World Press Photo is an independent, non-profit organization based in Amsterdam,Netherlands . Founded in 1955 the organization is known for holding the world's largest and most prestigious annual press Photography contest.
A yearbook presenting all prizewinning entries is published annually in 6 languages.
In addition to selecting the World Press Photo of the Year, the contest determines winners in the following categories:
- Spot News
- General News
- People in the News
- Sports Action
- Sports Features
- Contemporary Issues
- Daily Life
- Portraits
- Arts and Entertainment
- Nature
World Press Photo of the Year - Winners
Year 2012
Photographer - Swedish photographer Paul Hansen
Subject - Israeli missile strike on Nov 20,2012
Description - Two Palestinian children killed in an Israeli missile strike being carried to their funeral
Year - 2011
Photographer - Samuel Aranda
Subject - Protests in Yemen
Description
A woman holds a wounded relative in her arms, inside a mosque used as a field hospital by demonstrators against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, during clashes in Sanaa, Yemen on 15 October 2011
Year - 2010
Photographer - Jodi Bieber
Subject - Taliban Treatment of Women
Description
Bibi Aisha, 18, was disfigured as retribution for fleeing her husband’s house in Oruzgan province, in the center of Afghanistan. At the age of 12, Aisha and her younger sister had been given to the family of a Taliban fighter under a Pashtun tribal custom for settling disputes
Year - 2009
Photographer - Pietro Masturzo
Subject - 2009 Iranian Presidential Election
Description
An Iranian woman shouting from a rooftop in Tehran in protest against the result of Iranian Presidential Elections held in 2009
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