYLE - Picture nominated for the Picture of the Year at the World Press photo contest shows: Civilians who had remained in west Mosul during the battle to retake the city, lined up for an aid distribution in the Mamun neighbourhood. Picture taken March 15, 2017. Ivor Prickett, for The New York Times/World Press Photo handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Ámsterdam. Una imagen del fotógrafo venezolano Ronaldo Schemidt, que retrata la quema accidental de un manifestante de la oposición durante unos disturbios en Caracas, es una de las seis nominadas anunciadas hoy para hacerse con el World Press Photo del año.

La instantánea recoge el momento en el que José Víctor Salazar, de 28 años, sale corriendo envuelto en llamas al ser alcanzado por un chorro de gasolina proveniente de una moto de la Guardia Nacional Bolivariana, que fue capturada e incendiada por manifestantes con un cóctel molotov.

El joven, convertido en una antorcha humana y provisto con una máscara, corre en busca de ayuda para apagar el fuego de su cuerpo, mientras al fondo de la imagen se aprecia, pintado en la pared en color negro, un pequeño grafiti de una pistola que apunta hacia la palabra "paz".

"No es fácil tomar una imagen así", dijo a Efe Lars Boering, director de World Press Photo, para quien el mérito de la nominación se debe a que "el fotógrafo estuvo allí en el momento justo y lo captó de una forma muy poderosa".

"Tiene mucha energía, movimiento y dramatismo, pero al mismo tiempo está muy bien compuesta. Dice mucho de lo que está pasando en Venezuela, donde hay manifestaciones, una detrás de la otra, en las que hay una violencia total", explicó la presidenta del jurado, Magdalena Herrera.

La imagen de Schemidt es una de las seis nominadas en la categoría Fotografía del Año del certamen organizado por la fundación World Press Photo, cuyo jurado recibió más de 73.000 instantáneas.

Las otras cinco candidatas recogen desde el atentado de Westminster que sacudió Londres en marzo de 2017 hasta el retrato de una niña víctima del grupo terrorista Boko Haram en Nigeria, pasando por el drama de los refugiados rohinyás en Myanmar o la liberación de Mosul del Estado Islámico por parte de las fuerzas iraquíes.

Boering explicó que estos dos últimos temas fueron los más cubiertos, aunque también recibieron muchas imágenes de otras protestas en Venezuela y Estados Unidos.

Por otro lado, el fotógrafo español Javier Arcenillas recibió una nominación en la categoría Proyectos a Largo Plazo por varias instantáneas tomadas entre 2010 y 2017 que dan testimonio de la lucha contra el tráfico de drogas en México, Guatemala y Colombia.

En la categoría Historias de Deportes, el colombo-estadounidense Juan Arredondo fue nominado por una serie en blanco y negro que retrata La Paz Fútbol Club, equipo colombiano formado por antiguos miembros de la guerrilla de las FARC y víctimas del conflicto armado que se entrena en la selva.

"Los deportes pueden volver a unir a la gente, hacerles competir los unos con los otros, pero siempre desde el respeto", indicó Boring, para quien el trabajo de Arredondo fue "uno de los pocos que cubrió los momentos posteriores al conflicto de Colombia".

Otra serie nominada en la misma categoría es "Los chicos y los toros", firmada por Nikolai Linares y en la que se retrata el día a día de una escuela española de tauromaquia en Almería.

Linares fotografía a los jóvenes practicando con el capote, tanto en el ruedo como en la calle de noche, y probándose el traje de luces.

"Son fotos muy bonitas, con un punto de pista interesante" que retratan la tauromaquia como algo "parecido a una danza que se aprende desde muy joven", indicó Herrera, que ve en la mirada y las poses de los chicos "la filosofía del encuentro con el toro".

World Press Photo dará a conocer los ganadores de este año en una ceremonia que se celebrará en Amsterdam el 12 de abril. 

Fuente: EFE

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