Internet users have chosen Happy Farmer by Rafid Yasar, Bangladesh, as the best single work of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest. The photo, which shows a villager with his harvest of cauliflower, won almost a quarter of the online votes.

Yasar hopes that his work’s recognition by a wide audience will help him make his dream of becoming a film director come true. “I understand that popular voting is for the Grand Prix, but each vote means support. I don’t know if there is any participant in the contest hoping to win as much as I am. However, let the strongest work win,” he said.

At the end of September, the Andrei Stenin Photo Contest will hold an online ceremony to announce the winner of the Grand Prix, as well as the winners of the category awards from the 2021 shortlist. As per tradition, the organizers plan to launch an international tour of the winning photos around various cities by the end of the year.
‍

About the contest‍

The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, organized by Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency and held under the auspices of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, sees its mission in supporting young photographers and drawing public attention to the challenges of photojournalism today. It is a platform for young photographers – talented and sensitive individuals open to all things new – to highlight the people and events around us.

The nationwide Rossiya-Kultura state television channel, Moskva 24 TV channel and Vesti.Ru news website are the contest’s general media partners.

The international media partners of the contest include Sputnik news agency and radio, RT television channel and website, Askanews news agency, Independent Media multi-platform company, Telam information agency, ANA news agency, Shanghai United Media Group (SUMG), China Daily website (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn), The Paper website, Al Mayadeen media network, Prensa Latina news agency, and DBW website.
The contest’s industry media partners are the Russian Union of Journalists, YOung JOurnalists information website, Russian Photo website,  Photo-study.ru website, Photo Academy photo school, Fotoargenta magazine, New Delhi Photography Club, LF Magazine, All About Photo website, EYE and Artdoc photography magazine, and IPhoto Channel website.

The international exhibition partner is PhotON Festival.