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World Press Photo of the Year: 1976

Françoise Demulder, France, Gamma.

Beirut, Lebanon, January 1976. Palestinian refugees in the district La Quarantaine.

 

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She was the first woman to win the World Press Photo, and did so on the 20th anniversary of the award. Demulder stated at the time that she hated war, but felt compelled to document how it's always the innocent who suffer, while the powerful get richer and richer.

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