woensdag, april 30, 2008
Rede World Press Photo uitreiking online
De door WPP-bestuursvoorzitter Pieter Broertjes zondagavond uitgesproken rede is terug te lezen bij de Volkskrant.
De inleiding:
Can photographs change the world? Not many pictures even provide definitive answers to our questions about the world. Photography is too often a simple channel for information and the four basic "W's" of the picture caption are the cornerstone of photojournalism: Who, What, Where and When. But to this the ambitious photojournalist can hope to add the fifth element, Why.
The jury of the 2008 World Press Photo competition put special emphasis on this last component and in their judgement the very best of last year's photojournalism went beyond giving us plain facts or of attempting simplistic answers. In every category they looked for pictures that did something more difficult - they were looking for images that would stimulate our curiosity, challenging the viewer to read the captions, inspiring us to think and to develop our own responses to the issues raised. As Gary Knight, the jury Chair, writes in his foreword to the yearbook, these awards do not mark the end of a process, but rather a new beginning from which we the viewers can take fresh knowledge as a foundation on which to build our understanding of the world around us.
De inleiding:
Can photographs change the world? Not many pictures even provide definitive answers to our questions about the world. Photography is too often a simple channel for information and the four basic "W's" of the picture caption are the cornerstone of photojournalism: Who, What, Where and When. But to this the ambitious photojournalist can hope to add the fifth element, Why.
The jury of the 2008 World Press Photo competition put special emphasis on this last component and in their judgement the very best of last year's photojournalism went beyond giving us plain facts or of attempting simplistic answers. In every category they looked for pictures that did something more difficult - they were looking for images that would stimulate our curiosity, challenging the viewer to read the captions, inspiring us to think and to develop our own responses to the issues raised. As Gary Knight, the jury Chair, writes in his foreword to the yearbook, these awards do not mark the end of a process, but rather a new beginning from which we the viewers can take fresh knowledge as a foundation on which to build our understanding of the world around us.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 11:12
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