Ronaldo Schemidt

Ronaldo Schemidt (born 1971^[1]) is a Venezuelan photographer. He won the 2018 World Press Photo of the Year award with a photo showing a protester, José Víctor Salazar Balza, catching fire during the crisis in Venezuela. The photo itself was taken in May 2017.

Schemidt was born in Venezuela and worked with Agence France-Presse since 2004. He was based in Mexico City since 2006.^[2]

Awards

• 2018: World Press Photo of the Year award 2017, World Press Photo, Amsterdam^[3][4][5]
• 2018: First prize, spot news – singles category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam for the same photograph as won World Press Photo of the Year^[6]

References

1. "Venezuela Crisis". World Press Photo. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
2. "AFP photographer Ronaldo Schemidt wins the World Press Photo of the Year". Agence France-Presse. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
3. Palazzo, Chiara (1 March 2018). "Behind the shutter: How photographer Ronaldo Schemidt captured one of the defining images of the Venezuela crisis". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
4. "Ronaldo Schemidt wins World Press Photo of the Year 2018 award – British Journal of Photography". www.bjp-online.com. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
5. Laurent, Olivier (12 April 2018). "Perspective: World Press Photo: Photograph of a man on fire wins top photo prize". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-05-10 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
6. "World Press Photo Contest 2018 – the winning pictures". The Guardian. 13 April 2018. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-09-16 – via www.theguardian.com.