2006 World Press Photo Contest Winner

Posted by finkployd in Info
Friday, February 9. 2007

The votes are in...

The winner of the 2006 World Press Photo Contest is:

Spencer Platt, USA, Getty Images.
Young Lebanese drive through devastated neighborhood of South Beirut, 15 August 2006

btw, i know the girl in white... she's a maronite who lives in Dahieh

Runners-up featuring Lebanon:
no winners or runners-up featured Israel (in 2006 War)

Jeroen Oerlemans, The Netherlands, Panos Pictures.
Paramedics show the dead body of a baby to the press after Israeli bombing of Qana
Lebanon, 30 July 2006

Davide Monteleone, Italy, Contrasto.
Israeli bombings of Lebanon, July 2006

Paolo Pellegrin, Italy, Magnum Photos for Newsweek/The New York Times Magazine.
Victim of Israeli rocket attack, Tyre, Lebanon, 6 August 2006

Stephanie Sinclair, USA.
Family flee Israeli bombings, Lebanon,
27 July 2006

See full list at: www.WorldPressPhoto.com

tags: photography, world press photo, winners, 2006, israel, lebanon, war, photographer, contest, magnum, getty

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what s the point of noting that someone is a member of a particular faith? isnt it sufficient that they are human beings?

#1 samir on 2007-02-10 05:42 (Reply)

noting one's faith in understanding the photograph better is not inappropriate.
this particular photograph lacks proper composition, lighting, etc... but is very very heavy on the content, and knowing that girl in white is a maronite living in dahieh adds even more weight to the content - after all, she was photographed in her neighborhood, where israel repeatedly reassured us that only 'hizballah terrorists' and their families resided.
do you understand the value of knowing her religion now?
stop being so politically correct - that's no better than being a fundamentalist.
think!

#1.1 finkployd on 2007-02-10 13:32 (Reply)