World Press Photo exhibition 2007 in Switzerland
After a ten-year hiatus, the World Press Photo exhibition will return to Switzerland next year. This was made possible by Keystone.
After ten years, the World Press Photo exhibition will be back in Switzerland next year. This has been made possible by Keystone. World Press Photo was founded in 1955 in the Netherlands, takes place annually and is one of the most prestigious photo competitions in the world. The main aim of World Press Photo is to support the work of professional press photographers, according to the competition's website. Prizes are awarded for pictures from the fields of politics, sport, people and art. A selection of the winning images from 2005 is available for free download at
www.photopress.ch/image/aktuell. The award-winning pictures are presented as part of a traveling exhibition in 40 countries. Next year, the award-winning images from 2006 will also be shown in Switzerland for three weeks. For Keystone, World Press Photo is "also the beginning of a series of events on the subject of images", as Keystone writes in a press release.
www.photopress.ch/image/aktuell. The award-winning pictures are presented as part of a traveling exhibition in 40 countries. Next year, the award-winning images from 2006 will also be shown in Switzerland for three weeks. For Keystone, World Press Photo is "also the beginning of a series of events on the subject of images", as Keystone writes in a press release.
