Product Description

Publishing the results of the most recent annualWorld Press Photo Contest, this exceptional book contains the very best press photographs from the year 2007 pictures submitted by photojournalists, picture agencies, newspapers and magazines throughout the world. Selected from thousands of images, these prizewinning photos capture the most powerful, moving and sometimes disturbing images of the year.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #205486 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 140 pages

Popular Photography
'Will amuse, sadden, console and ultimately teach you much about this world of ours'

News Photographer
'Some of the very best work being done around the world today'

What Digital Camera
'Highly commended...(the) subject matter ranges from the saddening to the breathtaking'

Customer Reviews

Well below standard
World Press Photo is an important annual of record but this year's (2008) edition does not live up to the established standards. Only some of the photographs earn their place, but the chief problem is one of design which shows off the designer's craft at the expense of the photographers. Many of the images are reproduced on too large a scale and, being printed over two pages, cannot be properly viewed across the binding. This was already a defect in the 07 edition but this year the results are even more damaging.

Average
This year's edition shoes some important images that sum of the year. Much is given to the awful events of '07, with the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts featuring heavily. Also included are environmental issues, so as a collection of photos it does not disappoint. What is disappointing, though, is the layout of the book. As commented upon previously, it demonstrates the the art of the designer over and beyond the photo themselves, with a complex layout at times, images cutting across 2 pages thus losing detail in the fold. Also, the ordering of photos from 1st - 3rd prize and differentiating between single and story shots is confusing, making this book a difficult one to follow. Finally, there are some images with no reference, commentary or explanation whatsoever. This latter point seems to be a serious editorial omission.

World Press Photo 08
Have purchased this book since 1994 and for the first time from Amazon, which was both easier and cheaper compared with a direct purchase from Holland.