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World Press Photo Awards 2007

  • 09-02-2008 10:28pm
    #1
    Carrigman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 713 ✭✭✭


    http://blogoscoped.com/worldpressphoto/

    I have to say that I thought the World Press Photo of the Year - Tim Hetherington's shot of the American soldier in Afghanistan - was not a deserving winner.


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  • #2
    kensutz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,197 ✭✭✭kensutz


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055233316


  • #3
    Carrigman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 713 ✭✭✭Carrigman


    Damn. Missed that. Sorry.


  • #4
    kensutz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,197 ✭✭✭kensutz


    I was getting sense of Deja Vu again ;)


  • #5
    RCNPhotos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 601 ✭✭✭RCNPhotos


    Must agree about that shot.


  • #6
    liveforphotos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭liveforphotos


    I agree. I really didn't think much of that shot. If that's the pick of the crop, it must have been a bad year.
    Carrigman wrote: »
    http://blogoscoped.com/worldpressphoto/

    I have to say that I thought the World Press Photo of the Year - Tim Hetherington's shot of the American soldier in Afghanistan - was not a deserving winner.


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  • #7
    unreggd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,835 ✭✭✭unreggd


    Was that taken on a camera phone?

    My friend called me about it and said it was good so I had a much better image in my head


  • #8
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    lol, i think all of them are quite ****..


  • #9
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,720 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    wow -- i think its an amazing shot -- sure technically its not perfect , but in a way thats what makes it for me , the sense of tiredness, despair, disillusionment and confusuion in his face just captures a fealing of whats this insane war about -- super shot -- the good thing about photography is thankfully we all have different tastes


  • #10
    Rojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Rojo


    http://blogoscoped.com/worldpressphoto/large/17.jpg

    this shot OOZES Diane Arbus.... Hmmm....

    the last phoot of the animal is weird. Never heard of a narwhal before!


  • #11
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    Unicorns of the sea... (thought to be where the myths about unicorns came from).


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  • #12
    Fajitas!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭Fajitas!


    challengemaster wrote: »
    lol, i think all of them are quite ****..

    I'm sure they can look the same way at yours!

    Rojo, aye, Diane Arbus all over!


  • #13
    deRanged
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,744 ✭✭✭deRanged


    I really like the american soldier shot - for me it's a photo of emotion. something that all the science of photography can't dictate.

    I remember the feature in National Geographic that the narwhal shot is from. I'd have picked a different one from the article personally, but I can clearly remember the page that picture was on. Maybe that's the point.


  • #14
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Fajitas! wrote: »
    I'm sure they can look the same way at yours!

    And thats the beauty of it all :) Everyone sees things in a different way. If we didn't - we'd all be taking the same pics! :D


  • #15
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,720 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    Tim Hetherington died today, doing what he did - that image from 2007 has more meaning and resonance than ever -

    R.I.P.


  • #16
    NakedDex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,984 ✭✭✭NakedDex


    Read about this earlier. Chris Hondros was also reported deceased in the same attack. Haven't heard any confirmation on which side was firing the mortars that caused the deaths.


  • #17
    emrys
    Registered Users Posts: 213 ✭✭emrys


    very sad news, targeted by an rpg apparently...

    http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/20/libya.journalists/index.html?hpt=C1


  • #18
    tororosso
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 437 ✭✭tororosso


    emrys wrote: »
    very sad news, targeted by an rpg apparently...

    http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/20/libya.journalists/index.html?hpt=C1

    In fairness there is nothing to suggest that it was deliberate targetting. They were in the frontline and with the rebel troops. Sad news nonetheless


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