Sunday, February 12, 2012

Winners of World Press Photo Contest 2011 announced

Winners of World Press Photo Contest 2011 announced


1.A handout picture released on Feb. 10, 2012 by World Press Photo shows the work of Samuel Aranda with the caption "a woman holds a wounded relative in her arms, inside a mosque used as a field hospital by demonstrators against rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, during clashes in Sanna, Yemen, on Oct. 15, 2011". Samuel Aranda won the World Press Photo of the Year 2011 with this picture. The World Press Photo Contest, the world's largest annual press photography contest, announced its winners in Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands on Friday. (Xinhua)


2.A handout picture released on Feb. 10, 2012 by World Press Photo shows the work of Stephanie Sinclair with the caption "Tahani (1st L), who married her husband Majed when she was 6 and he was 25, poesing for this portrait with former classmate Ghada, also a child bride, outside their mountain home in Hajjah, Yemen, on June 10, 2011". Stephanie Sinclair won the first prize Contemporary Issues Stories of the World Press Photo of the Year 2011 with the series "Child Brides". The World Press Photo Contest, the world's largest annual press photography contest, announced its winners in Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands on Friday. (Xinhua)

3.A handout picture released on Feb. 10, 2012 by World Press Photo shows the work of Yasuyoshi Chiba with the caption "Chieko Matsukawa shows her daughter's graduation certificate as she found it in the debris in Higashimatsushima city, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, on April 3, 2011." Yasuyoshi Chiba of Japan won the first prize People in the News Stories of the World Press Photo of the Year 2011 with the series "Tsunami". The World Press Photo Contest, the world's largest annual press photography contest, announced its winners in Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands on Friday. (Xinhua)

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