The World Press Photo exhibition provides a powerful snapshot of the finest photojournalism from the past year. This year's winning collection showcases creativity and excellence in press photography representing a global cross-section of the major issues, people and stories that affected the world over the past year.
The exhibition is comprised of 185 photos selected by the jury from over 95,000 photos submitted. The exhibition travels the world and is seen in 80 cities by more than 2 million people.
Contrary to most photo exhibitions which tend to target specific markets, the World Press Photo is a must see for everyone. While many of the images are confronting and thought provoking, many also show the world’s lighter and uplifting moments.
The ANNUAL CONTEST : 52ndST EDITION
The contest is open to all professional press photographers. There is no entry fee. Not only photographers, but photo agencies, newspapers, and magazines from anywhere in the world are invited to submit their best news-related pictures of the previous year. The contest jury comprises thirteen picture editors, photographers and representatives of press agencies from different parts of the world, with widely divergent backgrounds. This year a record number of participants from 124 countries entered their works. To be more precise, 5,508 photographers participated, sending 96,268 images. This year’s first prize winner is Anthony Suau (from the US) for his photo of an armed officer ensuring a foreclosed home in Cleveland has been evacuated.
See the winning pictures (external site).
1. SPOT NEWS
2. GENERAL NEWS
3. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
4. SPORTS ACTION
5. SPORTS FEATURES
6. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
7. DAILY LIFE
8. PORTRAITS
9. ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
10. NATURE
World Press Photo is run as an independent, non-profit organization with its office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where World Press Photo was founded in 1955. Their mission is to encourage high professional standards in photojournalism and to promote a free and unrestricted exchange of information. They aim to support professional press photography on a wide international scale.
First and foremost, World Press Photo is known for organizing the worldís largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest. Prizewinning photographs are assembled into a travelling exhibition. A yearbook presenting all prizewinning entries is published annually in six languages. The yearbook is on sale during the exhibition.
Promotional activities include an annual contest, exhibitions, the stimulation of photojournalism through educational programs, and creating greater visibility for press photography through a varietyof publications.
SCHOOL VISITS
For school classes planning a visit to the Exhibition, World Press Photo offers a package of learning tools called Look & Click. The package provides resources for teachers for introducing the subject of journalism and press photography to their students. The package deals with a number of questions related to the function of the press and the profession of press photographer and photojournalist. What is the definition of a newsworthy event? Why do we hear more about certain events, but less about others? Who determines which photos are published? What makes a good press photograph?
‘Look & Click’ aims to provide a basis for discussion about the news and looking at press photographs with a critical eye. This teaching package can be used for various school subjects such as social studies, history and expressive subjects.
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See over 400 photos from 100 Canadian photographers.
For its second edition, La Foire de l'Image de Montréal will consist of more than 400 photographs taken by over 100 of Canada’s finest photographers.
"The objective is to host an event which will introduce the grand public to the world of photography" states Raymond Cantin, the Director of the Montreal presentation of the World Press Photo 2009 and organizer of the Foire de líImage. "We want to reunite an impressive number of images and activities, making this a must-see event in the world of Imagery".
The exhibition displays the 32 nominees of the photojournalism competition on Human Rights. It includes a variety of photographs from all over the world. We have received more than 5 200 photographs from 61 different countries. It consists of 26 photoreportages set on high quality 36” X 36” (91 cm X 91 cm) prints.
This exhibition will be available from June 1st 2009 to March 1st 2010 to galleries and museums anywhere in the world and comes delivered with explanatory captions in french and english. For details, please visit the Anthropographia official site.
