WORLD PRESS PHOTO 13
06.09.–13.10.2013
Since 1955 the board of the World Press Photo Foundation, an independent platform for photo-journalism which has its headquarters in Amsterdam, has invited press photographers and photo-journalists from all over the world to take part in the World Press Photo competition. An international jury, which is changed each year and consists of 19 members, judges the submitted entries that come from photographers, agencies, newspapers and magazines all over the world.
This year the competition received 103,481 entries from 5,666 professional photographers from 124 countries. The international jury awarded prizes across nine theme categories to 54 photographers from 33 countries.
It is not only an impressive demonstration of achievements in international photo-journalism but also a unique retrospective of events of worldwide importance and historical significance that have taken place during the previous year, covering such subjects as politics, culture, sports and nature.
A picture by Swedish photographer Paul Hansen was selected as the World Press Photo of the Year 2012. The picture shows a group of men carrying the bodies of two dead children through a street. It was made on 20 November 2012 in Gaza City, Palestinian Territories.
The main prize, the World Press Photo of the year is awarded to an individual photograph that is not only a summation of the previous year in photo-journalism but also deals with subject matter, a situation or event which has great journalistic significance and, at the same time shows exceptional achievement in the areas of visual perception and creativity.
The World Press Photo travelling exhibition attracts over three million people each year in 45 countries. This year, the world’s most prestigious annual exhibition of photojournalism visits Vienna for the 12th year running. The eleventh edition in 2012 had over 22,000 visitors at WestLicht.
The yearbook including all awarded images from this year's contest, contains the best photo journalistic works of the year. Hence the large format publication is not only an exhibition catalogue, but also an independent, gripping contemporary document.
WORLD PRESS PHOTO 13 – THE YEARBOOK
Schilt Publishing, 160 pages, English, 22.8 x 29.4 cm, paperback
To order, please write to bookshop@westlicht.com
World Press Photo is supported by the Netherlands Postal Code Lottery and sponsored worldwide by Canon. For further information visit www.worldpressphoto.org.
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