World Press Photo judges discuss emotion and content in winning images

‘The image that moved me especially was of a woman reading a book, sitting among garbage,’ says World Press Photo 2013 jury member Anne Wilkes Tucker, curator of photography at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. ‘It is a gorgeous image – so full of hope. N

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Among the gruesome scenes of death and violence that featured strongly in this year’s winning images, one image stood out as a symbol of hope – an image of an African woman in a trash tip reading a book. Gemma Padley speaks to members of the jury to hear which images resonated strongly for them