World Press Photo 08

Attracting two million people each year in 45 countries, the world’s most prestigious annual exhibition of photojournalism visits Brisbane for the second year running.

The 51st annual World Press Photo exhibition profiles the globe’s top press photographers and showcases the world’s best press photos of 2007. World Press Photo is the leading international competition in press photography. In 2007 the competition received 80,536 entries from 5,019 professional photographers from125 countries.

The international jury awarded prizes across ten theme categories to 59 photographers, including three Australians: Tim Clayton, Andrew Quilty and Daniel Berehulak. The prestigious World Press Photo of the Year was awarded to British photographer Tim Hetherington for a colour image ofan exhausted US soldier resting in a bunker in Afghanistan.

Photo by Tim Clayton, Australia, Sydney Morning Herald. 

World Press Photo receives support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and is sponsored worldwide by Canon and TNT. The exhibition has been brought to Brisbane by Canon Australia and supported by Getty Images, JC Decaux and The Courier-Mail.