Ukrainian military photographer receives French prize for war correspondents

Ukrainian war photographer Kostiantyn Liberov has been named a laureate of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award. It is awarded annually to war correspondents from around the world. The award ceremony took place on 11-12 October in Bayeux, France, according to the award website.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia

Quote from Kostiantyn Liberov: "This is a great honour and an incredible achievement – both personal and for Ukrainian military photography in general. Thanks to this victory, we continue fulfilling our mission to cover Ukraine's struggle and show the truth to the world."

Kostiantyn Liberov won in the category of Photo with his series of photographs dubbed War in Ukraine. Pain, Despair and Hope in the open voting by the audience. The photographer also took second place in the same category by the jury.

France 2 and BFMTV also received awards for their reports from Ukraine.

For reference: The Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award was launched in 1994 in the French city of Bayeux to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy during World War II.

The award aims to honour journalists worldwide with prestigious awards in four media categories: press, radio, television, and photography.

Since its inception, it has been awarded to representatives of the world's leading media: Associated Press, Reuters, BBC, CNN, Le Monde and others. This year's winners were mostly correspondents with photographs from Gaza.

Background: Mstyslav Chernov and Yevgeny Malolietka were awarded for their reports from Mariupol in 2022. Chernov won in the Video Image category and took second place in the Television category, while Yevhen Malolietka won in the Photo category.

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