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| 13 February 2004
| Reuters
Posted on 02/13/2004 10:07:12 AM PST by Helms
French photographer wins World Press Photo
13 February 2004
AMSTERDAM French photographer Jean-Marc Bouju was named on Friday as the winner of the World Press Photo competition.
The international jury of the 47th annual World Press Photo, which is run from Amsterdam in the Netherlands, chose a colour image from Bouju that shows an Iraqi man comforting his 4-year-old-son at a Prisoner of War centre near Najaf, Iraq.
The picture was taken on 31 March 2003 and can be viewed at http://www.worldpressphoto.nl/index.jsp.
Some 4,176 professional photographers from 124 countries participated in this years contest, the premier annual international competition in press photography. More than 63,000 images were entered.
The organisers said 81 percent of the photographs entered, including Bouju's winning photo, were taken with a digital camera. The number of digital camera pictures submitted to the contest this year was the highest ever.
Bouju will receive his award and a cash prize of EUR 10,000 at an awards ceremony in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, on Sunday 25 April 2004.
The ceremony will be preceded by a three-day program of lectures, discussions and screenings of photography. Two exhibitions will be shown in the Oude Kerk: the annual award-winning pictures and a special selection of Bouju's work.
The exhibitions are open to the public from 26 April through to 20 June and will subsequently visit more than 80 locations around the world.
Bouju works for the Associated Press news agency. He shared the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography with three photojournalists with the Associated Press. The team was awarded the prize for its coverage of the devastating ethnic violence in Rwanda.
Bouju's 1995 entry was a photograph of refugee children pleading to be allowed to cross a bridge from Rwanda to Zaire.
He also shared the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography with John McConnico, a former UT Department of Journalism student in Texas, and four other photographers.
[Copyright Expatica News 2004]
Subject: Dutch and French news
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agitprop; aljazeera; amsterdam; antiamericanism; baghdadbob; bigmedia; france; french; genevaconvention; gulfwar2; iraq; iraqaftermath; iraqipow; iraqipows; lyingliars; mediabias; mobytrolls; mobytrollzotted; muslim; pow; prisonerofwar; propaganda; pulitzer; pulitzerprize; religionofpeace; terrorism; waronterror; worldpressphoto; wot
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To: Aggie Mama
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posted on
02/13/2004 10:25:54 AM PST
by
cyborg
To: Helms
Bring that man a shrubbery.
22
posted on
02/13/2004 10:28:28 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny - Shakespeare)
To: Alberta's Child
Yeah...and I heard that kid contradicted the claims of Human Rights Watch, saying he was treated very well, with good food, clothing and shelter...something the people of Afghanistan rarely get.
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posted on
02/13/2004 10:34:37 AM PST
by
cwb
(Kerry may have saved one man but he left thousands of others behind)
To: Paradox
This is indeed a sad picture. I reacted to it strongly when it first came out last spring. The story at the time was that the man was taken prisoner and was made to wear the head covering to curb inter-communication between prisoners. The boy was allowed to stay with his father until other relatives could be found.
This picture is a strong reminder to all of us parents, that our actions are not our own, that our children must pay for our decisions, mistakes, and behavior. I couldn't care less about the fate of the man, but the 4 year old child is innocent and is in emotional pain. Anyone who is insensitive to that pain must not be able to remember what being a child was like, or can't relate to being a parent of small children.
The situation depicted in this photo illustrates another aspect of the ravages of war. War isn't just blood, guts, and death; it is the children of those who were killed on 9/11 as well as this little boy and others who feel the same pain regardless of where they are.
War may be necessary, and I fully support the WOT, but it has innocent victims on both sides. This picture should win an award as it forcefully reiterates that point to all of us.
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posted on
02/13/2004 10:35:22 AM PST
by
DeSoto
To: Helms
"Bouju will receive his award and a cash prize of EUR 10,000"
What is that, about $2.45?
To: Helms
What a touching picture....
FOR ME TO POOP ON!
To: TheRightResponse
"Bouju will receive his award and a cash prize of EUR 10,000" What is that, about $2.45?
Actually, it's more like $12-13,000! Not bad for a not so good picture!
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posted on
02/13/2004 10:45:34 AM PST
by
AgThorn
(Go go Bush!! But don't turn your back on America with "immigrant amnesty")
To: TheRightResponse
Wouldn't you hide your face with whatever you could if you knew a French-person (since they are gender nuetral)was taking your picture. Could very well be the photographer was behind the barb-wire and the other guy was trying to hide the fact he was laughing at it (ah, the French person)
To: TheBigB
Did you know that's not the first Flag raising at Iwo Jima?
This is the 1st one taken.
USMC
To: Helms
I guess this just isn't of import.
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posted on
02/13/2004 10:52:41 AM PST
by
Dead Dog
To: DeSoto
It's a daddy comforting his son, isn't it?
That's all it is.
It isn't a political image, it's an intrusion into a touching, chaotic scene, and it's sad.
It shows the impact of war and on otherwise normal people, and it shows that parents love their kids, and kids love their parents when all else falls apart around them.
I hope and pray they both survived their ordeal, and that they are together today.
And I hope and pray that me and my kids are never the subject of such a picture.
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posted on
02/13/2004 10:53:11 AM PST
by
Luis Gonzalez
(The Gift Is To See The Trout.)
Comment #32 Removed by Moderator
To: DeSoto
So if I don't have any children, I don't have to worry about them?
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posted on
02/13/2004 10:58:34 AM PST
by
dts32041
("First, what is it you want us to pay taxes for? Tell me what I get and perhaps I'll buy it." RAH)
To: Dead Dog
well, seeing as thisa was the award for 2003, I don't think a completely unrelated photo from 2001 would have much impact, would it?
To: Helms
Iraqi KKK?
35
posted on
02/13/2004 11:01:29 AM PST
by
bikerman
To: Helms
Iraqi KKK?
36
posted on
02/13/2004 11:01:35 AM PST
by
bikerman
To: Luis Gonzalez
I think the father in that picture is just envious of his kid -- because the father is wearing a pair of "Air Apostle" sandals and the kid is wearing a pair of "Air Jordan" sneakers.
37
posted on
02/13/2004 11:02:17 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(Alberta -- the TRUE North strong and free.)
To: plastic_positive
"Murderer with bag on head" isn't very important either.
38
posted on
02/13/2004 11:04:24 AM PST
by
Dead Dog
To: Helms
Darn, I knew we were fighting insurgents. This is the first documented evidence that some are from Ramulack.
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posted on
02/13/2004 11:05:17 AM PST
by
usurper
To: Helms
40
posted on
02/13/2004 11:05:51 AM PST
by
Diddle E. Squat
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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