World Press Photo 2010 marks the fourth year the exhibition has made Brisbane Powerhouse one of its world tour destinations. The annual photojournalism competition that captures ‘the year that was’ will visit the venue from Saturday 5 June to Sunday 27 June.
The World Press Photo contest consistently recognises the world’s best press photographers and aims to encourage high professional standards in photojournalism, increase public interest in the craft and to promote a free and unrestricted exchange of information.
A record total of 101,960 photographs from 5,847 different photographers were submitted for this year’s contest. After a two week judging process, the jury gave prizes in ten themed categories to sixty-three photographers across twenty-three nationalities.
Three Australian photographers featured among the sixty-three winners; Adam Ferguson, who won first prize in the Spot News Singles category with his image of an Afghan woman, rushed from the scene of a suicide bombing in Kabul; Justin McManus, who won third prize in the People in the News Singles category with his image taken during the aftermath of the Australian ‘Black Friday’ bushfires; and Craig Golding, who won second prize in the Sports Action Stories category for his images from the World Masters Games.
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