Sunday, December 23, 2012

World Press Photography 2012


The World Press Photography competition photos are displayed each year at the Southbank Centre. The photographs featuring this year focused on events that took place in 2011 with the tsunami in Japan, the conflict in Libya and protests in Egypt all featuring prominently.

 Japan after the Tsunami, photograph by Paolo Pellegrin from Italy

 Japan after the Tsunami, photograph by Koichiro Tezuka from Japan

Demonstrators kneeling for prayer near Tahir Square in Egypt, photograph by Jan Dago from Denmark

 Dakar Fashion Week, photograph by Vincent Boiset from France

Moscow, photograph by Alexander Gronsky from Russia

 Traditional dress worn by a tribal elder in Papua New Guinea, photograph by Brent Stirton

Ritual cleansing in Kazakhstan, photograph by Pavel Prokopchik from the Netherlands

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