La fondation World Press Photo vient d’annoncer les vainqueurs de son concours annuel dédié à la photographie de presse. Plus de 5700 photographes ont ainsi participé à l’exercice 2013, soumettant au jury près de 100 000 images. Répartis par catégories (Contemporary Issues, Portraits, Daily Life, Sports, Nature,…), les clichés témoignent de l’évolution et des nouveaux accents du photo-journalisme. Comme chaque année, ils seront exposés aux quatre coins du globe tandis que la cérémonie de remise des prix investira la ville d’Amsterdam les 24 et 25 avril 2014. Enfin, signalons que John Stanmeyer a remporté la World Press Photo of the Year et qu’au sein des reportages récompensés, on retrouve la série « Condemned: Mental Health in African Countries in Crisis » de Robin Hammond ainsi que l’épreuve de Taslima Akhter déjà retenue par TIME dans sa sélection « The Most Surprising Photos of 2013 ». Découvrez à la suite une vingtaine de photographies choisies parmi les image primées.
SPOT NEWS
1st Prize Singles – Typhoon Survivors by Philippe Lopez
3rd Prize Singles – Final Embrace by Taslima Akhter
1st Prize Stories – Rebels Attack Government Checkpoint by Goran Tomasevic
2nd Prize Stories – Massacre at Westgate Hall by Tyler Hicks
3rd Prize Stories – Collapse of Rana Plaza by Rahul Talukder
GENERAL NEWS
2nd Prize Stories – Chaos in Central African Republic by William Daniels
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
World Press Photo of the Year & 1st Prize Singles – Signal by John Stanmeyer
3rd Prize Singles- Victims of Organized Crime by Christopher Vanegas
1st Prize Stories – A Portrait of Domestic Violence by Sara Naomi Lewkowicz
2nd Prize Stories – Condemned: War and Mental Health After Crisis by Robin Hammond
SPORTS
1st Prize Singles – Polo Fall by Emiliano Lasalvia (Sports Action)
1st Prize Singles – Sledding Race From Above by Jeff Pachoud (Sports Feature)
2nd Prize Stories – Daily Exercise by Kunrong Chen (Sports Feature)
3rd Prize Stories – World Swimming Sports by Quinn Rooney (Sports Action)
DAILY LIFE
1st Prize Singles – Kachin Fighters by Julius Schrank
2nd Prize Singles – Soldier’s Funeral by Andrea Bruce
OBSERVED PORTRAITS
1st Prize Stories – Ich Bin Waldviertel by Carla Kogelman
STAGED PORTRAITS
1st Prize Stories – Escape by Danila Tkachenko
1st Prize Singles – Blind Indian Albino Boys by Brent Stirton
NATURE
2nd Prize Singles – A Flock of Guillemots by Markus Varesvuo
3rd Prize Stories – Bonobos (Our Unknown Cousins) by Christian Ziegler
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