| World Press Photo of the Year |
| 2009 |
Pietro Masturzo
Italy |
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| Spot News |
| 1st prize singles |
Adam Ferguson
Australia, VII Mentor Program for The New York Times |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Mohammed Salem
Palestinian Territories, Reuters |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Julie Jacobson
USA, The Associated Press |
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| Honorable mention |
Robin Utrecht
the Netherlands, ANP |
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| 1st prize stories |
Walter Astrada
Argentina, Agence France-Presse |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Olivier Laban-Mattei
France, Agence France-Presse |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Mohammed Abed
Palestinian Territories, Agence France-Presse |
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| General News |
| 1st prize singles |
Kent Klich
Sweden |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Carlos Villalon
Chile, Redux Pictures |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Rina Castelnuovo
Israel, for The New York Times |
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| 1st prize stories |
Marco Vernaschi
Italy, for Pulitzer Center |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Farah Abdi Warsameh
Somalia, The Associated Press |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Meiko Herrmann
Germany |
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| People in the News |
| 1st prize singles |
Michele Borzoni
Italy, TerraProject |
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| 2nd prize singles |
David Guttenfelder
USA, The Associated Press |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Justin McManus
Australia, The Age |
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| 1st prize stories |
Pietro Masturzo
Italy |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Charles Ommanney
United Kingdom, Getty Images for Newsweek |
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| 3rd prize stories |
David Chancellor
United Kingdom |
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| Sports Action |
| 1st prize singles |
Gareth Copley
United Kingdom, Press Association |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Pat Murphy
Ireland, Sportsfile |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Daniel Kfouri
Brazil |
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| 1st prize stories |
Donald Miralle, Jr.
USA |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Craig Golding
Australia, for Getty Images |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Magnus Wennman
Sweden, Aftonbladet |
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| Sports Features |
| 1st prize singles |
Robert Gauthier
USA, Los Angeles Times |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Mark Holtzman
USA, for Sports Illustrated |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Robert Beck
USA, for Sports Illustrated |
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| 1st prize stories |
Elizabeth Kreutz
USA |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Denis Rouvre
France |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Disqualified
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| Contemporary Issues |
| 1st prize singles |
Pierre-Olivier Deschamps
France, Agence Vu |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Stefano De Luigi
Italy, VII Network for Le Monde Magazine |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Zed Nelson
United Kingdom, INSTITUTE |
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| Honorable mention |
Guillermo Arias
Mexico, The Associated Press |
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| 1st prize stories |
Eugene Richards
USA, Reportage by Getty Images/The Sunday Times Magazine/Paris Match |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Alessandro Imbriaco
Italy, Contrasto |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Tommaso Ausili
Italy, SIME |
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| Honorable mention |
Ou Zhihang
China |
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| Daily Life |
| 1st prize singles |
Michael Wolf
Germany, Laif |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Joan Bardeletti
France, Picturetank |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Luca Santese
Italy, Cesuralab |
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| 1st prize stories |
Gihan Tubbeh
Peru |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Matt McClain
USA, for People |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Simon Roberts
United Kingdom |
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| Honorable mention |
Pieter ten Hoopen
the Netherlands, Agence Vu |
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| Portraits |
| 1st prize singles |
Laura Pannack
United Kingdom, Lisa Pritchard Agency for Guardian Weekend magazine |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Pieter ten Hoopen
the Netherlands, Agence Vu |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Jérôme Bonnet
France, for Libération |
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| 1st prize stories |
Roderik Henderson
the Netherlands |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Annie van Gemert
the Netherlands |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Willeke Duijvekam
the Netherlands, Unit |
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| Arts and Entertainment |
| 1st prize singles |
Malick Sidibé
Mali, for The New York Times Magazine |
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| 2nd prize singles |
JR
France, Agence Vu |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Kees van de Veen
the Netherlands, Dagblad van het Noorden |
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| 1st prize stories |
Kitra Cahana
Canada, Fabrica for Colors magazine |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Francesco Giusti
Italy |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Karla Gachet
Ecuador, Aurora Photos |
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| Nature |
| 1st prize singles |
Joe Petersburger
Hungary, National Geographic Image Collection |
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| 2nd prize singles |
Nick Cobbing
United Kingdom, for Greenpeace International |
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| 3rd prize singles |
Paolo Patrizi
Italy, Kaze no Tabibito |
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| 1st prize stories |
Paul Nicklen
Canada, National Geographic |
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| 2nd prize stories |
Peter Bialobrzeski
Germany, Laif |
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| 3rd prize stories |
Fang Qianhua
China, Southern Metropolis Daily |
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