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1 > My Album 2012 Welcome to the 2012 exhibition of World Press Photo. This is now the 55th year that World Press Photo has organized an exhibition. The best press photos from the past year can be seen at the exhibition, and the winners have been selected by an independent jury. One of the winning photos is designated as the World Press Photo of the Year - this is the one considered to be the very best photo of the year. The exhibition can be seen not only here, but at almost one hundred other locations all over the world as well. For example, the exhibition is also held in Paris and Seoul, Brazil and Moscow. Look & Click > My Album Educational Packet Secondary School 13 to 16 years Enough said - time for the assignments! The questions can be answered in a group or alone. Fill in your answers on the dotted lines underneath the question. Your teacher might want to check your answers after your visit to World Press Photo. Have fun!

They might also keep a close eye on the emergency services, because any large-scale activity mean there is a good chance of something interesting After he landed at the airport he received a text

2 > assignment 1: news 1 This series is an example of hard news : something bad which has just happened, which hardly anyone knows yet. > Name three things which show that the tsunami is still taking place? 1)... An important task of news or press agencies is to inform photographers of news that is happening. They might also keep a close eye on the emergency services, because any large-scale activity mean there is a good chance of something interesting After he landed at the airport he received a text message from the newspaper that there were shootings going on on the island of Utoya. He drove there together with a colleague, with whom he hired a boat to get closer to the island. When they 2 Press photos are different from commercial advertising photos or fine art photos. Press photos are about news. Everyone has their own idea about what news is. Two things are important for anyone working in media. > News is something which hardly anyone knows yet, or has recently happened. A bomb has exploded for example, or 2)... 3)... going on. Press photographers who work for a newspaper are also called by the editing staff: get straight to that crossroads, there s a house on fire!. arrived at the coast, they were confronted by around 25 bodies. There were no more shots to be heard. The shooter, Anders Breivik had already been arrested, and the police were searching for accomplices. Michael Jackson is dead. > News has great consequences for many people. A contagious disease can break out for example, or the banks can be financially challenged, so that people have less money in the end. The photographer who took these pictures was sitting in a helicopter while the Tsunami hit the coast of Japan. He directed his helicopter immediately to the disaster area in order to take these pictures. Press photographers report on news, and must therefore always know what is going on around them. caption. This series is another example of hard news : something bad which has just happened, which hardly anyone knows yet. This photographer got there quickly, almost as quickly as the police. > How can you see in these photos that the drama has just happened? The photographer comes from Sweden. He had been sent to Norway by his newspaper to cover a bomb explosion in the capital of Oslo. The newspaper next day featured a 25 page report, mainly with photos by this photographer. He was the only photographer with images of Utøya with the dead bodies. The parents of the children would prefer those images not to be shown. > Why do you think that newspapers and World Press Photo show the images anyway? > What are your views on these images being shown?

> assignment 2: emotion 3 Or: oh, how beautiful!. A good press photo young brides in Yemen? It symbolises all 4 also makes you think about things. child brides around the world.

> Did you know how many children are forced to marry so young around the world? What do you think of that? A good press photo catches the attention from the viewer. You think: oh, how awful!

3 > assignment 2: emotion 3 Or: oh, how beautiful!. A good press photo young brides in Yemen? It symbolises all 4 also makes you think about things. child brides around the world. > How does this series make you feel? > What is the larger story behind this series of photos? Look for the series containing this photo: Look for the series containing this photo: caption. > Did you know how many children are forced to marry so young around the world? What do you think of that? A good press photo catches the attention from the viewer. You think: oh, how awful!. The photographer of this series is American. She chose the subject of child brides because she believes it is abnormal for children to have to marry. The photos are also slightly sad. The subject is not particularly special for a photographer from Yemen. He would probably not have chosen this subject. Or he would have taken happy photos of the wedding. Although press photographers theoretically take neutral photos, you can sometimes see the photographer s view of the world, in the photos. The photo then becomes subjective. > assignment 3: a photo says more The series is about families in America who can no longer pay for their houses. They are therefore evicted, and the police can sometimes be involved. > Which of these six photos tells the story most effectively, in your opinion? Why? A good press photo tells more than simply what is in the photo. A good photo is a symbol of a larger story. The photo of the polar bear on the rock shows that there is nowadays less ice for the polar bears and more problems finding food. The photo is therefore also about the effects of global warming. Or how about the photo of the

(Example: That there are 16,000 rhinoceros left over) 1)... Press photographers tell stories which are not yet known, and which they believe to be important.

4 > assignment 4: an unknown world 5 2)... 6 Look for this photo: Look for the series containing this photo: Take a look at this series about Libya. 3)... > What would the man with the gun think about being photographed in this way? caption. > Write down three things you ve learned from this photo series. Which facts did you not know beforehand? (Example: That there are 16,000 rhinoceros left over) 1)... Press photographers tell stories which are not yet known, and which they believe to be important. And so press photographers teach us things about the world. They might be amusing stories, such as the series with the Russian singers, but more often they concern disturbing events. That is because press photographers believe it important that the world knows about the disturbing things, in the hope that the world can take action. > Why do you think this photographer wanted to shoot this series? > assignment 5: press photography rules Look at the photo of the building. > What strikes you about the quality of the photo?... The photographer is in the middle of a war zone. > Why do you think the photo is unfocussed? A press photo has to show what is actually going on, and the viewer has to be able to trust this. That s why a press photographer is never allowed to manipulate a photo with the help of a computer after the fact. A slight adjustment in sharpness or contrast is okay, but removing or adding things is strictly forbidden. > assignment 6: freedom of the press Freedom of the press means that journalists and press photographers are free to write and show what they want to. It means that everyone in the world has the right to receive information and nobody can hide the information. That includes a president who wants to stop other people from discovering he has people shot dead. People still sometimes try to stop photographers and journalists from doing their work however. Because they do not want the rest of the world to see what they are doing. They try to make life difficult for journalists and photographers. There are cases of journalists murdered and taken hostage each year. The photographer who created this series, Rémi Ochlik, then travelled to Syria. The people there had rebelled against the president, in the same way as Libya had. The government made it hard for journalists to get into the country, and some were imprisoned and deported. Rémi Ochlik succeeded in getting into Syria.

7 He was killed on 22 February 2012 in a bombardment on a small centre where he was stationed at that time. All of these decisions contribute to how the event ends up in the photo.

When you re taking photos in a war zone, you run the risk of being hit.

5 7 He was killed on 22 February 2012 in a bombardment on a small centre where he was stationed at that time. All of these decisions contribute to how the event ends up in the photo. So it s the photographer who decides for you how Photo credits: 8 you will view the event - the event that he captured in the photo. And so press photography can be a risky business. When you re taking photos in a war zone, you run the risk of being hit. Press photographers risk their lives because they believe it important that other people in the world see what is happening there. > Would you like to become a war photographer? Why or why not? > assignment 7: form When you take your own photos, you do the same thing - you choose the best angle. When you take a photo of yourself, you take it of your best side, with a tuft of hair to cover that one pimple. Press photographers always try to pick out the best angle too. It s just that the best angle for a press photo isn t always the angle that makes the subject look the best, but is instead the best way of photographing that subject so as to support the story being told in the photo. Though a press photographer isn t allowed to stage anything or manipulate the photo afterwards, he does have the right to decide whether he will shoot a close-up or a wide shot. Or whether he will shoot in black and white, or in color. He can decide to shoot with a higher shutter speed, or a slower one. He can wait until the cloud passes by the sun to take the shot, or not. He can also get down on his knees to photograph someone from a low angle, or quickly jump up on a rock to take the photo from above. > Where is the photographer? Above the swimmers or below the swimmers? > Why would he choose that spot to take the photo? > If you have time left over, take a look through the entire exhibition and pick out your favorite photo. Explain here why you chose that to be your Press Photo of the Year. See you next year! World Press Photo Jacob Obrechtstraat KM Amsterdam The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0) Fax: +31 (0) exhibitions@worldpressphoto.org > Samuel Aranda Spain, for The New York Times World Press Photo of the Year 2011 > Koichiro Tezuka Japan, Mainichi Shimbun Spot News, 1st prize stories > Niclas Hammarström Sweden, for Aftonbladet Spot News, 2nd prize stories > Stephanie Sinclair United States, VII Photo Agency for National Geographic magazine Contemporary Issues, 1st prize stories > John Moore United States, Getty Images People in the News, 2nd prize stories > Brent Stirton South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images for National Geographic magazine Nature, 1st prize stories > Rémi Ochlik France, IP3 Press General News, 1st prize stories > Adam Pretty Australia, Getty Images Sports, 2nd prize stories Colophon: 2012 World Press Photo Subject to alteration. Editing & text: Liedewij Loorbach Design: Karen Drost Advice: Jurre Janssen en Kari Lundelin Translator: D. Baker Produced in association with:

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Look & Click > Teacher s Guide Educational Packet Secondary School 13 to 16 years. > Teacher s Guide 2012 > Teacher s Guide 2012 Perhaps you will be taking your students to the 2012 exhibition of World Press Photo. At the exhibition, students set to work on their own using the workbook, which is called My