AMSTERDAM
- Swedish photographer Paul Hansen won the 2012 World Press Photo award
Friday for newspaper Dagens Nyheter with a picture of two Palestinian children
killed in an Israeli missile strike being carried to their funeral.
The
picture shows a group of men marching the dead bodies through a narrow street
in Gaza City. The victims, a brother and sister, are wrapped in white cloth
with only their faces showing.
"The
strength of the pictures lies in the way it contrasts the anger and sorrow of
the adults with the innocence of the children," said jury member Mayu
Mohanna of Peru. "It's a picture I will not forget."
World
Press Photo, one of photojournalism's most prestigious contests, issued awards
in nine categories to 54 photographers of 32 nationalities.
Hansen's
Nov. 20 shot won top prize in both the spot news single photograph category and
the overall competition. It portrays 2-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and her
3-year-old brother Muhammad, who were killed when their house was destroyed by
the Israeli attack. They are being carried by grieving uncles, as their father
Fouad was also killed, and his body can be seen in the background of the
picture.
The
children's mother, whose name was not provided, was in intensive care.
The
competition also includes portrait series, scenes from everyday life, and
nature photography, among others.
The
contest drew entries from professional press photographers, photojournalists
and documentary photographers across the world. In all, 103,481 images were
submitted by 5,666 photographers from 124 countries.
The
photos were submitted anonymously to a panel of 19 jury members, chaired by AP
Director of Photography Santiago Lyon, and judged in multiple rounds.
The
winners were all "stellar examples of first-rate photojournalism,"
Lyon said.
Other
judges came from Germany, Iraq, Peru, France, Sweden, China, Britain, Spain,
Azerbaijan, South Africa, The Netherlands, Switzerland and the U.S.
Hansen
will receive a (euro) 10,000 prize at ceremonies and the opening of the year's
exhibition April 25-27 in Amsterdam.
Source
: NYDailyNews.com
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