Ronaldo Schemidt
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.
Ronaldo Schemidt
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- 1971 · Caracas.
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- Venezuela
- Occupation
- photographer
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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.
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1971
Ronaldo Schemidt born at Caracas.
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He was based in Mexico City since 2006.
• 2018: World Press Photo of the Year award 2017, World Press Photo, Amsterdam • 2018: First prize, spot news – singles category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam for the same photograph as won World Press Photo of the Year
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