Picture of Hezbollah’s Celebration Wins Czech Press Photo

Local Editor

A picture by Slovak photographer Martin Bandzak called Hezbollah, celebration of victory over "Israel" won the Czech Press Photo competition on Tuesday, becoming the Photography of the Year 2017.

More than 7,000 photos by 482 authors competed at Czech Press Photo.
Bandzak, from the Magna humanitarian organization, made the black-and-white picture by a mobile phone.

His photo shows a boy standing on the shoulders of the crowd during a Hezbollah rally in Lebanon and it won the Contemporary Issues category, too.

"Local friends invited me to the stadium where the Hezbollah celebration was held and where I made the picture. Thousands of fanatic people, a crowd supported by high-level propaganda," Bandzak said.

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