World Press Award Winning Photos

Deebs · 02-08-2008, 11:33 AM

World Press Winners

There are some jarringly beautiful and disturbing images among the winners.

The top prize winning image was not even close to the most moving picture to me. I hope that doesn't mean I have become desensitized to the suffering of soldiers.

My favorites are:

#5 (in slide show)
Balazs Gardi, a VII Network photographer based in Hungary, won the first prize of the General News Stories category with this picture of Operation Rock Avalanche, Afghanistan taken October 2007.

#6
Yonathan Weitzman, a photographer based in Israel, won the first prize of the People in the News Singles category with this picture of a dress of an African girl caught in the Israel/Egypt border fence taken August 20, 2007.

#16
Platon, a Time magazine photographer based in Britain, won the first prize of the Portraits Singles category with this picture of President Putin of Russia.

#17 & #19
Both of these are very Diane Arbus to me...
Vanessa Winship, an Agence Vu photographer based in Britain, won the first prize of the Portraits Stories category with this picture of rural school girls in Eastern Turkey.
and
Rafal Milach, an Anzenberger Agency photographer based in Poland, won the first prize of the Arts and Entertainment Stories category with this picture of a retired circus artist in Poland.

Snowflake · 02-08-2008, 11:45 AM

Wow, some incredible photos in there. How to choose the winner? I do not think I could have!

LSPoorEeyorick · 02-08-2008, 11:53 AM

Oh, wow! Wonderful.

You're totally right about 17 and 19 and the Arbus influence!

I also really loved the attack plan in the sand and the bathers in the red river... but really, all of them are so lovely and evocative.

Gemini Cricket · 02-08-2008, 11:56 AM

Great pictures.
I would love to hear more about them. Like what happened next... etc.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-08-2008, 12:12 PM

I always hate how war/famine/suffering heavy these contest are. But wonderful photography none the less.

Deebs · 02-08-2008, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I always hate how war/famine/suffering heavy these contest are. But wonderful photography none the less.

You're so right. It kinda always sounds like this:

Quote:

An image of an emotionally and physically spent U.S. soldier in a bunker in Afghanistan by Britain's Tim Hetherington for Vanity Fair magazine won the top World Press Photo prize for news photography on Friday.

I hate to think that I have become desensitized to human suffering. But is not seeing it/denying it the alternative? Can there be a middle?

02-08-2008, 11:33 AM	#1
Deebs ... Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 961	World Press Award Winning Photos World Press Winners There are some jarringly beautiful and disturbing images among the winners. The top prize winning image was not even close to the most moving picture to me. I hope that doesn't mean I have become desensitized to the suffering of soldiers. My favorites are: #5 (in slide show) Balazs Gardi, a VII Network photographer based in Hungary, won the first prize of the General News Stories category with this picture of Operation Rock Avalanche, Afghanistan taken October 2007. #6 Yonathan Weitzman, a photographer based in Israel, won the first prize of the People in the News Singles category with this picture of a dress of an African girl caught in the Israel/Egypt border fence taken August 20, 2007. #16 Platon, a Time magazine photographer based in Britain, won the first prize of the Portraits Singles category with this picture of President Putin of Russia. #17 & #19 Both of these are very Diane Arbus to me... Vanessa Winship, an Agence Vu photographer based in Britain, won the first prize of the Portraits Stories category with this picture of rural school girls in Eastern Turkey. and Rafal Milach, an Anzenberger Agency photographer based in Poland, won the first prize of the Arts and Entertainment Stories category with this picture of a retired circus artist in Poland.
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Wow, some incredible photos in there. How to choose the winner? I do not think I could have! __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Oh, wow! Wonderful. You're totally right about 17 and 19 and the Arbus influence! I also really loved the attack plan in the sand and the bathers in the red river... but really, all of them are so lovely and evocative.
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Great pictures. I would love to hear more about them. Like what happened next... etc.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I always hate how war/famine/suffering heavy these contest are. But wonderful photography none the less. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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