Iran protest picture wins World Press Photo Award
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The jury of the World Press Photo Contest has selected a photo by the Italian photographer Pietro Masturzo as the World Press Photo of the Year 2009. The picture depicts women shouting in protest from a rooftop in Tehran. Jury chair Ayperi Karabuda Ecer said: „The photo shows the beginning of something, the beginning of a huge story. It adds perspectives to news. It touches you both visually and emotionally, and my heart went out to it immediately.“
The winning photograph is part of a story showing the nights following the contested presidential elections in Iran, when people shouted their dissent from roofs and balconies, after daytime protests in the streets. The story as a whole was awarded first prize in the category People in the News. The jury gave prizes in ten themed categories to 63 photographers of 23 nationalities from.



Das Freelens Magazin präsentiert die Geschichte eines afrikanischen Fotografen, der mit seinen Bildern eine Schule finanziert. Schwerpunkt der aktuellen Ausgabe ist jedoch der Trend in der Medienbranche, freie Mitarbeiter mit Knebelverträgen zu schikanieren.
