The year 2006 through the lens of prize-winning press photographers from across the world, is presented in the world’s largest press photography exhibition, hosted for the second consecutive year at Athens International Airport from Thursday, 26 April until Tuesday 22 May, 2007.
This prestigious exhibition displays 191 of the press photographs honoured with the 50th World Press Photo contest awards by “World Press Photo”*, an independent, non-profit organisation, founded in 1955, with the goal of promoting photojournalism and the exchange of information across the world.
Within the framework of the annual contest, in 2006, “World Press Photo” awarded – among 78,083 photographs of 4,460 press photographers from 124 countries – the best photographic moments of 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.
Undertaking this sponsorship, Athens International Airport, in 2007 and the next two years, has the honour of being the first spot in the world to display the world’s largest press photography exhibition, following the grand opening in Amsterdam (where the “World Press Photo” is based). Τhe annual exhibition will visit over 85 locations in 40 countries, until March 2008.
The exhibition will be on display at Athens International Airport until 22 May, 2007 (Arrivals level, Extra Schengen Area / “A” – area accessible to all airport visitors 24 hours a day).
The exhibition will be inaugurated on April 26th, at 18:00 (Arrivals, Entrance 1).
* World Press Photo receives support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and is sponsored worldwide by Canon and TNT.
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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 yearbook 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.