WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2010
07.10.–04.11.2010
The World Press Photo Exhibition can be seen from October 7th to November 4th in Westlicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie in Vienna.
This traveling exhibition, unique in its kind, is the result of a worldwide annual contest on press photography. Each year, an independent international jury, consisting of nineteen members, judges the entries in ten different categories, submitted by photojournalists, agencies, newspapers and magazines from all corners of the world. This year’s competition attracted 5,847 photographers from 128 countries. In total 101,960 images were entered in the contest.
The annual exhibition is shown this year at about 100 venues all over the world. This year’s exhibition contains 162 photographs. It is an annual public showcase for photojournalism comprising the year’s winning photo, together with award-winning images from each of the ten contest categories. The high quality of photojournalism involved is considered to set a standard in the field. World Press Photo is an independent, nonprofit organization based in Amsterdam, where World Press Photo was founded in 1955. Its main aim is to support and promote internationally the work of professional press photographers. Over the years, World Press Photo has evolved into an independent platform for photojournalism and the free exchange of information.
World Press Photo receives support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and is sponsored worldwide by Canon and TNT. Econgas is supporting the exhibition in Vienna.
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