Tag: Samuel Aranda

World Press Photo, a non-profit organization based in the Netherlands, recently announced the winners of its 2012 photojournalism contest. More than 5,000 photographers from 124 countries submitted over 100,000 pictures to the competition. Top honors this year went to Samuel Aranda for his image of a woman holding a wounded relative during protests in Yemen. The prize-winning photographs will be assembled into an exhibition that will travel to 45 countries over the next year. Below is just a sample of this year’s group of winners — please visit the World Press Photo website to see them all. (See also the winners from 2011.) [32 photos]

Everyone has an opinion…and voiced it. NPR even compared the scene to the Pieta, writing “the image bears an uncanny resemblance to Michelangelo’s iconic (and religious) Pieta. Along those lines, The New York Times describes it as having “the mood of a Renaissance painting.”

Ah, well…is this perhaps too much artsy thinking?

Whatever.

But here’s my take

Spanish  photographer Samuel Aranda has won 2012 World Press Photo of the Year for his photo, shot for The New York Times, of a Yemeni woman holding a relative wounded during anti-government demonstrations. The World Press Photo organization announced the winners of the 55th annual contest at a press conference February 10 in Amsterdam.