World Press Exhibit

The World Press exhibit depicts our world through the art of photography, conveying the news value of an image and recognizing the creative skills of the photographer.
This year’s World Press Photo contest included the work of 4,176 professional photographers from 124 countries. The contest is the premier annual international competition in press photography. With a total number of 63,093 images, the 2004 contest attracted a record number of entries. The percentage of digital submissions also shows an exceptional increase: 80.7 per cent of all images were submitted in digital format (in 2003 this figure was 69 per cent).

The judging took place in Amsterdam between Feb. 1 and 12. The jury gave prizes in 10 theme categories to 62 photographers of 23 nationalities from: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Cuba, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Palestinian Territories, Russia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States.