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Photo of Migrant Family Separation in US Scoops World Press Prize
- 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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Winner of World Press Photo 2026, Carol Guzy's image depicts the impact of U.S. immigration policies by registering a family being separated by ICE.
Carol Guzy captured the moment agents tried to take the father away, with his family members grabbing his shirt to hold him back.
The photo, titled Separated by Ice, depicting an Ecuadorian family being separated from their father after a hearing in a US courtroom, is the winning World Press Photo of the Year. It was taken by Carol Guzy of ZUMA Press for the Miami Herald.
Captured by photographer Carol Guzy, the image showing the separation of a family in August 2025 by American agents was rewarded at the World Press Photo 2026 on Thursday.
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.
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