World Press Photo winners 2009

ThOnda

Another year of World Press Photo is here - worldpressphoto.org

Just one thought, why is photograph of tourists in Auschwitz in category "Arts and Entertainment"? I have never found it entertaining to go there. And personally I would not call that picture art.

Well, some of the pictures are stunning, I'll give them more time and attention later.

By the way the exhibition will be in Amsterdam from 04. 05. 2009. What about a boards.ie photo trip to the cultural capitol of Europe?

Calina

I went to the 2007 exhibition in Portimao in Portugal. It was fantastic. Are you sure it's not going to be anywhere else V? Just Amsterdam?

Hearvee

I saw the 2007 exhibition in London, then again in Mozambique. There's a
tour calendar on the site.

http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_calendar&task=view&catid=95&selectedItem=219&Itemid=154&bandwidth=high#219

From 1st May it's the 2009 Exhibition.

Danbo!

Might require a NSFW tag in title for one of the categories.

Portraits: 2nd Prize, stories

Shoeless Ailbhe

any news on whether it'll be coming to Ireland? It used to visit Galway years ago, but i haven't seen it here the past 4 years or so, caught it last year in Croatia..... But seeing as we've a winner in the Sports photography category, perhaps it will come?

enzyme

About 3 or 4 years the exibition was in Galway beleive it or not. I just happened to be in the City. I have bought the books every year for about the last 10 years and I was blown away. The photos were mostly A1 and A0 size. It is really only when you see them this big where the human figures are about life size that you really see what great images they are.

Rojo

Shoeless Ailbhe wrote: »

any news on whether it'll be coming to Ireland? It used to visit Galway years ago, but i haven't seen it here the past 4 years or so, caught it last year in Croatia..... But seeing as we've a winner in the Sports photography category, perhaps it will come?

I emailed them asking and got this reply:

Dear Ronan,
We are still negotiating the possibility to bring the exhibition to
Dublin. Once all is confirmed we will release this information on our
exhibition calendar through our website: www.worldpressphoto.org.


Kind regards,

Micaela Pereira

enzyme

NIIIIIIIIIICE

City-Exile

Paul Mohan of Sportsfile won 1st Prize in the Sports Action, singles.

Arciphel

well deserved, superb image!

NORTH1

My god some of the photos in the stories are horrific. I agree that photos like this are important in informing the world of whats really going on.

Put I find this a little worrying that photos like that should be used in a competition to win a prize and how far a photographer will go to win the competition?

opinions?

enzyme

I feel the complete opposite. The western media is completely sanitized and to be honest people have no idea of the suffering that goes on in some of these places. I don't think the photos are just shocking for the sake of it. What gives them their power is the message that they deliver and possibility their ability to changes peoples opinions

humberklog

Fair point to an extent Enzyme but out and out Misery is way too highly represented (imo).


I love the Auschwits (mentioned by OP) and the Italian one in the WPP.

ThOnda

Stee wrote: »

Might require a NSFW tag in title for one of the categories...

The name of the thread is World Press Photo and not "Kittens and macro shots of flowers". Sorry, but I had to type that.

enzyme

I'm from the north west. I love a bit of misery