Grieving Palestinians carrying the dead of two children killed by Israeli military attack in Gaza last year |
Picture
of a group of men carrying the bodies of two dead children, killed after
Israeli military attack, has won the World Press Photo of the Year 2012.
The international jury of the 56th
annual World Press Photo Contest, few days ago, selected the picture by Paul Hansen
of the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter as the World Press Photo of the Year
2012.
Hansen captured the dead children being
taken through a street in Gaza City to a mosque for the burial ceremony while
their father’s body is carried behind on a stretcher. Two-year-old Suhaib
Hijazi and his older brother Muhammad were killed when their house was
destroyed by an Israeli missile strike. Their mother was put in intensive care.
The picture was made on 20 November 2012 in Gaza City, Palestinian Territories.
The jury gave prizes in nine themed
categories to 54 photographers of 32 nationalities from: Argentina, Australia,
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France,
Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Malaysia, Palestinian
Territories, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, South
Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, and Vietnam.
The
members of the jury announced the winners at a press conference held at the
World Press Photo office in Amsterdam on 15 February.
Comments
on the winners by the jury
Mayu
Mohanna, jury member from Peru, said of Paul Hansen’s winning picture: “The
strength of the pictures lies in the way it contrasts the anger and sorrow of
the adults with the innocence of the children. It’s a picture I will not
forget.”
Santiago
Lyon, vice president and director of photography at The Associated Press, spoke
of the selection of prizewinners: “When I look at the results, as chair of the
jury, I think that the World Press Photo of the Year, and all the other photos
that were given prizes, were solid, stellar examples of first-rate
photojournalism that is powerful, that is lasting, and that will reach whoever
looks at them.”
The judging was conducted at the World
Press Photo office in Amsterdam. All entries were anonymously presented to the
jury, who discussed their merits over a two-week period. The jury operates
independently and a secretary without voting rights safeguards the fairness of
the procedure. The contest drew entries from professional press photographers,
photojournalists and documentary photographers across the world. By the
mid-January deadline, 103,481 images had been submitted by 5,666 photographers
from 124 countries.
The jury awarded first, second and
third prizes in all categories. First-prize winners in each category receive a
cash prize of €1,500. Winners of second and third prizes and those awarded an
Honorable Mention receive a Golden Eye Award and a diploma. The premier award,
the World Press Photo of the Year, carries a cash prize of €10,000. In
addition, Canon will donate a professional DSLR camera and lens kit to the
author of the World Press Photo of the Year 2012. The annual Award Days, a
celebration of the prizewinners, takes place in Amsterdam from 25 through 27
April 2013.
The prize-winning pictures are presented in an exhibition more
than 100 cities in over 45 countries. The first 2013 World Press Photo
exhibition opens in Amsterdam on 26 April 2013.
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