Two mid-day photojournalists win Press Club Covid-19 photo contest

Cops thrash desperate citizens who had gathered outside Bandra Railway station on April 14, last year, after hearing rumours that long-distance trains had started. Pic/Rane Ashish

Two mid-day photojournalists, Ashish Rane and Satej Shinde, have won the Press Club Covid-19 photo contest.

There were among 20 winners picked from an eye-popping 1,200 entries from across the country.

A health worker conducts a Covid-19 test on a policeman at Aarey police station in October last year. Pic/Satej Shinde

They will each get a a certificate, trophy, and a cash prize and their photos will be part of a soon-to-be published book ‘Remembering and Recording our Battle Against Covid-19', a photographic compilation of an unforgettable year-and-a-half.