world press photo world press photo of the year 1955 mogens von haven, denmark

World Press Photo

World Press Photo of the Year 1955Mogens von Haven, Denmark

1955: 301 photographs 42 photographers

9 countries

2006: 83,044 photographs 4,448 photographers

122 countries

World Press Photo Conteststatistics

World Press Photo Contestoutput

• Exhibition: 90 venues, 40 countries, over 2 million visitors

• Catalogue: 7 languages, total circulation 40,000

• Website: 1.2 million unique visitors first half 2006

World Press Photo Contesttrends

• Technology: analogue vs digital

• Content: event vs issue

World Press Photo of the Year 1968Eddie Adams, USA, The Associated Press

World Press Photo of the Year 1986Alon Reiniger, USA/Israel, Contact Press Images

World Press Photo Educationevolution

• One-off events

• Recurrent annual event

• Structural programs

World Press Photo Educationoverview 1

One-off events:1990 Budapest1991 Prague, Jakarta1992 Vilnius1993 Cairo, Warsaw

One-off events and annually recurrent events1994 Santiago, Dacca, Joop Swart Masterclass (JSM)1995 Lubliana, Beirut, JSM1996 Beijing, JSM1997 Johannesburg, JSM

World Press Photo Educationoverview 2

• Structural Programs

1998 Dacca, Harare, Lima, Sarajevo, Nairobi, JSM1999 Dacca, Harare, Lima, Sarajevo, Nairobi, Baltics, JSM2000 Dacca, Harare, Lima, Sarajevo, Nairobi, Baltics, JSM

2001 Bamako, Beijing, Colombo, Istanbul, Kampala, New Delhi, Skopje, JSM

2002 Bamako, Beijing, Colombo, Istanbul, Kampala, New Delhi, Skopje, JSM, Jakarta (UNESCO)

2003 Bamako, Beijing, Colombo, Istanbul, Kampala, New Delhi, Skopje, JSM, Amsterdam (Asia Europe Foundation, ASEF)

2004 Yerevan, Lagos, Jakarta, Dar es Salaam, JSM, Hanoi (ASEF)2005 Yerevan, Lagos, Dar es Salaam, JSM,Amsterdam (ASEF), Training

of Trainers (TOT)

World Press Photo Educationshift of focus

Program 2001 - 2003

Target group: • Photographers in majority

world

Set-up• 2 years• 15 participants• 3 seminars• 2 photo essays

Program 2004 - 2007

Target group• Institutions in the majority

world with keen interest in photojournalism

• Photographers

Set-up• 2 years• Training local tutors and

employees• Investment in educational

material, hard- and software.• Technology, journalism,

business

World Press Photo Educationuse of ict

• Dedicated website (www.wpphseminars.net)

• Online modules (English, Bahasa and Russian)

• Enter, online magazine (www.enterworldpressphoto.nl)

World Press Photo EducationDedicated website

World Press Photo EducationOnline modules

World Press Photo EducationEnter, online magazine

World Press Photo EducationEnter, online magazine

World Press Photo EducationEnter, online magazine

World Press Photo EducationResults

• Since 1990 more than 60 workshops initiated in over 35 countries;

• 430 photographers coming from 60 different countries took part in one of our educational programs;

• Work being assembled in numerous exhibitions and books; • Launch of an electronic magazine: Enter;• 3 established institutes in Bangladesh, Peru and Turkey;• Currently partnership with three organizations in Armenia,

Colombia and Egypt.