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List of winners 2010

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