Nationale Postcode Loterij steunt project Twenty Ten

Category > Photography sponsorship 

 

Free Voice en World Press Photo zijn verheugd met de bijdrage uit de ‘Extra Trekking' van de Nationale Postcode Loterij voor hun project Twenty Ten. In dit project krijgen Afrikaanse journalisten een training om verhalen en reportages te produceren over alles wat met voetbal in Afrika te maken heeft. Hun producten worden gratis verspreid in Afrika en zijn ook beschikbaar voor de media wereldwijd.

Aanleiding voor Twenty Ten is het Wereldkampioenschap Voetbal in 2010 in Zuid-Afrika, officieel de ‘2010 FIFA World Cup'. Het is voor de eerste keer in de geschiedenis dat de WK voetbal op het Afrikaanse continent worden georganiseerd.

Het project Twenty Ten maakt het mogelijk dat Afrikaanse journalisten hun stem laten horen als de aandacht van heel de wereld zich op Afrika richt tijdens de (voorbereidingen van) het Wereldkampioenschap voetbal. Twenty Ten wil Afrika de kans geven om een ander gezicht te laten zien aan de wereld: dat van een continent dat bruist van talenten, ambitie en mogelijkheden.

Twenty Ten selecteert 152 professionele journalisten uit alle landen van Afrika: schrijvende journalisten, persfotografen, radiomakers, multimediaproducenten en (jeugd-)tv-makers. Tijdens de Afrikaanse voorrondes van de ‘2010 FIFA World Cup' worden zij getraind. Ook daarna krijgen ze de kans om verhalen te produceren en te distribueren over alles wat met de World Cup samenhangt. Een selectie deelnemers (het ‘Dreamteam') gaat uiteindelijk in drie teams naar Zuid-Afrika om over het eindtoernooi te berichten.

Free Voice en World Press Photo zijn internationaal opererende organisaties ten behoeve van de verbetering van de journalistiek. Zij werken bij dit project samen met de volgende partijen:

•    Africa Media Online; verantwoordelijk voor de distributie, verkoop en afzet van alle verslaglegging door de deelnemers in Afrika en daarbuiten.
•    Lokaalmondiaal; creëert online multimediale producten, beheert de website www.roadto2010.net, produceert een documentaire en stelt een boek samen over Afrikaans voetbal.
•    Tropenmuseum; organiseert in de zomer van 2010 een evenement en tentoonstelling over Afrikaans voetbal.
•    KIT Publishers; de uitgever van het boek over Afrikaans voetbal.

Free Voice is opgericht door Nederlandse media-organisaties (NVJ, NDP, Nederlands Genootschap van Hoofdredacteuren). Free Voice steunt onafhankelijke media in ontwikkelingslanden en zet zich in voor persvrijheid. Daarbij richt ze zich vooral op schrijvende media, radio en televisie. Structurele financiers zijn het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken en de Nationale Postcode Loterij.

World Press Photo is gespecialiseerd in het versterken van de fotojournalistiek en heeft jarenlange ervaring met het opzetten en begeleiden van educatieve journalistieke projecten. World Press Photo ontvangt steun van de Nationale Postcode Loterij en wordt wereldwijd gesponsord door Canon en TNT.

World Press Photo of the Year 2008

 

Anthony SUAU (USA) wins premier award 

The international jury of the 52nd annual World Press Photo Contest have selected a black-and-white image by American photographer Anthony Suau as World Press Photo of the Year 2008.

The picture shows an armed officer of the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department moving through a home in Cleveland, Ohio, following eviction as a result of mortgage foreclosure. Officers have to ensure that the house is clear of weapons, and that the residents have moved out. The winning photograph, taken in March 2008, is part of a story commissioned by Time magazine. The story as a whole won Second Prize in the Daily Life category of the contest.

Jury chair MaryAnne Golon said: "The strength of the picture is in its opposites. It's a double entendre. It looks like a classic conflict photograph, but it is simply the eviction of people from a house following foreclosure. Now war in its classic sense is coming into people's houses because they can't pay their mortgages”.

Fellow juror Akinbode Akinbiyi commented: "It is a very ambiguous image. You have to go into it to find out what it is. Then all over the world people will be thinking ‘this is what is happening to all of us'."

Juror Ayperi Ecer said: "We have something here which visually is both clear and complex...It's not about issues - 2008 is the year of the end of a dominant economic system. We need a new language, to learn how to illustrate our lives."

The jury gave prizes in 10 theme categories to 62 photographers of 27 nationalities from: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, El Salvador, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and USA.

A total of 96,268 photographs were submitted to be judged, representing an increase of 19.5% since last year. The number of participants was also a record, a total of 5,508 photographers sent in their work, which is a rise of 9.7% compared to 2008.

The participants represent 124 different nationalities. Entries by photographers from Asia increased by 14% from last year, photographers from China and India leading the numbers, with 490 (2008: 400) and 208 (2008: 165) participants respectively. European photographers are traditionally strongly represented in the contest. This year there were significant increases in the number of photographers from certain countries, such as Italy with 306 (251) and Poland with 104 (81).

The members of the 2009 jury were:

Chair:
> MaryAnne Golon, USA, consulting photography editor

Members:
> Akinbode Akinbiyi, Nigeria, photographer, writer and curator
> Patrick Baz, France/Lebanon, regional photo-manager, the Middle East, Agence France-Presse
> Peter Bialobrzeski, Germany, photographer Laif
> Olivier Culmann, France, photographer Tendance Floue
> Erin Elder, Canada, digital media manager The Globe and Mail
> Per Folkver, Denmark, photo editor in chief Politiken
> David Friend, USA, editor of creative development Vanity Fair
> Ayperi Karabuda Ecer, Sweden/Turkey, vice president pictures Reuters
> Volker Lensch, Germany, head of photo department Stern
> Ricardo Mazalan, Argentina, photographer The Associated Press
> Arianna Rinaldo, Italy, photo editor D La Repubblica delle Donne and editor-in-chief OjodePez
>Sujong Song, South Korea, freelance photo editor

Secretaries:
> Daphné Anglès, France/USA, European picture coordinator The New York Times
> Stephen Mayes, UK, managing director VII Photo Agency

Anthony SUAU, USA, for Time

Anthony Suau, the author of the World Press Photo of the Year 2008, will receive his award during an awards ceremony in Amsterdam on Sunday 3 May 2009. The award also carries a cash prize of 10,000 euro. In addition, Canon will donate Anthony Suau a Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera.

 

The awards ceremony is preceded by a three-day program of lectures, discussions and screenings of photography. The exhibition of prizewinners will be shown at the Oude Kerk from 4 May to 28 June and will subsequently visit over 100 locations around the world. For a provisional exhibition schedule see: www.worldpressphoto.org/exhibitions.

 

World Press Photo receives support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and is sponsored worldwide by Canon and TNT.

TNT sponsorship with World Press Photo

Category > Photography sponsorship

 

TNT has extended its corporate sponsor contract with World Press Photo for another three year period.

This was announced in Davos yesterday where Tim Hetherington, the winner of the World Press Photo of the Year 2007, gave a key note speech during the annual dinner in honour of the World Food Programme in front of sixty world and business leaders of which among others former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan and Prime Minister Odinga of Kenya. In his speech Mr Hetherington stressed the important role photojournalism has in creating global awareness for situations in the world such as famine and global warming.

TNT has been a global corporate sponsor of World Press Photo since January 2003. As an international company with over 161,000 staff worldwide, TNT demonstrates its interest in the globe's major challenges and its efforts to help fight against world hunger, poverty, and global warming.

Peter Bakker, CEO of TNT, says: "TNT is a people's business and it cares about what goes on in the world. Sponsorship of World Press Photo is part of the company's social responsibility. TNT wants to make a difference, and making a difference begins with awareness. That is one of the main virtues of photo journalism."

Pieter Broertjes, chairman of World Press Photo, says: "We depend on support from the private sector as a non-profit organization. TNT chooses - by extending one of the main sponsor contracts of World Press Photo - not only to support the work of professional press photographers, but also to expand their commitment to social responsibility by highlighting the importance of the principle of freedom of the press. World Press Photo is proud to have TNT as a partner."