World Press Photo ends this Sunday
Those of you who want to see the best photographs showing crucial events of the last year should not miss World Press Photo 2006 in Prague’s Karolinum (street Ovocny trh 3) open until 1st October. Prague is one of more than 90 places where you can see the best photos from the whole world divided into 10 categories.
World Press Photo was founded in 1955 in Amsterdam when it’s seated till nowadays. This year 83 044 photos from 4448 professional photographers representing 122 countries was evaluated. The jury awarded 63 authors from 25 countries in the world. Also Czech photographer Michal Novotny was successful; won 3rd place in the category Daily life for his pictures showing a braille school in Liberia.
The total winner of this year was Canadian photographer Finbarr O´Reilly working for Reuters agency with his photo showing an African woman kissing her baby’s hand. Traditional Prague’s Prize (Cena Prahy) was given to Edmond Terakopian living in London for his photos made shortly after terrorist attacks in London Tube.
Theme: Photography exhibitions in Prague
- Prague Wenceslas Square exhibition [October 13 2008, 15:49 PM]
- Unique Documentary of August 68 Russian Invasion to Prague [August 15 2008, 15:52 PM]
- Czech Pes Foto – Dog Photography with an attitude [July 30 2008, 11:38 AM]
- Exhibition of Various Faces of the Metropolis [July 25 2008, 08:31 AM]
- ALIVE Animal photos Exhibition in the centre of Prague [June 13 2008, 15:51 PM]
- Prague of Many Faces – Photographs exhibition at Prague Castle [May 15 2008, 15:34 PM]
- Gregory Crewdson photo exhibition [March 11 2008, 15:56 PM]
- Half a century of the Prague Castle photography exhibition [November 16 2007, 18:24 PM]
- Jindrich Streit Black and White photography exhibition Prague [November 15 2007, 09:02 AM]
- Czech Press Photo awards 2007 [October 18 2007, 12:00 PM]
- Explosive Roman Signer and his Travel Pictures in Prague [September 20 2007, 16:00 PM]
- World Press Photo 2006 in Karolinum [September 14 2007, 16:02 PM]
- Prague hosts World Press Photo 2007 [September 13 2007, 14:38 PM]
- Kolbaba's exhibition at Prague Airport prolonged [August 31 2007, 15:06 PM]
- Prague Castle in Photographs 1939 - 1989 [August 23 2007, 09:22 AM]
- Gallery in the train comes to an end [August 16 2007, 14:51 PM]
- Look animals in the eyes - exhibition in Prague [August 15 2007, 09:55 AM]
- 'The Roof of Africa' in Prague's New Town Hall [August 13 2007, 11:39 AM]
- Large photographs of gardens of the world in Prague [August 8 2007, 14:41 PM]
- The Magic of Eastern Africa in Prague [July 31 2007, 13:10 PM]
- Sport Photo 2007 in Prague [July 24 2007, 16:46 PM]
- Exhibition of photographs in the Old Town Bridge Tower in Prague [July 17 2007, 15:33 PM]
- Drawn By Light exhibition in Vysehrad Gallery in Prague [July 11 2007, 13:05 PM]
- Maximum Photography in the gardens of Prague Castle [June 26 2007, 15:09 PM]
- Photographs with a flavour of faraway countries [June 20 2007, 09:46 AM]
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