The World Press Photo Award is one of the most important awards in photojournalism. Every year for 53 years, an independent jury, composed by international experts is called upon to comment on thousands of submissions from all around the world, sent to the World Press Photo Foundation in Amsterdam by photojournalists, agencies, newspapers and magazines.

extract from official World Press Photo website:
"The jury of the 53rd annual World Press Photo Contest has selected an image by Pietro Masturzo (Italy) as the World Press Photo of the Year 2009.
The winning photograph is part of a story depicting the nights following the contested presidential elections in Iran, when people shouted their dissent from roofs and balconies, after daytime protests in the streets.

The story as a whole was awarded first prize in the category People in the News. Jury chair Ayperi Karabuda Ecer said: "The photo shows the beginning of something, the beginning of a huge story. It adds perspectives to news. It touches you both visually and emotionally, and my heart went out to it immediately."

During the two-week judging, the jury viewed a record number of photographs with 101,960 images submitted by 5,847 photographers. The photographers represent 128 different nationalities."

Curator: Contrasto
Catalog: Contrasto

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