World Press Photo 2007 Winners

British photojournalist Tim Hetherington's photo of an exhausted American soldier resting in a bunker in Afghanistan won the 2007 World Press Photo Award, the most prestigious award in photojournalism today.

World Press Photo is considered the most prestigious photojournalism award today, and is also the only international award in the world with the participation of photographers around the world. Over the years, World Press Photo has become a common address for photojournalism and information exchange.

The World Press Photo Awards are organized by the World Press Photo Foundation, an independent, non-profit organization for the public good, founded in 1955 in the Netherlands, with the main objective of supporting and promoting the work of professional photojournalists.

Each year, World Press Photo organizes the world's largest and most prestigious photo contest. The winning images are exhibited in more than 80 countries and published in a collection in six languages.

In addition to the awards and exhibitions, World Press Photo closely monitors developments in photojournalism and organizes training courses, workshops and seminars seven times a year for photographers, photography organizations and photo editors in developing countries, and the Joop Swart Masterclass, held annually in the Netherlands for talented budding photographers.

At the end of January each year, tens of thousands of photos from around the world are sent to Amsterdam, and the World Press Photo Association selects a "Press Photo of the Year" from among the submissions. The criteria given top priority in the judging process are the informative nature of the photos and the commitment of the photographers.

In addition to the photographers' most prestigious "Press Photo of the Year" award, the Association also awards prizes in one of the following 10 categories, and in each category there will be 3 prizes for single photos and 3 prizes for photo series:

• Spot News
• General News
• People in the News
• Sports Action
• Sports Features
• Contemporary Issues
• Daily Life photos
• Portraits
• Arts and Entertainment
• Nature photos

Photo won the 2007 World Press Photo award.

Tim Clayton, of the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, won first prize in the Sports Action Photography (series) category.

According to Dan Tri