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.