Ronaldo Schemidt
{{short description|Venezuelan photographer (born October 30, 1971)}}
Ronaldo Schemidt (born 1971{{cite web|url=https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2018/world-press-photo-year-winner/ronaldo-schemidt|title=Venezuela Crisis|date=3 May 2017|publisher=World Press Photo|accessdate=23 April 2018}}) 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.afp.com/en/agency/press-releases-newsletter/afp-photographer-ronaldo-schemidt-wins-world-press-photo-year|title=AFP photographer Ronaldo Schemidt wins the World Press Photo of the Year|date=12 April 2018|publisher=Agence France-Presse|accessdate=23 April 2018}}
Awards
- 2018: World Press Photo of the Year award 2017, World Press Photo, Amsterdam{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/01/behind-shutter-photographer-ronaldo-schemidt-captured-one-defining/|title=Behind the shutter: How photographer Ronaldo Schemidt captured one of the defining images of the Venezuela crisis|last=Palazzo|first=Chiara|date=1 March 2018|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=23 April 2018}}{{cite web|accessdate=2018-05-10|title=Ronaldo Schemidt wins World Press Photo of the Year 2018 award – British Journal of Photography|url=http://www.bjp-online.com/2018/04/ronaldo-schemidt-wins-world-press-photo-of-the-year-2018-award/|website=www.bjp-online.com}}{{cite news|first1=Olivier|last1=Laurent|accessdate=2018-05-10|title=Perspective: World Press Photo: Photograph of a man on fire wins top photo prize|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/04/12/world-press-photo-harrowing-photograph-of-a-man-on-fire-wins-top-photo-prize/|newspaper=Washington Post|date=12 April 2018|issn=0190-8286|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}
- 2018: First prize, spot news – singles category, World Press Photo, Amsterdam for the same photograph as won World Press Photo of the Year{{cite news|accessdate=2018-09-16|title=World Press Photo Contest 2018 – the winning pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2018/apr/13/world-press-photo-contest-2018-the-winning-pictures|newspaper=The Guardian|date=13 April 2018|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}
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