Photographer of the year: we shortlist the best of 2017
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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, bombed-out buildings in Syria and an anti-Trump march in New York are among the images captured by the agency photographers shortlisted by the Guardian picture desk this year. The winner will be announced on 21 December
by Guardian picture desk
From photojournalism in conflict zones and refugee camps to reactive news, politics, and feature work, the shortlist for agency photographer of the year 2017 scratches only the surface of the breathtaking work seen by the Guardian’s picture desk over the past 12 months.
More than 10,000 images come into the picture system from agencies on a daily basis. In addition to the daily run of galleries, the weekly From the Agencies series is where we display photo stories by individual news photographers. The winner of the agency photographer of the year 2017 competition will be revealed on 21 December.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Rodrigo Abd is an Associated Press staff photographer based in Lima, Peru. He works across Latin America.
Zohra Bensemra is an Algerian photographer working in the Middle East and north Africa. She covers conflicts, humanitarian issues, politics and stories about women for Reuters.
Hannah McKay is a staff photographer for Reuters. She is based in London and has covered British politics, the London Bridge terror attacks and travelled to Bangladesh to capture the plight of Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar.
Kevin Frayer is an award-winning photojournalist based in Beijing covering Asia for Getty Images. He is regularly featured in our From the Agencies series.
Stephanie Keith is based in Brooklyn, New York, and has photographed news and features for Reuters and Getty Images this year.
David Ramos is based in Barcelona for Getty Images. From the migrants story off the coast of Libya to the constitutional crisis in Catalonia and summer festivals, his work is featured regularly in the Guardian.
Allison Joyce is a Boston-born photojournalist based in Mumbai, India, and Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has been covering the unfolding humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya people in Bangladesh extensively for Getty Images.
Singaporean photojournalist How Hwee Young is EPA’s Beijing-based chief photographer for the China region.
Yasuyoshi Chiba works for Agence France-Presse in Nairobi, Kenya. He has covered stories in Brazil and Japan, where he is from, over the course of the year.
Jim Watson is a staff photojournalist based in Washington for Agence France-Presse. Over the past 12 months, he has covered events at the White House, general news and sport.