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World Press Photo controversy: Objectivity, manipulation and the search for truth
Beyond the attacks leveraged against Paul Hansen's winning World Press Photo, the recent controversy over image toning is symptomatic of the current state of photojournalism and its place in a society...
Photojournalism 22 May 2013
12 photographers selected for 2013 World Press Photo's Joop Swart Masterclass
World Press Photo has selected 12 young photographers for the 2013 edition of the annual Joop Swart Masterclass
Events 26 Apr 2013
World Press Photo: "Stories are about people," says Bernat Armangué
“As wire photographers, we usually provide daily content but, in locations such as this, we try to go deeper into what the war is.” Bernat Armangué speaks to BJP about his World Press Photo winning...
Awards 15 Feb 2013
World Press Photo judges discuss emotion and content in winning images
Among the gruesome scenes of death and violence that featured strongly in this year's winning images, one image stood out as a symbol of hope - an image of an African woman in a trash tip reading a book....
Awards 15 Feb 2013
World Press Photo: Nadav Kander awarded First Prize in Staged Portraits Singles
Nadav Kander’s portrait of English actor Daniel Kaluuya has won him a World Press Photo prize. He speaks to BJP about being included in a prize normally reserved for press photographers
Awards 15 Feb 2013
World Press Photo: Should Olympic Games photos dominate the sports categories?
With just 11 photos from the 2012 Olympic Games rewarded at this year's World Press Photo, Bill Frakes, a photographer with Sports Illustrated and member of the competition's jury, speaks to BJP about...
Sport 15 Feb 2013
World Press Photo: Santiago Lyon speaks of winning image's power
Santiago Lyon, director of photography at The Associated Press and chair of this year's World Press Photo jury, speaks to BJP about Paul Hansen's winning image, its power and message
Photojournalism 15 Feb 2013
World Press Photo: General News winner on the importance – and difficulties – of reporting from Syria
"Anything we can do that can try to show the drama and massacres the Syrians are suffering is good.” Rodrigo Abd has been awarded the 1st Prize General News Single for his portrait of an injured woman...
Awards 15 Feb 2013
Swedish photographer Paul Hansen wins 56th World Press Photo
Photographer Paul Hansen, of the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter, has won the 56th World Press Photo for a picture of a group of men carrying the bodies of two dead children through a street in...
Awards 15 Feb 2013
Spanish photographer Fernando Moleres receives second Tim Hetherington Grant
Fernando Moleres, a Panos Pictures photographer, has been awarded the 2012 Tim Hetherington Grant for his work documenting the harsh incarceration of minors in adult prisons in Sierra Leone
Grants 10 Dec 2012
World Press Photo 2013 open for entries
The World Press Photo organisation is now accepting entries for its 2013 competition
Awards 03 Dec 2012
Tim Hetherington Grant invites photojournalist submissions
World Press Photo and Human Rights Watch are calling on photojournalists and press photographers to apply for the second Tim Hetherington Grant, worth £20,000
Awards 08 Oct 2012
Gary Knight to chair 2013 World Press Photo jury
VII Photo co-founder Gary Knight will chair the jury of the 2013 World Press Photo competition, which opens for entries in December
Awards 02 Oct 2012
World Press Photo exhibition comes to London
An exhibition of this year's World Press Photo winners is set to return to London's Royal Festival Hall from 09 November
Exhibitions 01 Oct 2012
World Press Photo organises Reporting Change workshops in North Africa
World Press Photo is calling on photojournalists in Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia to apply for a series of workshops around visual journalism, organised with Human Rights Watch
Workshops 24 Sep 2012
World Press Photo embarks on multimedia fact-finding mission
World Press Photo has commissioned researcher David Campbell to lead an international survey on multimedia productions within photojournalism. He speaks with Olivier Laurent about his goals
Media 12 Jul 2012
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