World Press Photo 2013 Judging – Photo Contest
The judging around the 56th annual photo contest is starting and will certainly be an exciting time again. On Storify we'll share interesting bits, tweets and backstories around the judging process, so come back for daily updates!
- An international jury of leading professionals in the field of photojournalism worldwide will judge the entries at the World Press Photo office in Amsterdam from 2 February until 14 February 2013. The 56th World Press Photo Contest will be chaired by Santiago Lyon, vice president and director of photography for The Associated Press, USA who is replacing Gary Knight, UK, founder photographer of VII Photo Agency.His fellow jury members are:> Elisabeth Biondi, independent curator, Germany/USA (Portraits jury chair)> Bill Frakes, photographer Sports Illustrated, USA (Sports jury chair)> Staffan Widstrand, photographer and managing director Wild Wonders of Europe, Sweden (Nature jury chair)> Ghaith Abdul Ahad, special correspondent The Guardian, Iraq> Monica Allende, photo editor The Sunday Times Magazine, Spain> Jérôme Bonnet, photographer, France> Rena Effendi, photographer, Azerbaijan> Jocelyn Bain Hogg, photographer, UK> Mayu Mohanna, photographer and curator, Peru> Riason Naidoo, director of the South African National Gallery, Iziko Museums of South Africa, South Africa> Anja Niedringhaus, photographer The Associated Press, Germany> Platon, photographer CLM/David Maloney, UK> Pim Ras, freelance photographer Algemeen Dagblad, the Netherlands> Barbara Stauss, photo director and founding member Mare magazine, Switzerland> Anne Wilkes Tucker, curator photography Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA> Véronique de Viguerie, photographer Reportage by Getty Images, France> Steve Winter, contributing photographer National Geographic magazine, USA> Gu Zheng, professor School of Journalism, Fudan University, Shanghai, China(Content and images are presented in reverse order.)
- THE WINNERS OF THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO CONTEST HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED! AMAZING PHOTOJOURNALISM, CONGRATS TO ALL!View the entire collection of winning images from the 56th World Press Photo Contest. The winners were selected from over 100,000 images submitted to the contest.
World Press PhotoView the entire collection of winning images from the 56th World Press Photo Contest. The winners were selected from over 100,000 images ...
RT @rlmcclelland: This needs no words #winner @WorldPressPhoto Paul Hansen #GAZA http://pic.twitter.com/0vwwWKlK- Yesterday's phone call to Swedish photojournalist PAUL HANSEN, winner of the World Press Photo of the Year, announcing that he won the premier award:
World Press Photo2013 World Press Photo 2012 World Press Photo 2011 World Press Photo The World Press Photo archiveINTERVIEWS WITH THE 2013 PHOTO CONTEST JURY
Jury chair Santiago Lyon speaks about the World Press Photo of the Year.
Also interviews with Lyon, Sports jury chair Bill Frakes, Nature jury chair Staffan Widstrand speaks about the first round of judging.
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Interviews with the 2013 @WorldPressPhoto jury: @slyon66, @BillFrakes & Staffan Widstrand worldpressphoto.org/content/interv… #photojournalism
RT @andreliohn: Happy for my dear friends Paul Hasen for the World Press Photo 2013. fb.me/EyR2PQZN- RT @jonah_kessel: Congrats to Beijing based Stefen Chow for 2nd place in World Press Photo Staged Portrait category. Photo of Ai Weiwei http://bit.ly/VkAUgg
- RT @panospictures: Stephan Vanfleteren's @WorldPressPhoto winning portrait story: People of Mercy bit.ly/14Wdyya Well done mate!
- RT @terakopian: Huge congratulations to Daniel Berehulak @berehulak for his World Press Photo award: http://www.worldpressphoto.org/awards/2013/general-news/darian-daniel-berehulak?gallery=6096&photographer=389
- RT @basdemeijer: "Een goede foto komt altijd boven drijven" Pim Ras over de jurering bij #wpph_photo
- RT @Alex_Ogle: Amazing shot of Indonesia bull race by Wei Seng Chen wins World Press Photo 1st prize singles Sport http://www.worldpressphoto.org/awards/2013/sports-action/wei-seng-chen?gallery=6096
Terribly sad photo from Gaza taken last Nov, 2 yr old Suhaib Hijazi, his brother and father killed in Israeli strike worldpressphoto.org/content/swedis…
Final day at @WorldPressPhoto for me this year. It has been an amazing two weeks. #photojournalism worldpressphoto.org/content/interv…
RT @Valpuri: Got stuck in watching the World Press Photo winning images. Amazing, sad, impressive! #WPP_photo tiny.cc/q9mjsw
Congratulations to Paul Hansen, winner of the World Press Photo of the Year 2012 worldpressphoto.org/content/swedis… #WPP_photo
Content freezes are like trying to come to a dead stop in the middle of a full sprint #wpp_photo- In one hour, the World Press Photo contest winners will be announced! Stay tuned on worldpressphoto.org #WPP_photo
- In 5 hours the winners of the World Press Photo contest will be announced. Photographers everywhere are waiting and wondering. #wpp_photo
- TODAY THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED!
