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World Press Photo of the Year: 1975


>Stanley Forman, USA, The Boston Herald.

Boston, USA, 22 July 1975.
A woman and a girl are hurled down as the fire escape of their apartment building collapses.

 

About the image
Forman watched helplessly through his lens as everything gave way, with people, plants and metal tumbling through the air. His pictures were used in a safety campaign afterwards, and he still daydreams about taking more photographs that have that kind of impact.

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