Following the first open call for submissions, and coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the agency, we are very pleased to be able to announce our six new members.
The following photographers were selected out of a total of almost 400 submissions from nearly 40 countries around the world:
Chloe Dewe Mathews – UK
An Aral Sea fisherman has a rest between catches, Kazakhstan. © Chloe Dewe Mathews/Panos Pictures
Shiho Fukada – Japan

Jiang Guohua, the Communist Party secretary of Mianzhu City, kneels on the ground pleading with protesting parents, whose children were killed when their school collapsed during an earthquake, not to complain to higher authorities. Mianzhu, Sichuan Province, China. © Shiho Fukada/Panos Pictures
Kacper Kowalski – Poland

Distribution of ash after coal combustion at a thermal power plant in Belchatow, Poland. © Kacper Kowalski/Panos Pictures
Guy Martin – UK

A rebel fighter rests during an attempt to wrest the town of Ajdabiya from forces loyal to Gaddafi, Libya © Guy Martin/Panos Pictures
Mads Nissen – Denmark

Mass funeral for the rebels who died on the evening of March 4. when a huge ammunition deposit outside of Benghazi exploded and killed aprx. 20 people, Libya. © Mads Nissen/Panos Pictures
Ivor Prickett – Ireland

A bloody stretcher used to deliver a dead fighter to Ajdabiya morgue, Libya. © Ivor Prickett/Panos Pictures
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