Arts and Entertainment, 1st prize
Vanessa Winship
01 April, 1997
Tension mounts backstage before the announcement of the Junior Ballroom Dancing Festival winners' names. At the festival, 2,000 young hopefuls from all over the world compete.
Through our education programs, the World Press Photo Foundation encourages diverse accounts of the world that present stories with different perspectives.
Our exhibitions showcase stories that make people stop, feel, think and act to a worldwide audience.
Our annual contest recognizes and rewards the best in photojournalism and documentary photography.