World Press Photo 09

World Press Photo 2008 Win­ner — Anthony Suasu

Not-to-be-missed exhi­bi­tion of the world’s top photojournalists’s pho­tographs rep­re­sent­ing 124 dif­fer­ent nations and cap­tur­ing cap­ti­vat­ing scenes from around the globe.

The exhi­bi­tion is the show­case of the best press pho­tos for 2008 and is the lead­ing inter­na­tional com­pe­ti­tion in press pho­tog­ra­phy. On dis­play are the cream of the crop – haunt­ing images of war, vio­lence and the frailty of man con­fronted with nat­ural dis­as­ters such as earth­quakes – putting a human face to the tragedies.

There are also por­traits, exquis­ite land­scapes, wildlife and elite ath­letes cap­tured in the throes of per­for­mance – all pay­ing trib­ute to the skill of the pho­tog­ra­pher in cap­tur­ing each expres­sion, move­ment and rip­ple of muscle.

The win­ner, if there could pos­si­bly be one, out of the 5508 pro­fes­sional pho­tog­ra­phers and 96 268 entries, was Amer­i­can pho­tog­ra­pher Anthony Suau for a black and white image of an armed offi­cer of the Cuyahjoga County Sheriff’s Depart­ment mov­ing through a home in Ohio, fol­low­ing an evic­tion of mort­gage fore­clo­sure. The pho­to­graph was part of a story com­mis­sioned by Time magazine.

If you missed the exhi­bi­tion, look out for the soon to be pub­lished book fea­tur­ing the images.

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