[LCM Articles] [Leb4ever] Lebanon War in Photo of the Year 2006

[Loai Naamani]

U.S. Photographer Wins Award for Shot of Bombed-Out Beirut

 




 

An image of stylish Lebanese youths driving through a Beirut neighborhood
devastated by Israeli bombing, taken by U.S. photographer Spencer Platt, has
won the World Press Photo of the Year award, the jury announced Friday. 

The image contrasts a group of friends against a background of the wreckage
of a collapsed building. Tellingly, one woman grimaces as she uses her
mobile phone to send a text message to a friend, while another, wearing
sunglasses, covers her nose with a handkerchief. 

The award, which Platt took while working for photo agency Getty Images, is
considered one of the most prestigious for photojournalists. 

The photo was taken on Aug. 15, the second day of a cease-fire between
Israel and Hizbullah, as hundreds of thousands of Lebanese began returning
to their homes. It also won in the category of "Daily Life Singles." 

The chairman of the jury, Michele McNally of the New York Times, described
the shot as "a picture you can keep looking at." 

"It has the complexity and contradiction of real life, amidst chaos. This
photograph makes you look beyond the obvious," she said in a statement
announcing the winners. 

In the prestigious spot and general news categories, Reuters' Akintunde
Akinleye won in the spot news singles category for a picture of a man
rinsing soot from his face after a pipeline explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, on
Dec. 26, while Italy's Davide Monteleone won in the spot news story category
for Contrasto with photos of the Israeli bombings of Lebanon in July. 

Italy's Paolo Pellegrin, working for Magnum Photos, won in the general news
singles category with a picture of a victim of an Israeli rocket attack,
taken in Tyre, Lebanon, on Aug. 6. Hungarian photographer Zsolt Szigetvary
won in the general news story category for photos of the riots in Budapest
in September and October, working for MTI. 

In sports news, a shot of French football player Zinedine Zidane headbutting
an opponent in the World Cup final in Berlin on July 9 won in the Sports
Action category for Dutch photographer Peter Schols, working for Dagblad De
Limburger, GPD, and Reuters. 

The Associated Press won six awards, the most of any news agency overall,
followed by Reuters with five and Getty with four. 

Platt will receive his award and $13,000 in a ceremony April 22.(AP) 

 

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