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02-13-2010, 01:35 AM
Dear friends of World Press Photo,
The jury has unveiled the World Press Photo of the Year 2009 and the award-winning images in ten categories. In this newsletter, we fill you in on the 2010 contest and the upcoming events.
World Press Photo of the Year 2009
The international jury of the 53rd annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a photo by the Italian photographer Pietro Masturzo as the World Press Photo of the Year 2009. The picture depicts women shouting in protest from a rooftop in Tehran on 24 June. The winning photograph is part of a story depicting the nights following the contested presidential elections in Iran, when people shouted their dissent from roofs and balconies after daytime protests in the streets. The story as a whole was awarded first prize in the category People in the News. >More (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1789&Itemid=50&bandwidth=high)
Pietro Masturzo received a phone call from World Press Photo with the news that he won the premier award. Listen to a recording of his reaction here. (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_media_gallery&area=showGallery&task=view&id=25&Itemid=56&bandwidth=high)
Online gallery of winners
All images that have been selected for a prize can be viewed in the Winners Gallery (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=blogsection&id=20&Itemid=257&bandwidth=high) on our website. Also, in our multimedia gallery, you will find a video interview in which jury chair Ayperi Karabuda Ecer explains why the jury selected Pietro Masturzos image from the many thousands of entries as World Press Photo of the Year 2009. Watch the video interview here (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_media_gallery&area=showGallery&task=view&id=24&Itemid=56&bandwidth=high).
Awards Days: A celebration of photojournalism
During this years Awards Days on the weekend of 1-2 May, Amsterdam will once again be the world capital of photojournalism. The two days of presentations, lectures and socializing at the canal-side Felix Meritis building will end in festive mode on Sunday night with the presentation of the awards. >More (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=201&bandwidth=high)
2010 exhibition to tour the world
When the Awards Days end, the 2010 exhibition starts a world tour that will take it to around 100 cities across the globe. In Amsterdam, World Press Photos home base, it will premiere at the monumental Oude Kerk, the oldest church in the Dutch capital. View the exhibition calendar here (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/exhibitions).
New yearbook delivered to your door
To be one of the first to receive a copy of the 2010 edition of our yearbook, all you need to do is order it through our online bookstore. Our yearbooks are prized possessions, both for those who visit our exhibitions and for those who dont. The new yearbook costs 24 euros a copy and is published in six languages. >More. (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1777&Itemid=260&bandwidth=high)
The jury has unveiled the World Press Photo of the Year 2009 and the award-winning images in ten categories. In this newsletter, we fill you in on the 2010 contest and the upcoming events.
World Press Photo of the Year 2009
The international jury of the 53rd annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a photo by the Italian photographer Pietro Masturzo as the World Press Photo of the Year 2009. The picture depicts women shouting in protest from a rooftop in Tehran on 24 June. The winning photograph is part of a story depicting the nights following the contested presidential elections in Iran, when people shouted their dissent from roofs and balconies after daytime protests in the streets. The story as a whole was awarded first prize in the category People in the News. >More (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1789&Itemid=50&bandwidth=high)
Pietro Masturzo received a phone call from World Press Photo with the news that he won the premier award. Listen to a recording of his reaction here. (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_media_gallery&area=showGallery&task=view&id=25&Itemid=56&bandwidth=high)
Online gallery of winners
All images that have been selected for a prize can be viewed in the Winners Gallery (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=blogsection&id=20&Itemid=257&bandwidth=high) on our website. Also, in our multimedia gallery, you will find a video interview in which jury chair Ayperi Karabuda Ecer explains why the jury selected Pietro Masturzos image from the many thousands of entries as World Press Photo of the Year 2009. Watch the video interview here (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_media_gallery&area=showGallery&task=view&id=24&Itemid=56&bandwidth=high).
Awards Days: A celebration of photojournalism
During this years Awards Days on the weekend of 1-2 May, Amsterdam will once again be the world capital of photojournalism. The two days of presentations, lectures and socializing at the canal-side Felix Meritis building will end in festive mode on Sunday night with the presentation of the awards. >More (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=201&bandwidth=high)
2010 exhibition to tour the world
When the Awards Days end, the 2010 exhibition starts a world tour that will take it to around 100 cities across the globe. In Amsterdam, World Press Photos home base, it will premiere at the monumental Oude Kerk, the oldest church in the Dutch capital. View the exhibition calendar here (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/exhibitions).
New yearbook delivered to your door
To be one of the first to receive a copy of the 2010 edition of our yearbook, all you need to do is order it through our online bookstore. Our yearbooks are prized possessions, both for those who visit our exhibitions and for those who dont. The new yearbook costs 24 euros a copy and is published in six languages. >More. (http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1777&Itemid=260&bandwidth=high)