World Press Photo Awards

**Ser Clegane** · 02-12-2005, 09:20

Here are the 2005 winners of the World Press Photo Awards:
World Press Photo Awards

As always some excellent and moving photos

**Fragony** · 02-12-2005, 10:47

Can't really agree with the winner, it has a nice composition but is not really as moving as it should be. Maybe I have gone a bit numb on tsunami-pictures who knows. The brazialian riot photo is beautifull.

**Devastatin Dave** · 02-12-2005, 13:56

I thought the winner is very striking. Notice the lady in nice clean coloerful cloths, stricken with extreme grief and is laying as low as the bloated, decomposing body. She is so distrought that she is practically dug into the sand in her grief. Her palms are turned up towards the sky almost begging for some mercy from up above. The corpse's hand is almost reaching out to her but can no longer touch the living world so there is a great devide between the two. The picture truelly crushes my spirit, which , unfortunately, makes it beautiful.

**Kaiser of Arabia** · 02-12-2005, 16:31

I think last year's winner was better, wasn't that the one with the US soldier holding the Iraqi girl or somthing similar?
That was more moving than the first place one of these.
But I don't get why they have the guys with Machine Guns and Ski masks up there (they are probably Insurgents or Terrorists but I'm not sure), I thought these were supposed to be moving or touching...

**Ser Clegane** · 02-12-2005, 16:51

Originally Posted by Capo of Arabia

I thought these were supposed to be moving or touching...

This is the criteria for the overall first prize:

The main overall prize, the World Press Photo of the Year, is awarded for the single photograph that is not only the photojournalistic encapsulation the year, but represents an issue, situation or event of great journalistic importance, and does so in a way that demonstrates an outstanding level of visual perception and creativity.

Here is last year's winner:

last year

But I know which photo you were referring to, Capo - it was ineed a very good one (perhaps I can dig it up somewhere)

EDIT: I guess you were referring to this one:

**Devastatin Dave** · 02-12-2005, 17:33

Photographs take that moment in time and tells you a story within that slit second the picture was taken. That's why I believe this year's award is a good choice. I also believe last years was good. Whether you support the war or not, that picture happened; a child being comforted by his father when the future is unsure for either one. That's what i got from it. I supported the war and participated in it, in a limited way, but for anyone to see either the picture Capo is refering to or the last year picture and not get a sense that all efforts need to be made for peaceful resolutions in conflict or that there is victory without huge loss for the victor or the loser, or that sometimes there is no victor, then that person isn't really looking at the picture.

**Mount Suribachi** · 02-12-2005, 21:09

The power of a good photograph is amazing.

Those photographs, whilst all excellent, aren't likely to cheer the spirits of anyone, y'know? In fact, they are thoroughly depressing in many ways, showing the scale of human suffering on a world wide scale

Thank goodness for the sports photos, I love a good sports photo

**Kaiser of Arabia** · 02-12-2005, 21:30

Originally Posted by Ser Clegane

This is the criteria for the overall first prize:

Here is last year's winner:

last year

But I know which photo you were referring to, Capo - it was ineed a very good one (perhaps I can dig it up somewhere)

EDIT: I guess you were referring to this one:

Yes I was. Overall I think last year had better, more moving photographs though.
Anyway, it's just my opinion. Hard to beleive it was that long ago though.

**Big_John** · 02-12-2005, 23:03

one problem with the winner, for me, is that i've seen it more than the others, and exposure naturally takes some of the shine away. having said that, there is something about the winning picture that i just don't like.. i can't really put my finger on it.. it's kind of like you don't get a sense of the energy of the reality it captures. it seems too static, and the emotional vibrancy is dampened for it (compared to the other spot/general news nominees). but i've always liked "action" shots.. simple pleasures.

here's my favorites, in no particular order:
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i've seen that last one before.. i kind of thought that it had won a prize too. anyway, that last one and the 4th one (kashmir) are probably my favs of the bunch.