World Press Photo Exhibition draws to a close

Due to popular demand, the World Press Photo Exhibition was extended to overlap with Notte Bianca. The exhibition proved popular with a high turn-out and positive press reviews.

For more information and a picture gallery of the original photography go to the original review. [>]

What the press said

• www.sjcav.org

  The World Press Photo Exhibition comes to malta for the first time, with approximately 170award-winning photographs from across the globe that capture the most powerful, moving and at times disturbing images of the year. [ > ]

• malta-media

  exhibition is a showcase for creativity in photojournalism and a platform for developments in the profession, part of World Press Photo's aim of encouraging and stimulating the work of press photographers around the world. The show also attracts a broader public, and because of the wide-ranging focus of the contest forms an eyewitness record of world events of the previous year.[ > ]

• www.maltatoday.com.mt

  The main prize was awarded to Spencer Platt from Getty Images, who presented a photo depicting affluent young Lebanese driving through South Beirut, freshly devastated by Israeli bombings. The photo gains further poignancy thanks to the fact that it was taken on 15 August 2006, the first day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. [ > ]

• www.di-ve.com

  This year's exhibition contains about 200 photographs. This annual public showcase for photojournalism will also include this year's winning photo, together with award-winning images from each of the ten different categories. [ > ]