US EditionImage of Family Separated by ICE Agents Named World Press Photo of the Year 2026
- On Thursday, April 23, 2026, the World Press Photo Foundation named American photojournalist Carol Guzy's image the 2026 World Press Photo of the Year, depicting a family separated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement .
- The photograph, taken on August 26, 2025, at a New York courthouse, captures the detention of Luis, an Ecuadorian migrant, by ICE agents following his immigration hearing; Luis was the sole provider for his household.
- Guzy dedicated the award to the family, stating, "I think most can recognize kids are innocent," while Saber Nuraldin and Victor J. Blue were named as finalists for their respective Gaza and Guatemala photographs.
- The image arrives amid intense scrutiny of U.S. immigration enforcement, with recent backlash over masked agents contributing to the firing of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in March.
- Winning works will feature in the World Press Photo annual traveling exhibition, premiering tomorrow, April 24, at De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, showcasing photography from 3,747 global photographers.
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The scene was recorded on August 26, 2025 inside a federal building in New York City to which photographers were exceptionally allowed to enter.The daughters of a couple of Ecuadorians, Luis and Cocha, with weeping and terrified eyes, cling desperately to their father’s sweater while it is being driven by immigration authorities. View this post on Instagram This photograph, which portrays the human impact of U.S. migration policies, was chosen a…
The World Press Photo of the Year is dedicated to deportations in the USA.
American photographer Carol Guzy won the first World Press Photo Award for her photograph of an Ecuadorian family separated by ICE.
The tearing separation between a father and his family in an immigration court in August 2025 was captured by photographer Carol Guzy.
A girl cries desperate. A tangle of hands clings to the sweatshirt of a man, the last desperate attempt not to get him taken away. It is the subject of the winning photo of the World Press Photo, the prestigious contest of photojournalism and documentary photography. The shot of the year for 2026 is called "Separated by the Ice," by Carol Guzy, and shows the daughters of an Ecuadorian man who is deported by federal agents for the control of immi…
Photography: American photographer Carol Guzy wins the World Press Photo for Best Photo of the Year. The winning image shows a migrant from Ecuador who…
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