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Welcome to World Press Photo


Our mission is to encourage high professional standards in photojournalism and to promote a free and unrestricted exchange of information.
World Press Photo aims to support professional press photography on a wide international scale. Promotional activities include an annual contest, exhibitions, the stimulation of photojournalism through educational programs, and creating greater visibility for press photography through a variety of publications.
 

Awards ceremony 2008


HRH Prince Constantijn, Pieter Broertjes and Tim Hetherington spoke at the 2008 awards ceremony. >More
 

Multimedia library


Slideshows and videos of past events listed on one page. >More

Tim Hetherington multimedia


A special section of the website with an in-depth look at Tim Hetherington as photographer and storyteller includes interviews, audio slideshows and a tv documentary. >More
 

2008 Award interviews


During the Awards Days, we recorded 22 interviews with this year's World Press Photo prizewinners. Watch the photographers talk about their work. >More
 

Winners gallery update


All winning images with complete captions and photographers' biographies. >More

2008 exhibition tour kicks off


The first exhibition of the 2008 tour has opened in Amsterdam. The exhibition is also on show in Athens, Hamburg, Knokke-Heist, Lissabon, Manama, Milan, Paris, Poznan, Rome, Split, Sydney and Zurich. See our continuously updated calendar for details. >More
 

2008 Yearbook restyled


Order the yearbook from our renewed bookstore. >More
 

Look & Click


For school classes planning a visit to our exhibition, there's a free package of learning tools to download. >More
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