Media News - Monday, February 11, 2008
World Press Photo 2007 goes to Tim Hetherington
The World Press Photo jury has selected a photo by British photographer
Tim Hetherington as photo of the year 2007. It shows an exhausted US
soldier, one hand covering his face, resting in a bunker. ‘This image
shows the exhaustion of a man - and the exhaustion of a nation,’ says
jury chairman Gary Knight. ‘There's a human quality to this picture. It
says that conflict is the basis of this man's life,’ adds jury member
MaryAnne Golon. The winning photo is part of a picture story
Hetherington made on assignment in Afghanistan for US magazine Vanity
Fair. The soldier in the photo is resting in a bunker known as Restrepo,
named after a member of his platoon who was recently killed. Along with
the award Tim Hetherington will receive a cash prize of EUR 10,000 and
a new camera.
(Radio Netherlands)
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