World Press Photo Exhibition Auckland

When: 14 August to 5 September 2010

A chance to see world’s best press photos, for the first time In Auckland

Background
Each year World Press Photo invites press photographers throughout the world to participate in the World Press Photo contest, the premier annual international competition in press photography.

The overall prize, the World Press Photo of the Year, is awarded for the single photograph that represents an issue, situation or event of great journalistic importance, and does so in a way which demonstrates an outstanding level of visual perception and creativity. It has come to be regarded as the most prestigious award for photojournalism in the world. This Year a photo by the Italian photographer Pietro Masturzo was selected as the World Press Photo of the Year 2009.

After the contest, which is held in Amsterdam, the prize-winning photographs are assembled into a traveling exhibition that is visited by over a million people in 40 countries. The Rotary Club of Auckland has secured the rights to bring the exhibition to Auckland with the vision that it will become a destination date on the annual calendar helping to stimulate world understanding, the transfer of knowledge, and the development of photojournalism.

Details of the Auckland Exhibition 2010
When: 14 August to 5 September
Where: Level 6 Smith and Caughey Building (the Ballroom), 253-261 Queen Street, Auckland 1010 (Corner to Wellesley St West, see “A” on map)

Exhibition Visiting Hours
Monday – Thursday 9.30 to 6.30
Friday 9.30 to 7.00
Saturday 10.00 to 5.30
Sunday 10.30 to 5.30

Ticket Price
$5 Entry Fee All proceeds from the entry fee will be donated to charity by the Rotary Club of Auckland

Exhibition Photographs
A selection of the winning images is available online on the World Press Photo press download area (www.worldpressphoto.org/downloads).

Exhibition Sponsors
World Press Photo receives support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and is sponsored worldwide by Canon and TNT.

Premium Sponsors

Radio Network
Heart of the City
Vidcom
Auckland Private Educational Charitable Trust
Peek Exhibition and Display

Associate Sponsors

David Levene Foundation
KPMG

Contra Sponsors

Vero
NZ Herald

Friends of the Exhibition

Auckland Chamber of Commerce
Glaister Ennor Directioneering I
nstant Finance
IDesign
NZ Crackerjack Promotions
NZFP

World Press Photo is an independent, nonprofit organization based in Amsterdam, where World Press Photo was founded in 1955. Its main aim is to support and promote internationally the work of professional press photographers. Over the years, World Press Photo has evolved into an independent platform for photojournalism and the free exchange of information.

2010 World Press Photo Exhibition Facts
100 – different venues all over the world are holding this exhibition this year 101,960 Images – in total were entered in the contest Over 1 Million – visit the exhibition every year throughout the world 167 Photographs – in the exhibition 10 categories – the jury judges the entries in these different categories 1955 – the year when the World Press Photo Organization was founded

For more Information on the World Press Photo Exhibition visit www.worldpressphoto.co.nz

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