Istanbul Photo Awards exhibition opens

ISTANBUL (AA) - An exhibition of photographs from Anadolu Agency’s Istanbul Photo Awards 2016 opened Thursday.

The exhibition from June 2 to 26 at the Istanbul Photo Center near Taksim Square features key events from the previous year, including the work of photographer Abd Doumany, whose image of an injured Syrian boy was chosen as Photo of the Year by the international jury.

Also on display will be the work of Sergey Ponomarev, who captured images of refugees for The New York Times that won the Single News category and later a Pulitzer Prize.

Images by prize winners Santi Palacios, Ian MacNicol, Valery Sharifulin and Minzayar Oo will also be on show.