The best press photographs of the year 2005 at AthensInternational Airport
The year 2005 through the lens of prize-winning press photographers from across the world, is presented in the world’s largest press photography exhibition, hosted at Athens International Airport from Thursday, 27 April through Sunday 21 May, 2006. This prestigious exhibition displays 200 of the press photographs honoured with the 49th World Press Photo contest awards. Within the framework of the annual contest, in 2006, “World Press Photo” awarded - among 83,044 photographs of 4,448 press photographers from 122 countries - the best photographic moments on the planet during the previous year. The awards are given in 10 different categories: Spot News, General News, People in the News, Sports Action, Sports Features, Contemporary Issues, Daily Life, Portraits, Arts and Entertainment and Nature. Among the prize-winning photographs, features the work of the Greek photojournalist Yannis Kontos, who was awarded the 1stPrize Singles in the category Contemporary Issues.
Undertaking this sponsorship, Athens International Airport has this year the honour of becoming the third spot in the world to inaugurate the world’sl argest press photography exhibition, following Hamburg and Amsterdam (where the “World Press Photo” non-profit organisation is based). Τhe annual exhibition will visit over 85 locations around the world this year. The exhibition will be on display at Athens International Airport from 27 April through 21 May, 2006 (Arrivals level, Extra Schengen Area / “A” – area accessible to all airport visitors 24 hours a day). World Press Photo, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, receives support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and is sponsored worldwide by Canon and TNT. View Winners Gallery 2006 in: http://www.worldpressphoto.nl/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=blogsection&id=16&Itemid=137
World Press Photo www.worldpressphoto.nl World Press Photo is run as an independent, non-profit organization with its office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where World Press Photo was founded in 1955. The organization is controlled by an independent management board and employs around 20 permanent staff members. The Amsterdam office acts as the hub for a network of professional contacts worldwide. The cooperation and assistance of people in this international network makes organising the contest, exhibitions and other activities on such a large scale possible. First and foremost, World Press Photo is known for organizing the world's largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest. After the contest, the prize-winning photographs are assembled into a travelling exhibition that is visited by over a million people in 40 countries. A year book presenting all prize-winning entries is published annually in six languages. Another primary objective of the organization is to stimulate developments in photojournalism and to encourage the transfer of knowledge. To this end, World Press Photo organizes a number of educational projects throughout the world: seminars, workshops and the annual Joop Swart Masterclass. World Press Photo has two corporate sponsors worldwide - Canon and TNT. Additional funding isderived from project sponsorship and subsidies. The mix in sources of financing helps guarantee the organization's independence. On Saturday night 8 October, World Press Photo celebrated its 50th anniversary with 800 prominent guests, among them, 28 former World Press Photo of the Year winners.