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World Press Photo Awards 2011
World Press Photo

World Press Photo Awards 2011

Photos
35
Status
Public
Created
May 24, 2013
Updated
Feb 09, 2022
Categories
Award Winners Photojournalism

Photos (35)

Cover
World Press Photo of the Year 2010 © Jodi Bieber, South Africa, Institute for Artist Management/Goodman Gallery for Time magazine. Bibi Aisha, an 18-year-old woman from Oruzgan province in Afghanistan, who fled back to her family home from her husbands house, complaining of violent treatment. The Taliban arrived one night, demanding Bibi be handed over to face justice, and cut off her nose.
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1st Prize Spot News Single © Péter Lakatos, Hungary, MTI. Suicide jump, Budapest, Hungary, 22 May
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2nd Prize Spot News Stories © Corentin Fohlen, France, Fedephoto. Anti-government riots, Bangkok, Thailand, May
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1st Prize General News Single © Riccardo Venturi, Italy, Contrasto. Old Iron Market burns, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 18 January
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1st Prize General News Stories © Olivier Laban-Mattei, France, Agence France-Presse. Haiti earthquake aftermath, 15-26 January A man throws a dead body at the morgue of the general hospital, Port-au-Prince, 15 January
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2nd Prize People In The News Single © Seamus Murphy, Ireland, VII Photo Agency. Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, London, 30 September
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1st Prize People In The News Stories © Daniel Berehulak, Australia, Getty Images. Pakistan floods, August-September: Flood victims scramble for food as they battle the downwash from a Pakistan army helicopter during relief operations, Dadu, Pakistan, 13 September.
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1st Prize Sport Single © Mike Hutchings, South Africa, for Reuters. Netherlands Demy de Zeeuw is kicked in the face by Uruguays Martin Cáceres during World Cup semi-final, Cape Town, 6 July
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2nd Prize Contemporary Issues Single © Ed Kashi, USA, VII Photo Agency. Nguyen Thi Ly, 9, suffers from Agent Orange disabilities, Da Nang, Vietnam
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1st Prize Contemporary Issues Stories © Ed Ou, Canada, Reportage by Getty Images. Escape from Somalia, March: Four Somali refugees en route to Yemen sleep in the desert after traveling all night on muddy roads and in pouring rain, Somaliland, 15 March.
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1st Prize Daily Life Single © Omar Feisal, Somalia, for Reuters. Man carries a shark through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, 23 September
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1st Prize Daily Life Stories © Martin Roemers, The Netherlands, Panos Pictures. Metropolis
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2nd Prize Portraits Single © Joost van den Broek, the Netherlands, de Volkskrant. Kirill Lewerski, cadet on Russian tall ship Kruzenshtern
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2nd Prize Portraits Stories © Wolfram Hahn, Germany. Self-portraits for social network
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2nd Prize Arts and Entertainment Single © Davide Monteleone, Italy, Contrasto for The New York Times. Style Magazine Milan Fashion Week: Valeria Marini show
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2nd Prize Nature Stories © Stefano Unterthiner, Italy, for National Geographic magazine. Whooper Swans at dawn, Hokkaido, Japan, January
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2nd Prize Nature Single © Reinhard Dirscherl, Germany Atlantic sailfish attack Spanish sardines, off Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
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2nd Prize Arts and Entertainment Stories © Daniele Tamagni, Italy. The Flying Cholitas, Bolivia: Lucha libre (Bolivian wrestling) is one of the most popular sports in the country. Women wrestlers are known as cholitas and have become popular in the sport. Here, Carmen Rosa and Yulia la Pacena perform in a benefit show to raise money for the bathrooms of a school in La Paz, Bolivia, 26 June.
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2nd Prize Arts and Entertainment Stories © Daniele Tamagni, Italy The Flying Cholitas, Bolivia: Lucha libre (Bolivian wrestling) is one of the most popular sports in the country. Here is a poster for a benefit show to raise money for the bathrooms of a school in La Paz, Bolivia, 26 June.
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2nd Prize Arts and Entertainment Stories © Daniele Tamagni, Italy. The Flying Cholitas, Bolivia: Lucha libre (Bolivian wrestling) is one of the most popular sports in the country.
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2nd Prize Arts and Entertainment Stories © Daniele Tamagni, Italy. The Flying Cholitas, Bolivia: Lucha libre (Bolivian wrestling) is one of the most popular sports in the country. Women wrestlers are known as cholitas and have in the last ten years become popular in the sport.
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2nd Prize Arts and Entertainment Stories Daniele Tamagni, Italy The Flying Cholitas, Bolivia: Lucha libre (Bolivian wrestling) is one of the most popular sports in the country. Women wrestlers are known as cholitas and have in the last ten years become popular in the sport. Here, Carmen Rosa and Yulia la Pacena perform in a benefit show to raise money for the bathrooms of a school in La Paz, Bolivia, 26 June. © worldpress2011
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1st Prize stories Benjamin Lowy, USA, Reportage by Getty Images for GQ Gulf of Mexico oil spill © worldpress2011
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1st Prize stories Benjamin Lowy, USA, Reportage by Getty Images for GQ Gulf of Mexico oil spill © worldpress2011
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1st Prize stories © Benjamin Lowy, USA, Reportage by Getty Images for GQ. Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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1st Prize stories © Benjamin Lowy, USA, Reportage by Getty Images for GQ. Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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1st Prize stories © Benjamin Lowy, USA, Reportage by Getty Images for GQ. Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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2nd prize stories © Kemal Jufri, Indonesia Panos Pictures/Polaris. Images Eruption of Mount Merapi, Central Java, Indonesia, November
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2nd prize stories © Kemal Jufri, Indonesia Panos Pictures/Polaris. Images Eruption of Mount Merapi, Central Java, Indonesia, November
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3rd prize singles © Uwe Weber, Germany, for Bild. Crowd throngs at entrance to Love Parade, Duisburg, Germany, 24 July
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3rd prize singles Sport © Steve Christo, Australia, Sydney Morning Herald. The Cole Classic ocean racing competition, Manly Beach, Australia, 7 February
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1st Prize Sport Stories © Adam Pretty, Australia, Getty Images Sports portfolio: Thomas Daley of Great Britain competes in the preliminary of the Mens 3m Springboard diving event during the Youth Olympics at Toa Payoh Swimming Complex, Singapore, 22 August.
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1st Prize Sport Stories © Adam Pretty, Australia, Getty Images Sports portfolio
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1st Prize Sport Stories © Adam Pretty, Australia, Getty Images Sports portfolio
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Honorable Mention, Contemporary Issues © Michael Wolf, Germany, Laif Photos Reportagen. A Series of Unfortunate Events, Google Street View
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