Pictures © World Press Photo Foundation – Amsterdam.
On Saturday, 25 April 2015, the World Press Photo Award was presented to Danish photographer Mads Nissen by HRH Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands at the Muziekgebouw in t’IJ, Amsterdam.
This was the 58th edition of the World Press Photo competition which included a total of 97,912 competing photographs sent by 5,692 photographers from 131 countries. All contributions are anonymously presented to the jury during sessions at the World Press Photo headquarters in Amsterdam. It took two weeks for the jury to arrive to a decision. The winning pictures are exhibited since 18 April 2015 at Amsterdam, afterwards the exhibition travels to over 100 cities in 40 countries.
HRH Prince Constantijn is patron of World Press Photo since 2008. He attended in company of his wife, HRH Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands. The award is deemed as the most prestigious worldwide in the domain of press photography.
The foundation World Press Photo is based in Amsterdam; it supports and promotes photo journalism globally as well as the freedom of information. It was set up in 1955 in The Netherlands.
For more information
World Press Photo: www.worldpressphoto.org
Mads Nissen: www.madsnissen.com
HRH Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands presents the World Press Photo Award: http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/nieuws/nieuwsberichten/2015/april/prins-constantijn-reikt-prijs-world-press-photo-2014-uit/
Prince Constantijn’s allocution: http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/nieuws/toespraken/2015/april/toespraak-van-prins-constantijn-tijdens-de-uitreiking-van-de-prijs-voor-de-world-press-photo-van-het-jaar-2014-te-amsterdam/
