Arts and Entertainment, 1st prize
Roger Cremers
30 April, 2008
Visitors walk through the grounds of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. The terrain and buildings of the former concentration camps are open to visitors, not only as an historical representation of how they functioned, but as testimony to the atrocities that took place there. The aim is not just to increase awareness, but to awaken responsibility, so that learning about history has an impact on current thought and behavior.
Through our education programs, the World Press Photo Foundation encourages diverse accounts of the world that present stories with different perspectives.
Our exhibitions showcase stories that make people stop, feel, think and act to a worldwide audience.
Our annual contest recognizes and rewards the best in photojournalism and documentary photography.