Лучшие фотографии 2007 года (24 фото)

World Press Photo of the Year: World Press Photo of the Year 2007
Tim Hetherington, UK for Vanity Fair.
American soldier resting at bunker, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, 16 September
То есть это, как бы, лучшая фотография за тот год.


Первое место в категории General News
John Moore, USA, Reportage by Getty Images.Assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 27 December


Spot News: 3rd prize singles
Stephen Morrison, Canada, European Pressphoto Agency
Kenya elections aftermath: police chase looting protesters, Nairobi, 31 December


Первое место в категории Stories
John Moore, USA, Reportage by Getty Images.Assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 27 December


Первое место в категории People in the News
Balazs Gardi, Hungary, VII Network.Afghan man holds a wounded boy, Korengal Valley, October


Contemporary Issues: 1st prize stories
Jean Revillard, Switzerland, Rezo.ch.
Makeshift huts of immigrants, Calais, France


Portraits: 1st prize stories
Vanessa Winship, UK, Agence Vu.
Rural school girls, Eastern Turkey


Arts and Entertainment: 1st prize stories
Rafal Milach, Poland, Anzenberger Agency.
Retired circus artists, Poland


Contemporary Issues: 1st prize singles
Brent Stirton, South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images for Newsweek.
Evacuation of dead of Mountain Gorillas, Virunga National Park, Eastern Congo


Sports Features: 1st prize stories
Erik Refner, Denmark, Berlingske Tidende.
Copenhagen Marathon finish line, 18 May


Sports Features: 1st prize singles
Andrew Quilty, Australia, Oculi for Australian Financial Re*** Magazine.
Children watch horses compete at Maxwelton country races, Australia


Daily Life: 1st prize singles
Justin Maxon, USA, Aurora Photos.
Mui, a homeless woman with HIV and her son bathe in the Red River, Hanoi, Vietnam


Daily Life: 1st prize stories
Pieter ten Hoopen, The Netherlands, Agence Vu.
Kitezh, the invisible town, Russia


Arts and Entertainment: 1st prize singles
Ariana Lindquist, USA.
Girl in an anime character costume, Shanghai, China


Первое место в категории People in the News: 1st prize singles
Yonathan Weitzman, Israel. Dress of an African girl caught in the Israel/Egypt border fence, 20 August


Spot News: 2nd prize stories
Roberto Schmidt, Colombia/Germany, Agence France-Presse.
Kenya election unrest, Nairobi,
29-31 December


General News: 2nd prize singles
Stanley Greene, USA, Noor.
Attack plan drawn in sand, Chad-Sudan border, January



Первое место в категории General News: 1st prize stories
Balazs Gardi, Hungary, VII Network.
Operation Rock Avalanche, Afghanistan, October


Первое место в категорииSports Action (singles)
Ivaylo Velev, Bulgaria, Bul X Vision Photography Agency.
Freeride competitor Philippe Meier chased by an avalanche, Flaine, France, 15 March


Первое место в категории People in the News (stories)
Philippe Dudouit, Switzerland, for Time magazine.
PKK fighters, Southern Kurdistan/Northern Iraq


Портрет года
Platon, UK, for Time Magazine.


Nature: 1st prize singles
Fang Qianhua, China, Nangfang Dushi Daily/Southern Metropolis Daily.
An endangered plant at Wanzhou city sanctuary garden, China


Sports Action: 3rd prize stories
Chris Detrick, USA, The Salt Lake Tribune.
Sports portfolio


Nature: 2nd prize stories
Paul Nicklen, Canada, National Geographic Magazine.
Arctic ivory - hunting the narwhal, Nunavut, Canada

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Конкурс World Press Photo проводится в Амстердаме ежегодно с 1955 года. На этот раз на него было направлено рекордное число работ фотожурналистов: 5019. В конкурсе приняли участие фотомастера из 125 стран мира. Призы присваивались по десяти категориям. Их вручение состоится 27 апреля в Амстердаме. Победитель Тим Хетерингтон получит 10 тысяч евро и новую фотокамеру.