2006 World Press Photo
Migrants wait for transportation, Tenerife, Spain, 7 September 2006. By Arturo RodrÃguez, Spain, The Associated Press. "Spot News: 2nd prize singles"
Arturo was a recipient of the 2006 World Press Photo awards, announced yesterday. Davide Monteleone of Italy has a very powerful series on the Israeli bombings of Lebanon that is well worth reflecting upon. "Spot News: 1st prize stories".
Labels: art, photography
posted by Arthur Josephson @ 12:30 PM
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arthur! no comments yet for such a quality posting? this post is top class, I love it. i tried to comment before but something went wrong. check out the book "bang bang club" if you haven't read it. one of the authors (J Silva)got a mention on this and the book will give you an idea of where he got the training from!
Cheers mate! Would love to catch that Bang Bang club book- will keep an eye out.
"four photographers active within the townships of South Africa during the Apartheid period... Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich, Ken Oosterbroek, and Joao Silva... the images brought to the fore the reality of the oppressive Apartheid system, and the murderous struggle between ANC and Inkatha Freedom Party sympathisers, in what were known as the hostel wars. The government was clandestinely involved in aiding the latter to attack the ANC by stealth. Ultimately the pictures served to increase international pressure on the South African government to allow fully democratic elections."
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