Haunting image of Kamloops residential school memorial named World Press Photo of the Year

Haunting Canada boarding school shot wins World Press Photo

A haunting image of red dresses hung on crosses along a roadside, with a rainbow in the background, commemorating children who died at a residential school created to assimilate Indigenous children…

Haunting Canada residential school shot wins World Press Photo

A haunting image of red dresses hung on crosses along a roadside, with a rainbow in the background, commemorating children who died at a residential school created to assimilate Indigenous children in Canada won the prestigious World Press Photo award Thursday.

Haunting Canada boarding school shot wins World Press Photo

A haunting image of red dresses hung on crosses along a roadside, with a rainbow in the background, commemorating children who died at a residential school created to assimilate Indigenous children in Canada won the prestigious World Press Photo award Thursday. The image was one of a series of the Kamloops Residential School shot by Canadian photographer Amber Bracken for The New York Times.“It is a kind of image that sears itself into your memo…

Haunting Canada boarding school shot wins World Press Photo

A haunting image of red dresses hung on crosses along a roadside, with a rainbow in the background, commemorating children who died at a residential school created to assimilate Indigenous children in Canada won the prestigious World Press Photo award Thursday. The image was one of a series of the Kamloops Residential School shot by Canadian photographer Amber Bracken for The New York Times.“It is a kind of image that sears itself into your memo…

The 2022 World Press Photo winner 'sears itself into your memory' - DutchNews.nl

The prize for this year’s World Press Photo of the Year has been awarded to Amber Bracken for her photo of a memorial to children who died at a Canadian residential school, the Amsterdam-based organisation said on Thursday. The photo shows red dresses hung on crosses along a roadside to commemorate children who died at the Kamloops Indian Residential School following the detection of as many as 215 unmarked graves. Bracken told Nieuwsuur that it…

Haunting image of Kamloops residential school memorial named World Press Photo of the Year