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World Press Photo Awards for 2006
Posted to: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30) (2314) by Thomas Kriese (CCAL30) (2314), Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:32:42 PST
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Even now I'm still amazed by how much emotion, consideration, wonder and inspiration are evoked by looking at a single photograph. Looking at just a smattering of the World Press Photo Award winners this morning is an easy reminder of the power of pictures.
The World Press Photo Awards is a contest open to professional photographers, newspapers, magazines and photo agencies all over the world. Over 78,000 pictures were submitted and the final list was culled to just 83 pictures.
From the Digital Journalist:
The World Press Photo of the Year Award for 2006 went to Spencer Platt, an American with the Getty Images photo agency. His picture, taken on August 15, 2006, shows a group of young Lebanese driving through a partially destroyed neighborhood in Beirut after a recent bombing by Israel and immediately after the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
See the Digital Journalist's introduction to a gallery of 16 finalists here and view the slideshow, or just jump straight to the thumbnails if you're impatient.
If you want to see all 83 award winners, just visit the World Press Photo home page and follow the prompts.
By nmw (1876), Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:15:14 PDT
Edited: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:46:47 PDT
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;D nmw
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topBy Linda ทรัพยากร Nowakowski (CCAL30) (2530), Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:59:06 PDT
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Thanks, Thomas. They are truly awesome.
By nmw (1876), Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:24:50 PDT
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Getty's WP Photo of the Year is also currently being exhibited in front of the Cannes Lions Event
By Thomas Kriese (CCAL30) (2314), Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:24:38 PDT
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And now the finalists in the 4th Annual Smithsonian magazine photo contest have been released. Over 8500 photos were submitted to the magazine editors for consideration, and the categories for photos are:
You can see the 10 finalists in each of the five categories here.
The category winners (including the Grand Prize winner) will be announced in a summer 2007 issue of Smithsonian and posted on the Web site.
IMO, the photos are not as impressive as the World Press Photo Awards, but good pix nonetheless.