World Press Photo: Next #02: 2012 Joop Swart Masterclass

After the big success of Next #01, the book accompanying last year’s Joop Swart Masterclass, Schilt Publishing and World Press Photo continue this series with Next # 02. The following twelve photographers were chosen to take part in the 2012 masterclass: Cemil Batur Gökçeer (Turkey), Maja Daniels (Sweden), Bieke Depoorter (Belgium), Ilkin Huseynov (Azerbaijan), Tatiana Ilina (Russia), Jia DaiTengFei (China), Hajime Kimura (Japan), Sofie Amalie Klougart (Denmark), Dhruv Malhotra (India), Muhammed Muheisen (Jordan), llvy Njiokiktjien (The Netherlands), Anastasia Rudenko, Russia. The committee commented on their task: “You’re looking for photography that is not something that a lot of other people can do, but for work that transcends this. It’s not enough just to like someone’s aesthetic; there must also be something surprising about it. We’re looking for another layer. We want to be moved, surprised, excited…” In preparation for the masterclass meeting in November, the participants will execute a photo essay on a theme, which for this year is “trust”.