Ya tenemos la lista de los ganadores del World Press Photo 2011, y el ganador con el World Press Photo del año 2011 es el español Samuel Aranda.

World Press Photo of the Year 2011 - Samuel Aranda, Spain, for The New York Times - A woman holds a wounded relative during protests against president - Saleh, Sanaa, Yemen, 15 October

El jurado internacional del concurso anual World Press Photo, en su edición número 55 ha seleccionado una imagen de Samuel Aranda, como el World Press Photo del Año 2011. La imagen muestra a una mujer con un pariente herido en sus brazos, dentro de una mezquita utilizada como un hospital de campaña por los manifestantes contra el gobierno del presidente Ali Abdullah Saleh, durante los enfrentamientos en Sanaa, Yemen el 15 de octubre de 2011. Samuel Aranda estaba trabajando en el Yemen en la asignación para The New York Times. Está representado por Corbis Images.

Los comentarios sobre la foto ganadora por el jurado
Koyo Kouoh
“Es una foto que habla por toda la región. Es sinónimo de Yemen, Egipto, Túnez, Libia, Siria, por todo lo que sucedió en la primavera árabe. Sin embargo, muestra un lado privado, íntimo de lo que sucedió. Y se nota el papel que las mujeres desempeñaron, no sólo como cuidadores, sino como personas activas en el movimiento. ”

Aidan Sullivan
“La foto ganadora muestra un momento conmovedor, compasivo, la consecuencia humana de un gran acontecimiento, un suceso que está todavía en curso. Nunca podría saber quién es esta mujer, acunando a un familiar lesionado, pero juntos se convierten en una imagen viva de la el coraje de la gente común que ayudaron a crear un importante capítulo en la historia del Medio Oriente “.

Manoocher Deghati
“La fotografía es el resultado de un momento muy humano, pero también nos recuerda algo importante, que las mujeres desempeñaron un papel fundamental en esta revolución. Es fácil representar a la agresividad de situaciones como éstas. Esta imagen muestra la ternura que puede existen dentro de toda la agresión. La violencia sigue ahí, pero muestra otra cara. ”

Ahora en su 55º año, el World Press Photo Contest es universalmente reconocido como líder del concurso internacional para los reporteros gráficos, estableciendo el estándar para la profesión. El juicio se llevó a cabo en la Oficina del World Press Photo, donde todas las entradas se presentan de forma anónima al jurado, que discute y debate sus méritos durante un período de dos semanas. El jurado opera en forma independiente, y un secretario sin derecho a voto las garantías de un procedimiento justo.

El jurado concedió premios en nueve categorías temáticas a 57 fotógrafos de 24 nacionalidades procedentes de: Afganistán, Argentina, Australia, Bosnia y Herzegovina, Canadá, China, Dinamarca, Francia, Alemania, India, Irán, Irlanda, Italia, Japón, México, Países Bajos , Noruega, Polonia, Rusia, Sudáfrica, España, Suecia, el Reino Unido y los EE.UU..

En total participaron 5.247 fotógrafos de 124 países que participan este año con 101,254 imágenes presentadas por el plazo de mediados de enero.

2nd prize Arts and Entertainment Singles Vincent Boisot, France, Riva Press for Le Figaro Magazine Dakar, Senegal, 9 July A model poses in front of tailor stalls in the center of Dakar, Senegal. She wears the creation of a designer, Yolande Mancini, participating in the 9th edition of Dakar Fashion Week.
1st prize Arts and Entertainment Stories Rob Hornstra, The Netherlands The Sochi Project: Sochi Singers Marika Bajur sings 'Kuriu' in the restaurant Eurasia. The southern Russian city of Sochi lies on the Black Sea and attracts predominantly Russian holidaymakers who come for a mix of sun, sea, sand and nightlife. Restaurants are plentiful and competition is fierce, with every restaurant employing a regular live musician blasting Russian chansons and popsa.
1st prize Contemporary Issues Singles Brent Stirton, South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images for Kiev Independent Kryvyi Rig, Ukraine, 31 August Maria, a drug addict and sex worker, in between clients in a room she rents in Kryvyi Rig, Ukraine. Maria injects drugs on a daily basis and sees many men every week but claims she remains HIV negative. She says she need the money to support herself, her drug habit and her nine-year-old daughter.
1st prize Contemporary Issues Stories Stephanie Sinclair, USA, VII Photo Agency for National Geographic magazine Hajjah, Yemen, 10 June 2010 Tahani (in pink), who married her husband Majed when she was 6 and he was 25, poses for this portrait with former classmate Ghada, also a child bride, outside their mountain home in Hajjah. Nearly half of all women in Yemen were married as children. Child marriage is outlawed in many countries and international agreements forbid the practice yet this tradition still spans continents, language, religion and caste.
1st prize Daily Life Singles Damir Sagolj, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Reuters Pyongyang, North Korea, 5 October A picture of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-sung, decorates a building in the capital Pyongyang.
1st prize Daily Life Stories Alejandro Kirchuk, Argentina “Never Let You Go” Marcos leads Monica from their room to the living room. Although at times he grumbles about the time devoted to her care, Marcos did not see any other possibility. “Tell me where she is going to be better than here. I treat her like a princess, here she has everything.” Marcos, 89, and Monica, 87, have been married and living in their apartment in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for 65 years. In 2007, Monica was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Since that moment, her husband devoted all his time to take care of her. The disease is considered a future epidemic because it mainly affects older people, and as life expectancy is annually increasing in global population, the disease is becoming increasingly common.
1st prize General News Singles Alex Majoli, Italy, Magnum Photos for Newsweek Protesters cry, chant and scream in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, after listening to the speech in which Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he would not give up power. Cairo, Egypt, 10 February
2nd prize General News Stories Paolo Pellegrin, Italy, Magnum Photos for Zeit Magazin Tsunami aftermath, Japan, 14 April The devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake that hit the northeast coast of Japan triggered hugely destructive tsunami waves of up to 38 meters that struck Japan traveling up to ten kilometers inland. More than 28,000 people are dead or missing and more than 125,000 buildings destroyed or severely damaged.
1st prize Nature Singles Jenny E. Ross, USA Novaya Zemlya, Russia, 30 June A male polar bear climbs precariously on the face of a cliff above the ocean at Ostrova Oranskie in northern Novaya Zemlya, attempting to feed on seabird eggs. This bear was marooned on land and unable to feed on seals--its normal prey--because sea ice had melted throughout the region and receded far to the north as a result of climate change.
1st prize Nature Stories Brent Stirton, South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images for National Geographic magazine “Rhino Wars”, Tugela Private Game Reserve, Colenso, Natal, South Africa, 9 November 2010 A female rhino in Natal, South Africa, that four months earlier survived a brutal dehorning by poachers who used a chainsaw to remove her horns and a large section of bone in this area of her skull. The female rhino survived the dehorning and has joined up with a male bull who now accompanies her. Rhino horn is now worth more than gold on the international market. South Africa alone has lost more than 400 rhino to illegal poaching incidents in 2011. The demand for Rhino horn is fueled by a wealthy Asian middle and upper class and used overwhelmingly as medication.
2nd prize People in the News Singles Tomasz Lazar, Poland Arrest of protesters in Harlem, New York City, during a demonstration against police tactics and income inequality. New York, USA, 25 October
1st prize People in the News Stories Yasuyoshi Chiba, Japan, Agence France-Presse Aftermath of the tsunami, Japan, 3 April Chieko Matsukawa shows her daughter’s graduation certificate as she finds it in the debris in Higashimatsushima city, Miyagi prefecture, Japan.
1st Prize Portraits Singles Laerke Posselt, Denmark Iranian-born Danish actress Mellica Mehraban, Copenhage, 4 May The 27-year-old Iranian-born actress Mellica Mehraban grew up in Denmark, but debuted as an actor in Iran in 2011. Taking the leading role as a villain in the spy drama 'Fox Hunting', she learned firsthand about the culture of her native country: following a regime-approved script, she was required to wear a head scarf in all scenes, forbidden from swearing, and learned to show that she was in love with a man without telling him or touching him.
2nd prize Portraits Stories Ton Koene, The Netherlands Recruit at a police training center, Kunduz, Afghanistan, 28 September New Afghan police recruits at the German police training centre in Kunduz, Afghanistan. All are illiterate; they are farmer sons from rural areas who never had any education and are joining the police for economic reasons. Their loyalty to the government is thin. A police officer earns around $170 per month, and due to harsh living and working conditions and as well the high risk for being killed by the Taliban, many decide to leave the police force before their contract ends.
1st prize Spot News Singles Yuri Kozyrev, Russia, Noor Images for Time Rebels in Ras Lanuf, Libya, 11 March. For weeks, rebels held out against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi with the hope that the world would come to their aid. Defiance faded as the dictator's planes and tanks began to retake what had been dubbed Free Libya.
2nd prize Sports Singles Ray McManus, Ireland, Sportsfile Scrum half, Old Belvedere vs. Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland, 5 February Action from a rugby match between Old Belvedere and Blackrock played in heavy rain in Dublin, Ireland.
2nd prize Sports Stories Adam Pretty, Australia, Getty Images Divers practice during the 14th FINA World Championships at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China, 17 July.
2nd prize Spot News Stories Niclas Hammerström, Sweden, for Aftonbladet Utøya, Norway, 22 July Trying to avoid the killer’s bullets, many people jumped into the cold water. Anders Behring Breivik killed 69 people on 22 July on the small island of Utøya outside Oslo in Norway.

Galería completa aquí.

Jurado
Un grupo de 19 profesionales reconocidos internacionalmente en el campo del fotoperiodismo y la fotografía documental se han reunido en Amsterdam del 28 de enero hasta el 09 de febrero 2012 para juzgar a las entradas.

Presidente:
Aidan Sullivan, Reino Unido, vicepresidente de las asignaciones de fotos para Getty Images

Miembros:
• Mónica Allende, España, editor de fotos The Sunday Times Magazine
• Koji Aoki, Japón, jefe fotógrafo Aflo Sport / Aflo Dita y presidente Aflo Co. Ltd.,
• Patrick Baz, Líbano / Francia, director de fotografía de AFP para el Oriente Medio
• Nicole Becker, Alemania, editora gráfica de DPA
• Al Bello, EE.UU., jefe fotógrafo de Getty Images deporte para América del Norte
• Daniel Beltrá, España, fotógrafo
• Nina Berman, EE.UU., fotógrafo Noor
• Pablo Corral Vega, Ecuador, director Nuestramirada.org
• Manoocher Deghati, Francia / Irán, regional director de fotografía de AP para Oriente Medio
• Renata Ferri, Italia, editor de fotos de Io Donna – Corriere della Sera
• W.M. Hunt, EE.UU., estratega de Dancing B
• Koyo Kouoh, Camerún, fundador y director artístico de la Empresa de Materias Primas
• Dana Lixenberg, los Países Bajos, el fotógrafo
• Andrei Polikanov, Rusia, director de la revista de fotografía reportero ruso
• Steve Pyke, Reino Unido, el artista y fotógrafo
• Joel Sartore, EE.UU., contribuyendo fotógrafo de la revista National Geographic
• Sophie Stafford, Reino Unido, editor de la BBC Wildlife Magazine
• Ami Vitale, EE.UU., fotógrafo y cineasta Panos Pictures / Imágenes Ripple Effect

Secretarios:
• Daphne Anglès, Francia / EE.UU., editor de fotos Europea asignaciones The New York Times
• Stephen Mayes, Reino Unido, el director gerente de la Agencia VII Foto

Mención Especial
A raíz de la decisión del jurado del concurso, el jurado 2012 decidió dar una mención especial a una imagen de Libyan National Transition Council sacando a Muammar Gaddafi de un vehículo militar. La imagen fija se tomó de un vídeo grabado en Sirte, Libia, 20 de octubre de 2011.

Aidan Sullivan comentó: “La foto capta un momento histórico, una imagen de un dictador y su muerte que de otro modo no se habría visto de no haber sido fotografiada por un miembro del público”.

Renata Ferri dijo: “Este es un documento importante para la posteridad, para la transparencia, y para comprender la dinámica de cómo Gadafi llegó a su fin.”

Premios y Exposición Días de 2012
Samuel Aranda, el fotógrafo de la World Press Photo del Año 2011, recibirá el premio durante una ceremonia en Amsterdam el sábado 21 de abril de 2012. El premio también conlleva un premio en metálico de 10.000 €. Además, Canon donará una Canon EOS Digital SLR y kit de lentes de Aranda.

La ceremonia de premiación está precedida por un programa de dos días de conferencias, debates y proyecciones de la fotografía. La exposición con las imágenes premiadas estarán abiertas al público en la Oude Kerk, en Amsterdam Oudekerksplein el viernes 20 de abril de 2012. La exposición de Amsterdam, está patrocinado por Delta Lloyd y se podrá ver hasta el 17 de junio.

Al mismo tiempo, una gira mundial de la exposición se pondrá en marcha. Con un número récord de 105 sedes en 45 países de la World Press Photo 11 muestra el año pasado, nuestro programa de exposiciones se ha consolidado como el evento de fotografía más popular y de gran alcance de viajar en el mundo. Con el anuario de distribución internacional en siete idiomas, las imágenes ganadoras llegar a una audiencia mundial de millones en el transcurso del año.

Lista completa de ganadores en todas las categorías: (en inglés)

WORLD PRESS PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2011

Samuel Aranda, Spain, for The New York Times

A woman holds a wounded relative during protests against president Saleh,

Sanaa, Yemen, 15 October

 

SPOT NEWS SINGLES

1 Yuri Kozyrev, Russia, Noor Images for Time
Rebels in Ras Lanuf, Libya, 11 March

2 Massoud Hossaini, Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse
Explosion during religious ceremony, Kabul, Afghanistan, 5 December

3 Li Yang, China, for China Daily
Rescue of a girl attempting suicide, Changchun, Jilin province, China, 17 May

Honorable mention

Salil Bera, India, The Week
A leopard attacks, Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, India

 

SPOT NEWS STORIES

1 Koichiro Tezuka, Japan, Mainichi Shimbun
Tsunami strikes Natori City, Japan, 11 March

2 Niclas Hammerström, Sweden, for Aftonbladet
Utøya, Norway, 22 July

3 Eduardo Castaldo, Italy
Dawn of a revolution, Cairo, Egypt, January-February

 

GENERAL NEWS SINGLES

1 Alex Majoli, Italy, Magnum Photos for Newsweek
Protestors at Tahrir Square react to president Mubarak’s announcement not to step down, Cairo, Egypt, 10 February

2 Lars Lindqvist, Sweden, Dagens Nyheter
On the pier of Ishinomaki port, Japan, 15 April

3 Toshiyuki Tsunenari, Japan, Asahi Shimbun
Woman cries amid the ruins of Natori City, Japan, 13 March

 

GENERAL NEWS STORIES

1 Rémi Ochlik, France, IP3 Press
Battle for Libya

2 Paolo Pellegrin, Italy, Magnum Photos for Zeit Magazin
Tsunami aftermath, Japan, April

3 David Guttenfelder, USA, The Associated Press for National Geographic magazine
Japan’s nuclear refugees, April-November

 

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS SINGLES

1 Samuel Aranda, Spain, for The New York Times
A woman holds a wounded relative during protests against president Saleh, Sanaa, Yemen, 15 October

2 Tomasz Lazar, Poland
Arrest of protesters in Harlem, New York City, during a demonstration against police tactics and income inequality. New York, USA, 25 October

3 Mohammed al-Law, Egypt, The Associated Press
Former Egyptian president Mubarak arrives for his trial, Cairo, Egypt, 7 September

 

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS STORIES

1 Yasuyoshi Chiba, Japan, Agence France-Presse
Aftermath of the tsunami, Japan, March-April

2 John Moore, USA, Getty Images
Evicted, Colorado, USA

3 Jan Dago, Denmark, Jyllands-Posten
The fight for Tahrir Square, Cairo, 1-6 February

 

SPORTS SINGLES

1 Donald Miralle, Jr., USA
Mass swim start at the Ironman World Championships, Kailua Bay, Hawaii, USA

2 Ray McManus, Ireland, Sportsfile
Scrum half, Old Belvedere vs. Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland

3 Henrik Brunnsgård, Sweden
Base jumper Johannes Dagemark takes off of a wind turbine, Skara, Sweden

 

SPORTS STORIES

1 Alexander Taran, Russia

‘Strelka’, street fighting tournament, St. Petersburg, Russia

2 Adam Pretty, Australia, Getty Images
World Swimming Championships, Shanghai, China

3 Tomasz Gudzowaty, Poland, Yours Gallery/Agentur Focus
Lucha libre at La Loba, Mexico City

 

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES SINGLES

1 Brent Stirton, South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images for Kiev Independent
Maria, a drug addict and sex worker, Kryvyi Rig, Ukraine

2 Ilvy Njiokiktjien, The Netherlands
‘Kolonel’ Jooste trains white Afrikaners at a youth camp, Carolina, South Africa

3 Simona Ghizzoni, Italy, Contrasto
Jamila, 40, injured during Operation Cast Lead, Gaza Strip

Honorable mention

Shaofeng Xu, China, ChuTian Metropolis Daily
Man climbs up a high voltage electricity tower, Chengdu, Sichuan Province China, 22 November

 

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES STORIES

1 Stephanie Sinclair, USA, VII Photo Agency for National Geographic magazine
Child brides: Too young to wed

2 Ebrahim Noroozi, Iran, Jamejam Online
Public executions by hanging, Iran

3 Perdo Pardo, Mexico, Agence France-Presse
Drug cartel wars, Acapulco, Mexico

 

DAILY LIFE SINGLES

1 Damir Sagolj, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Reuters
Picture of North Korea’s founder Kim Il-Sung on a wall in Pyongyang, 5 October

2 Johnny Haglund, Norway, Vi Menn
Girls catch fish in the Congo river

3 Paolo Woods, The Netherlands
Radio presenter sister Melianise Gabreus, Les Cayes, Haiti

 

DAILY LIFE STORIES

1 Alejandro Kirchuk, Argentina
Never Let You Go

2 Pietro Paolini, Italy, TerraProject
Bolivianas

3 Alexander Gronsky, Russia, Photographer.ru
Pastoral, Moscow

Honorable mention

Darcy Padilla, USA, Redux Pictures
Jason & Elyssa, 2011

 

PORTRAITS SINGLES

1 Laerke Posselt, Denmark
Iranian-born Danish actress Mellica Mehraban

2 Guillaume Herbaut, France, Institute for Artist Management for Stiletto
Femen activist Inna Shevchenko, Ukraine

3 Denis Rouvre, France
Toku Konno, tsunami survivor, Sendai, Japan

 

PORTRAITS STORIES

1 Donald Weber, Canada, VII Photo Agency
Interrogation room, Ukraine

2 Ton Koene, The Netherlands
Recruits at police training center, Kunduz, Afghanistan

3 Simon Norfolk and John Burke, UK
Burke + Norfolk, Afghanistan, 19th and 21st century

 

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT SINGLES

1 David Goldman, USA, The Associated Press

Cpl. Ben Vandandaigue plays the drums at a Canadian base, Kandahar, Afghanistan

2  Vincent Boisot, France, Riva Press for Le Figaro Magazine
Dakar fashion week, model poses in Yolande Mancini’s design, Senegal

3 Pavel Prokopchik, The Netherlands
Local shaman performs ritual, Ungurtas, Kazakhstan

 

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT STORIES

1 Rob Hornstra, The Netherlands
The Sochi Project: Sochi Singers

2 Emiliano Larizza, Italy, Contrasto
Saut-d’Eau Pilgrimage, Haiti

3 Huimin Kuang, China, Huang Jianglu newspaper
The Return of the Native, Mao Zedong remembered

 

NATURE SINGLES

1 Jenny E. Ross, USA
Polar bear attempts to feed on sea birds’ eggs, Novaya Zemlya, Russia

2 Joan Costa, Spain, for Malaspina Expedition
Specimen of a heteropoda, Pacific Ocean

3 Francesco Zizola, Italy, Noor Images
Tuna fish in the Tonnara, off Carloforte Island, Sardinia, Italy

 

NATURE STORIES

1 Brent Stirton, South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images for National Geographic magazine
Rhino wars

2 Carsten Peter, Germany, National Geographic magazine
Hang Ken, infinite cave, Vietnam

3 Paul Hilton, UK, EPA for Pew
Shark fin



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