World Press Photo 2010: i vincitori

WORLD PRESS PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2009

      Pietro Masturzo, Italy

     Women shouting on a rooftop in protest to the presidential election results,

     Tehran, Iran, 24 June
 

SPOT NEWS SINGLES

1 Adam Ferguson, Australia, VII Mentor Program for The New York Times

     Afghan woman rushed from the scene of a suicide bombing, Kabul, 15 December

2 Mohammed Salem, Palestinian Territories, Reuters

     White phosphorus bombs explode over Gaza City during Israel's offensive, 8 January

3  Julie Jacobson, USA, The Associated Press

      Fatally wounded Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard is tended to by fellow US Marines, Helman Province, Afghanistan, 14 August

Honorable mention

     Robin Utrecht, the Netherlands, ANP

      Car drives into crowd of onlookers during Queen’s Day celebrations, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, 30 April

SPOT NEWS STORIES

1 Walter Astrada, Argentina, Agence France-Presse

     Bloodbath in Madagascar, February

2 Olivier Laban-Mattei, France, Agence France-Presse

     Post-election protests in Tehran, 13-15 June

3  Mohamed Abed, Palestinian Territories, Agence France-Presse

     Attack on Gaza Strip, January
 

GENERAL NEWS SINGLES

1 Kent Klich, Sweden

     Gaza photo album: Tuzzah, Gaza Strip, 3 March

2 Carlos Villalon, Chile, Redux Pictures

     Medellin’s drug gangs: youngster lies dead in the street, Colombia, 27 September

3  Rina Castelnuovo, Israel, for The New York Times

     Jewish settler throws wine at Palestinian woman, Hebron, West Bank, 10 March
 

GENERAL NEWS STORIES

1 Marco Vernaschi, Italy, for Pulitzer Center

     Guinea Bissau

2 Farah Abdi Warsameh, Somalia, The Associated Press

     Stoned to death, Somalia, 13 December

3  Meiko Herrmann, Germany

     Gaza - Landscape of Destruction, January/February
 

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS SINGLES

1 Michele Borzoni, Italy, TerraProject

     Riots in Srinagar, Kashmir

2 David Guttenfelder, USA, The Associated Press

      US soldiers respond to Taliban fire outside their bunker, Korengal Valley,

      Afghanistan, 11 May

3  Justin McManus, Australia, The Age

     Australian bushfires: Jennifer Wood discovers her street reduced to ruins, 8 February
 

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS STORIES

1 Pietro Masturzo, Italy

     From the rooftops of Tehran, June

2 Charles Ommanney, United Kingdom, Getty Images for Newsweek

     Inauguration Day, Washington DC, 20 January

3  David Chancellor, United Kingdom

     Villagers discover fallen elephant, Zimbabwe
 

SPORTS ACTION SINGLES

1 Gareth Copley, United Kingdom, Press Association

     England’s Jonathan Trott dives in vain as he is run out by Australia’s Simon Katich

     during the fifth Ashes test match at Oval, London, 20 August

2 Pat Murphy, Ireland, Sportsfile

     Jockey James Carroll and his horse Lord Time fall at Steeplechase, Co. Kildare,

     Ireland, 28 April

3  Daniel Kfouri, Brazil

     Megaramp, Sao Paulo
 

SPORTS ACTION STORIES

1 Donald Miralle, Jr., USA

     Ironman World Championships, Hawaii

2 Craig Golding, Australia, for Getty Images

     World Masters Games, Sydney

3  Magnus Wennman, Sweden, Aftonbladet

     Stockholm Mean Machines
 

SPORTS FEATURES SINGLES

1 Robert Gauthier, USA, Los Angeles Times

     Yankee fans try to distract Angels left fielder Juan Rivera, Yankee Stadium, 25 October

2 Mark Holtzman, USA, for Sports Illustrated

     US Air Force stealth bomber flies over the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, 1 January

3  Robert Beck, USA, for Sports Illustrated

      Tiger Woods flips clubs with his caddy Steve Williams, Arizona

SPORTS FEATURES STORIES

1 Elizabeth Kreutz, USA

     Lance Armstrong’s comeback

2 Denis Rouvre, France

     Senegalese wrestlers

3  Stepan Rudik, Ukraine

     Street fighting, Kiev, Ukraine
 

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES SINGLES

1 Pierre-Olivier Deschamps, France, Agence Vu

     France Residence: Avenue des Champs Elysées, Paris

2 Stefano De Luigi, Italy, VII Network for Le Monde Magazine

     Giraffe killed by drought, northeast Kenya, September

3  Zed Nelson, United Kingdom, INSTITUTE

     Love Me: Christopher (22) gets his chest waxed in a New York salon

Honorable mention

     Guillermo Arias, Mexico, The Associated Press
     Body of an alleged drug dealer, Tijuana, Mexico, 6 September
 

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES STORIES

1 Eugene Richards, USA, Reportage by Getty Images/The Sunday Times Magazine

     /Paris Match

     War Is Personal, USA

2 Alessandro Imbriaco, Italy, Contrasto

     Casilino 900 camp, Italy

3  Tommaso Ausili, Italy, SIME

     Slaughterhouse, Italy

Honorable mention

     Ou Zhihang, China

     The Moment

DAILY LIFE SINGLES

1 Michael Wolf, Germany, Laif

     Tokyo Subway Dream

2 Joan Bardeletti, France, Picturetank

     Middle classes in Africa: Sunday picnic, Mozambique

3  Luca Santese, Italy, Cesuralab

     Maryen, single mother, Detroit
 

DAILY LIFE STORIES

1 Gihan Tubbeh, Peru

     Adrian, 13-year old autist

2 Matt McClain, USA, for People

     Finding Their Way, Colorado

3  Simon Roberts, United Kingdom

     We English: England at Play

Honorable mention

     Pieter ten Hoopen, the Netherlands, Agence Vu

     Hungry Horse, Montana
 

PORTRAITS SINGLES

1 Laura Pannack, United Kingdom, Lisa Pritchard Agency for The Guardian

     Weekend magazine

     Graham, anorexic teenager

2 Pieter ten Hoopen, the Netherlands, Agence Vu

     Katie, Hungry Horse, Montana

3  Jérôme Bonnet, France, for Libération

     Monsieur Dendoune, father of the family
 

PORTRAITS STORIES

1 Roderik Henderson, the Netherlands

     Transvoid

2 Annie van Gemert, the Netherlands

     Boys and girls

3  Willeke Duijvekam, the Netherlands, Unit

     Eva, a teenager with a gender identity disorder (GID)
 

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT SINGLES

1 Malick Sidibé, Mali, for The New York Times Magazine

     Fashion portfolio: Prints and the Revolution, Mali

2 JR, France, Agence Vu

     Women Are Heroes, Kibera slum, Kenya

3  Kees van de Veen, the Netherlands, Dagblad van het Noorden

     Artist Güler Lacht makes a portrait of art festival visitors, the Netherlands
 

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT STORIES

1 Kitra Cahana, Canada, Fabrica for Colors

     Rainbowland, New Mexico

2 Francesco Giusti, Italy

     Société  des Ambianceurs et Personnes Élégantes, Congo Brazzaville

3  Karla Gachet, Ecuador, Aurora Photos

     Ceci, 20-year old tango dancer, Buenos Aires
 

NATURE SINGLES

1 Joe Petersburger, Hungary, National Geographic Image Collection

     Hunting kingfisher, Hungary

2 Nick Cobbing, United Kingdom, for Greenpeace International

     Glaciologists paddle down glacier, Greenland

3  Paolo Patrizi, Italy, Kaze no Tabibito

     Starling flock, Italy
 

NATURE STORIES

1 Paul Nicklen, Canada, National Geographic

     South Georgia, Antarctica

2 Peter Bialobrzeski, Germany, Laif

     Paradise Now

3  Fang Qianhua, China, Southern Metropolis Daily

     Contaminated oranges, China