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World Press Photo 2004 : The international jury of the 48th annual World Press Photo contest selected a color image of the Indian photographer Arko Datta of Reuters as World Press Photo of the Year 2004. The picture shows an Indian woman mourning the death of a relative who was killed in the Asian tsunami catastrophe. The picture was taken in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, on 28 December 2004. World Press Photo jury chairman Diego Goldberg described the winning image as "a true spot news picture with a strong photographer's point of view." According to jury member Kathy Ryan, Datta's photograph is a "graphic, historical and starkly emotional picture."
This year the World Press Photo 2004 contest broke two records: the number of photographers and the number of photographs entered. 4,266 professional photographers from 123 countries entered 69,190 images in the most prestigious annual international competition in press photography. It was also the first time that the judging was completely digital. The judging sessions took place in Amsterdam from 30 January to 10 February. The jury gave prizes in 10 theme categories to 59 photographers of 24 nationalities from: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, People's Republic of China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Puerto Rico, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and the U.S. |
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World Press Photo of the Year 2004 1st Prize Spot News singles Arko Datta, India, Reuters.
Woman mourns relative killed in tsunami, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India, 28 December
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The 2005 jury:
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- Chair: Diego Goldberg, Argentina, photographer
- Members: Peter Bitzer, Germany, director Laif Photos & Reportagen
Giovanna Calvenzi, Italy, picture editor Sportweek
Nikos Economopoulos, Greece, photographer Magnum Photos
Per Folkver, Denmark, picture editor in chief Politiken
Daniel Glückmann, Spain, director Agencia Cover
Alberto ‘Bullit’ Marquez, the Philippines, photographer The Associated Press
Juda Ngwenya, South Africa, photographer Reuters
Swapan Parekh, India, photographer
Kathy Ryan, USA, photo editor The New York Times Magazine
Mark Sealy, UK, director Autograph-ABP
Maggie Steber, USA, photographer
Alfred Yaghobzadeh, Iran, photographer Sipa Press
- Secretary: Stephen Mayes, UK, director Art + Commerce Anthology
Arko Datta, the author of the World Press Photo of the Year 2004, will receive his award and a cash prize of 10,000 euro at the awards ceremony in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, on Sunday 24 April 2005. In addition, Canon will donate Datta a Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II camera.
The awards ceremony is preceded by a three-day program of lectures, discussions and screenings of photography. Three exhibitions will be shown in the Oude Kerk: the annual award-winning pictures, a special selection of Datta's work and Urban Landscapes, an exhibition of the work of participants in a joint World Press Photo and ASEF workshop organized in 2004 in Vietnam. The exhibitions are open for public from 25 April to 19 June and the annual exhibition will subsequently visit over 85 locations around the world.
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