Augenblick : Award , World Press Photos 2011

Somebody asked me what is my favorite winner for the 2011 World Press Photo , so I went through the winner's list and I was really good impressed with the language and continuity of Filip Cwick from Poland. His photos is a good series from the National Mourning. . I like this winner from "People in the news" third prize stories.

Award : Moving Walls 14 , Dana Popa

Dana Popa, young Rumanian Photographer has been awarded by an important acknowledgment in order to be part of the prestigious Moving Walls, a Documentary Photography Project founded by Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation).
The feature on "Survivovors of Sex Trafficking in Moldova " also appeared in the book East published by Regina Anzenberger and indeed already recognized from different many awards.
More on the project on this note"
Dana Popa's photographs and interviews explore the situation of women from Moldova who survived sex trafficking—or forced prostitution—and were able to return home. Her work examines how they managed to live with the traumas they had experienced in a world that knows nothing about their suffering, and how they lived in fear that a mother or husband might find out and throw them out.

Award : Picture of Year, category Natural History , Rafal MIlach

I am happy to hear that Rafal Milach , a young talented Polish photographer also represented by Anzenberger Agency has won the second price of the POY (picture of the year) in the category Natural History. I will write more about Rafal in the next future but I like to post this note as I do like the essay on Ukraine by the Black Sea .
More from Rafal Milach in his web site
here a note from the essay :
The Black Sea coast has been constantly transformed. Omnipresent concrete, industrial zones or the iron waste by the sea don’t remind harmonic idyll between nature and man. People often change the landscape in a very brutal way and the sea fights back for its natural shape and territory. I went to the Ukrainian Black Sea coast to explore this mutual influence and relation between the man and sea. Ukraine is the country in transition and for the last few years looks for its new identity. So does the Black Sea coast.

Award : And the winner is ?

Every year the most prestigious award for Photojournalism is announced, the award is becoming also a showcase of interpretation of events rather than the usual stereotype of photojournalism which is dying with the advent of a better technology which allow to many to be able to shoot a photo enough good for editorial needs......
I found interesting some photographers and some features, among the third place in portraits stories given to Chinese Li Jiejun of New Express Daily. Is a series of photographs of miniature models (similar to the idea of Paolo Ventura photograhy) which depict famous scenes from the war. I choose for this post the reproduction of a photo from Cornell Capa (which was proved to be fake)... so what is better than re-shoot a fake photo?