Tim Hetherington wins premier award

The international jury of the 51st annual World Press Photo Contest selected a color image of the UK photographer Tim Hetherington as World Press Photo of the Year 2007. „This image shows the exhaustion of a man - and the exhaustion of a nation“.

Tim Hetherington, UK for Vanity Fair.
American soldier resting at bunker, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, 16 September

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Anthony Suau wins premier award

The international jury of the 52nd annual World Press Photo Contest selected a black and white image of American photographer Anthony Suau as World Press Photo of the Year 2008.

Anthony Suau, USA, for Time.
US Economy in Crisis: Following eviction, Detective Robert Kole must ensure residents
have moved out of their home, Cleveland, Ohio, 26 March

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Mit ner guten Kamera hät ich das auch gekonnt!... Nein, Bullshit natürlich, das zeigt der Preis jedes Jahr immer wieder und das find ich gut.
Find das Foto dieses wie letztes Jahr nur zu USA-zentriert.

World Press Photo of the Year 2009

Pietro Masturzo, Italy.
Women in Tehran shout from a rooftop in protest against the regime on 24 June in Tehran. The Iranian presidential elections were held on 12 June and the results, proclaiming victory by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, were strongly contested.

In the weeks following the election, violent protests took place in the streets. At night, when the streets were empty, people went on to the rooftops of their homes to continue shouting their dissent. Their cries of 'death to the dictator' and 'Allah u Akbar (Allah is great)' echoed through Tehran.

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