SARAJEVO / The exhibition World Press Photo Sarajevo, at the Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, shows 169 winning images from the most recent annual World Press Photo Contest. The exhibitions will run until Maj 22, 2012, then it will move to Banja Luka, and will be open until June 4, 2012.

The exhibition contains the most haunting and inspiring photographs from 2011 - submitted by photo journalists, picture agencies, newspapers and magazines throughout the world. Selected from more then 101,000 images taken by over 5,247 photographers representing 124 countries, these prize-winning photos capture the most powerful, moving and sometimes disturbing events of the year.

Samuel Aranda

For New York Times, World Press Photo of the year 2011

Fatima al-Qaws cradles her son Zayed (18), who is suffering from the effects of tear gas after participating in a street demonstration, in Sanaa, Yemen, on 15 October. Ongoing protests against the 33-year-long regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh escalated that day. Ms Qaws - who was helself involved in resistance to the regime - found her son among the wounded at the mosque, which was being used as a temporary field hospital. Zayed remained in a coma for two days after the incident.

Samuel Aranda, Spain, for New York Times, World Press Photo of the year 2011

Eduardo Castaldo

3rd Prize Spot News Stories

Top left: Protestors against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak clash with police on one of the streets leading to Tahrir Square, on 28 January. Top right: Protesters resist Mubarak supporters who are trying to invade Tahrir Square, on 3 February Bellow left: A woman collects stones for the protesters on the barricades. Bellow right: An alleged Mubarek infiltrator, captured by protesters, is handed over to the army.

Eduardo Castaldo, Italy, 3rd Prize Spot News Stories

MUBARAK STEPS DOWN - Alex Majoli

Magnum Photos for Newsweek, 1st prize General News Singles

Demonstrators on Tahrir Square, Cairo, react to a televised speech on 10 February, in which contrary to prior expectations, Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak said he would not give up power.

Alex Majoli, Italy, Magnum Photos for Newsweek, 1st prize General News Singles

ON REVOLUTION ROAD - Yuri Kozyrev

Noor Imeges for Times, 1st Prize Sopt News Single

Rebels battle for Ras Lanuf, an oil-refining town on the Libyan coast, on 11 March. The uprising against the regime of colonel Muammar Gaddafi had grown out of the clashes with authorities in the east-Libyan city of Bengazi, in mid-Februray.

Yuri Kozyrev, Russia, Noor Imeges for Times, 1st Prize Sopt News Single

Koichiro Tezuka

Mainichi Shimbun, 1st Prize Spot News Stories

On 11 March, at 14.46 local time, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Tohoku region of northeastern Japan, setting off a powerful tsunami. Although anti-tsunami seawalls were in place, the waves of the Tohuku tsunami - sometimes more then three times the height of the defences - washed over the tops of the walls, causing many to collapse in the process. Fires break out in Natori, Miygi prefecture, following the tsunami.

Koichiro Tezuka, Japan, Mainichi Shimbun, 1st Prize Spot News Stories

NORTH KOREA - Damir Sagolj

Daily Life, 1st prize singles, 2012

A portrait of North Korea’s founder, Kim Il-sung, decorates a building in the country’s capital Pyongyang.

Damir Sagolj, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Reuters, Daily Life, 1st prize singles, 2012

Simona Ghizzoni

Contemporary Issues, 3rd prize singles, 2012

Jamila (40) was injured by a missile that hit her legs, during ‘Operation Cast Lead’ in 2008.

Simona Ghizzoni, Contemporary Issues, 3rd prize singles, 2012

DANISH AND IRANIAN CULTURE - Laerke Posselt

Portraits, 1st prize singles, 2012

Actress Mellica Mehraban, who was born in Iran but grew up in Denmark, played a lead role in the Iranian spy thriller ‘Fox Hunting’.

Laerke Posselt, Portraits, 1st prize singles, 2012

CHILD BRIDES - Stephanie Sinclair

Contemporary Issues, 1st prize stories, 2012

Every year, all over the world, millions of girls below the age of 18 undergo marriages initiated by their families. The tradition of child marriage spans continents, religion, and class.

Stephanie Sinclair, Contemporary Issues, 1st prize stories, 2012

The photos were taken at the Exhibition by Islamic Arts Magazine. The copyrights of the images belong to the authors.


Comments
  • Halis Ayan
    Jan 03, 2013 - 16:17:49

    Beautiful photographs.

  • samia
    May 20, 2012 - 16:15:12

    beautiful disturbing photographs - whenever I look at arabian contemporary art I feel like it’s alive, it’s out there, trying to get a voice - it’s the complete opposite of western european art which in my opinion is deaf-mute, which keeps turning in a comfort zone. Awesome photographs!

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