World
Press Photo
the most important
photo
competition. The participants are all reporters from around the
globe. Photos are judged in nine categories: local news, news agency,
people and events, sports, science and technology, art, nature and
the environment, portrait and everyday life. Every year, the in
the competition participate
over 40 thousand photo reporters.
Each of them has an equal chance at the beginning. The most
interesting photos are presented
in the exhibition, which is shown in
more than 30 countries.
http://www.worldpressphoto.org
This year's best
picture has many layers of meaning. It touches upon
the issue of immigration. Men who
try to maintain a bond with other families in the country. Their
longing for a family home, and loved ones left in the country. This
image says something about the photographer. He also travels a lot
around the world and wants to keep in touch with his
family.
http://cdn19.se.smcloud.net/t/photos/t/277865/world-press-photo-2014_18431637.jpg
Photos are sometimes
shocking, sometimes impressive, often drastic. A
photography must arise
emotions. Photographers know this, and go to distant places in the
world, conflict areas, where people meet war and injustice.
http://www.swiatobrazu.pl/zdjecie/artykuly/284869/1985-r.-frank-fournier.jpg
http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/10/45/75/2252616/7/628x471.jpg
Press photo is not
an easy job. A
photographer does
not work in a studio, there is no
time for correction of light settings. He can’t
ask the model to change the position and give
him some time. In the world of reporters being
in the right place at the right
time is the key to success. Of these photographers we
often say
hyenas. Why? They will do
everything to make the best possible photo. On the other hand, if
they were not there the world would not
see the
problems of
other people.
http://www.swiatobrazu.pl/zdjecie/artykuly/284837/1968-r.-fot.-eddie-adams.jpg
We also have a
many Polish winners. The most well-known Polish journalist is Tomasz
Gudzowaty he is a 6
times
winner.
http://independent.pl/images/old_files/root/sztuka/prace/g/gudzowaty_tomasz/indian_wrestling.jpg
Personally, I love
James Nachtwey’s
photos. He is an
American photojournalist and a
war photographer.
http://www.jamesnachtwey.com
He
is talented and award-winning, he
has won world
press photo contest a
few times. In 2013, he was hit by a
grenade shrapnel in Baghdad. In
February this year in Thailand
he was shot in the leg during a street riot. He is
66 years old,
and he has no
plans to stop traveling the world and doing an
extraordinary reportage.
His work is so
good that a documentary film was
made about him.
http://erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jamesnachtwey_hutuman_1994.jpg
Questions:
- Would you like to take part in this competition?
- Which photos made an impression on you?
- What do you think about James Nachtwey, his age and the desire to take pictures?
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ReplyDeleteI’m not a photographer so it would be hard to take part in this contest ;). However, the World Press Photo is the most important and prestigious photo competition, so nomination to it must be a great honor for every photographer. Images in the World Press Photo are breathtaking and very touching. Few times I have cried while watching them, because they show how brutal our world is.
ReplyDeleteI think James Nachtwey photographs are quintessence of the World Press Photo contest. They show cruel, but true side of the world. He captures humans and situations on which people are blind.
Dominika In those days everybody can be a photographer. You only have to have a camera :) It's true James Nachtwey show us a little more than media won't show us :)
ReplyDeleteWould you like to take part in this competition?
ReplyDeleteI did. with no real threat to the winners but still ;)
Which photos made an impression on you?
Every single one does. As long as it is not made by self-proclaimed Photo Studio Photography or any of those sorts that use professional camera with shitty lens. They made the world worse.
What do you think about James Nachtwey, his age and the desire to take pictures?
Everyone is entitled to take pictures. He loves it, makes some good material, everyone loves it. So why not?
@Przemek, I take lots of photos, but it doesn’t mean I’m a photographer, in particular one who can compite in the World Press Photo contest ;)
ReplyDelete@armandstanczak His experience and craftsmanship its incontrovertible, but this is at the expense of his private life, which does not exist. In my opinion this is sad.
ReplyDelete@PrzemekM are you kidding me? Everybody can be a photographer? NO. sorry:P If you have a camera and you takes pictures it does not mean that you are a photographer. You are only the user of the camera…
ReplyDeleteI always wanted to take part in such event but I realised that these days if you want to win a Word Press Photo you're suppose to take pictres like those you selected. Ones that show misery, poverty or something like that as you mentioned and it's just sad for me.
I much more prefer that first photo that the rest…
There is always a question if a photographer should take photos or actually help. I know that it is his/her job but still…It is so tattered from humanity.
But of course I must admint that Wordpress also promotes some really ordinary and beautiful pictures..
why no one felt the joke here :D
ReplyDeleteOn the one hand, I laugh, but on the other there is no professional exam for them... so what, in your opinion, define true photographer?
Okeyyy:P
ReplyDeleteI admit it is not easy. I used to think that professional photographer is the one who pays the bill with photography. But now I know I was so wrong. On the other hand there are many amateurs whose photographs can take breath away. Few days ago I was at Leica Gallery at Vivan's Maier photography exhibition. Nobody saw her work when she was alived, she was a simple nanny, who enjoyed taking pictures. But those pictures were simply great in my opininon.
So I think that there is no one simple answer to that question it is too complex...
Would you like to take part in this competition?
ReplyDeleteNo, I wouldnt. Im taking photos only for myself and for my friends and family.
Although I like this competition and I always watch the exibitions.
Which photos made an impression on you?
I respect Gudzowaty. I saw all his exibitions at Yours Gallery years ago.
What do you think about James Nachtwey, his age and the desire to take pictures?
He makes great photos but Im not a big fan of painful war pictures.
Of course it is very important part of photography.
Would you like to take part in this competition?
ReplyDeleteNo, I wouldnt. Im taking photos only for myself and for my friends and family.
Although I like this competition and I always watch the exibitions.
Which photos made an impression on you?
I respect Gudzowaty. I saw all his exibitions at Yours Gallery years ago.
What do you think about James Nachtwey, his age and the desire to take pictures?
He makes great photos but Im not a big fan of painful war pictures.
Of course it is very important part of photography.