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World Press Photo Awards 2009
World Press Photo

World Press Photo Awards 2009

Photos
21
Status
Public
Created
May 26, 2013
Updated
Feb 09, 2022
Categories
Award Winners Photojournalism

Photos (21)

Cover
World Press Photo of the Year 2008. © Anthony Suau, USA, for Time. US Economy in Crisis: Following eviction, Detective Robert Kole must ensure residents have moved out of their home, Cleveland, Ohio, 26 March
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1st prize Contemporary Issues Singles. © Mashid Mohadjerin, Belgium, Reporters/Redux Pictures. Coastguards spot a boat with refugees, off Lampedusa, Italy, 30 July
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2nd prize Portraits Stories. © Pep Bonet, Spain, Noor for Positive Lives. Forced Identity: Transsexual sex workers, Honduras
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1st prize Nature Stories. © Steve Winter, USA, National Geographic Magazine. Snow Leopards: Out of the Shadows
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3rd prize General News Stories. © Olivier Laban Mattei, France, Agence France-Presse. Myanmar (Burma) cyclone aftermath, May
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3rd prize Sports Features Singles. © Tomasz Gudzowaty, Poland, Yours Gallery/ Focus Photo und Presse Agentur. Child jockey, Mongolia
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2nd prize Sports Action Singles. © Mark Dadswell, Australia, Getty Images. Usain Bolt wins mens 200m final at Beijing Olympic Games, 20 August
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1st prize People in the News Singles. © Yasuyoshi Chiba, Japan, Agence France-Presse. Inter-tribal conflict, Western Kenya, 1 March
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1st prize Sports Features Stories. © Zhao Qing, China, China Youth Daily. Olympics on TV in Beijing
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3rd prize Daily Life Singles. © Tomasz Wiech, Poland, Gazeta Wyborcza Krakow. Corporate breakfast, Poland
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1st prize Arts and Entertainment Singles. © Giulio Di Sturco, Italy, Agenzia Grazia Neri. Backstage at Indian Fashion Week, Delhi
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1st prize Contemporary Issues Stories. © Carlos Cazalis, Mexico, Corbis. Homeless, São Paulo, Brazil
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1st prize Daily Life Stories. © Brenda Ann Kenneally, USA, The Raw File. Troy, New York
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1st prize Nature Singles. © Carlos F. Gutiérrez, Chile, Patagonia Press for Diario La Tercera. Chaitén volcano erupts, Chile, 2 May
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3rd prize Spot News Stories. © Wojciech Grzedzinski, Poland, Napo Images for Dziennik. Georgian conflict, August
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2nd prize Portraits Singles. © Jérôme Bonnet, France, Corbis Outline for Le Monde 2. Dennis Hopper
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1st prize General News Singles. © Luiz Vasconcelos, Brazil, Jornal A Crítica/Zuma Press. Woman tries to stop forced eviction of her people, Manaus, Brazil, 10 March
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1st prize People in the News Stories. © Callie Shell, USA, Aurora Photos for Time. Barack Obama presidential campaign, January-October
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1st prize Arts and Entertainment Stories. © Roger Cremers, the Netherlands. Preserving Memory: Visitors at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, 30 April-4 May
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1st prize Sports Action Stories. © Vincent Laforet, USA, for Newsweek. Divers, Beijing Olympic Games, 23 August
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1st prize Spot News Singles. © Chen Qinggang, China, Hangzhou Daily. Rescue troops carry earthquake survivor, Beichuan County, China, 14 May
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