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Magnum Founders, In Celebration of Sixty Years has been honored by the Pictures of the Year International Competition’s first “Distinguished Leadership in Photojournalism Award.” Founded in 1944, Pictures of the Year International (POYi) has become the world’s oldest photojournalism competition. It is also one of the largest and most prestigious, with corporate support from the Washington Post, National Geographic, Agence France-Presse and the Newseum.

This year POYi created a special award for a remarkable and unique submission to the competition. The judges and director conferred the "Distinguished Leadership in Photojournalism Award" in recognition of Magnum Founders and the member photographers who have guided the development of photojournalism since the founding of Magnum. The distinction honors the publishing house of Verso Limited Editions, the photo agency of Magnum Photos, and the preeminent photojournalists Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, and David Seymour, who founded Magnum in 1947.

Eleven of the most highly regarded professionals in the field reviewed more than 46,000 images during three weeks of POYi judging. According to POYi director Rick Shaw, “The judges were awe-struck by [Magnum Founders] and felt it deserved recognition beyond the book category. This is the first honor of its kind for POYi.”