The Awards Days weekend is a celebration to honor the prizewinners of World Press Photo's 56th Photo Contest and 3rd Multimedia Contest. The weekend is filled with activities, including photographer presentations, the Sem Presser Lecture, and the Awards Ceremony. Read more information about the Awards Days.
Registration for the Awards Days has closed. For questions, please write awardsdays@worldpressphoto.org.
2013 World Press Photo exhibition
The 2013 exhibition will open on 26 April, during the Awards Days. Alongside the exhibition, The Russian Grand Prix, an exhibition by Russ Press Photo, featuring the work of 90 World Press Photo winners from Russia and the Soviet Union, will be on show. World Press Photo will also feature the 10 winners of the 3rd Multimedia Contest during the 2013 Amsterdam exhibition.
Location: Oude Kerk, Oudekerksplein, Amsterdam
Visiting hours: 10.30 – 17.30, Sunday 13.00 – 17.30
Program Thursday 25 April
12.00
Registration desk open
Location: Felix Meritis, Keizersgracht 324, Amsterdam
13.00
Presentation of winning productions from the multimedia contest
15.00
Dr. David Campbell, who has been leading a research project investigating the emergence and development of multimedia in visual storytelling, presents his findings
Location: Felix Meritis
17.00
Photojournalism Apps
A discussion and demonstration by Keith W. Jenkins of mobile apps that enhance storytelling and present photography in a compelling way
Location: Felix Meritis
18.00
Presentations of winning productions from the multimedia contest continue
Location: Felix Meritis
Program Friday 26 April
09.00
Registration desk open
Location: Felix Meritis, Keizersgracht 324, Amsterdam
10.00
Individual presentations by prize-winning photographers
Location: Felix Meritis
15.00
The Collected Works of Larry Towell – with Mike Stevens
World Press Photo Sem Presser Lecture (in cooperation with Stichting Sem Presser Archief)
Location: Felix Meritis
17.00
Presentations by prize-winning photographers continue
Location: Felix Meritis
Program Saturday 27 April
09.30
Registration desk open
Location: Felix Meritis
10.00
Presentations by prize-winning photographers continue
Location: Felix Meritis
12.00
Global and National Icons
What makes an iconic photograph? A presentation by Dr. Martijn Kleppe, postdoctoral researcher of press photography at Erasmus University
13.00
Presentations by prize-winning photographers continue
Evening
Awards Ceremony (by invitation only)
A celebration to honor the prizewinners of the 56th World Press Photo Contest and 3rd Multimedia Contest
Location: Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Piet Heinkade 1, Amsterdam
