The international jury of the 50th annual World Press Photo Contest selected a color image of the US photographer Spencer Platt of Getty Images as World Press Photo of the Year 2006. Click here for the award winning picture.
The picture shows a group of young Lebanese driving through a South Beirut neighborhood devastated by Israeli bombings. The picture was taken on 15 August 2006, the first day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah when thousands of Lebanese started returning to their homes.
World Press Photo jury chair Michele McNally describes the winning image: “It’s a picture you can keep looking at. It has the complexity and contradiction of real life, amidst chaos. This photograph makes you look beyond the obvious.”
via Neatorama.
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The interesting thing about this photo is how it reminds me of Jeff Wall – and all his shots are posed with actors. Ironic ain’t it?
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Yes, but the weirdest thing is that Wall’s photos look less staged than this UNStaged photo. Wall is a twisted genius who requires a lot of his viewers.
I know! Even crazier!
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I call upon your assistance as Gentlemen of Great Sagacity
Which is RegenCoaster – with her love of publicity, she must be here somewhere …. but I see no tentacles
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I booked it out of there before the photographer arrived to stage an alibi.