© Warren Richardson – Hope for a New Life © Warren Richardson – Hope for a New LifeA visibly exhausted father is handing over his child through a gap under a barbed wire fence on the Serbia-Hungary border in the hope of a better life across. It was shot by Australian photographer Warren Richardson on the night of August 28, 2015, near Horgoš (Serbia) and Röszke (Hungary). So I had to use the moonlight alone,” said Richardson in a statement given to World Press Photo. © Zhang Lei – Haze in China © Zhang Lei – Haze in ChinaIn 2016, this stark black-and-white photograph of his won the World Press Photo of the Year 2015 award. On display at the India International Centre in Delhi, most photographs present a dismal picture of the world, from the migration crisis to the environmental hazards, and a present peopled with individuals fighting personal and collective battles.

Source: Indian Express March 28, 2017 18:11 UTC