The 57th World Press Photo results are out. This year saw 5,754 photographers covering 132 nationalities submit 98,671 photos.
The overall winner goes to John Stanmeyer, USA, (VII for National Geographic) showing African migrants on the shore of Djibouti city at night, raising their phones in an attempt to capture an inexpensive signal from neighbouring Somalia. (26th February, 2013)
Singles prizes include the typhoon in the Philippines, Bangladesh factory collapse, Boston bombing, Nairobi mall massacre, a number of Syria shots, along with stories prizes from Gaza blackout, Central African Republic, life in the Occupied Territories, and a very well shot (from above!) on sports in China.
My favourite is a shot from a stories winner, Jordanian, Tanya Habjouqa and her entry - Occupied Pleasures, and a rather amusing shot.
07 August 2013 After encountering gruelling traffic at the Qalandia check point, a young man enjoys a cigarette in his car as the back-up finally clears on the last evening of Ramadan. He is bringing home a sheep for the upcoming Eid celebration.
More than four million Palestinians live in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, where the political situation regularly intrudes upon the most mundane of moments. People’s movements are circumscribed and the threat of violence often hangs overhead. This is an exploration of the small moments of pleasure where ordinary men and women demonstrate a desire to live, not just simply survive.
