World Press Photo exhibition to show in Montreal
Montreal is set to be a stop of the World Press Photo exhibition, a prestigious showcase of the most poignant photographs taken in the past year. The Montreal venue for the exhibit, which will run for a month from September 4, will be the Just for Laughs Museum. The other Canadian stop for the lauded exhibit this year will be the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
Echeloned US photographer Anthony Suau took the top photography prize this year. Suau has travelled the world documenting nations in transition. His noted series of the changing landscape in Russia during the volatile 1990s travelled the globe, as did his depictions of the nations of transition of the former Soviet space. His winning image at this year’s World Press Photo exhibit was an image of a Cleveland police detective – with a drawn handgun – as he searched a looted home following a foreclosure and the eviction of the proprietors.
Other memorable prize winners included US photographer Callie Shell who won first prize for the ‘people in the news’ section capturing a poignant image of and exhausted Michelle Obama and her husband napping in New Hampshire during now US President Barack Obama’s bid for the US Democratic Party’s presidential candidacy.
Polish photographer Tomasz Gudszowaty produced a poignant photograph of a young jockey as he stands beside his horse at the Naadam Festival in Mongolia. That festival traces its roots back to the days of Genghis Khan and involves the country’s most popular sports including horse racing, archery and wrestling. Up to 1,000 horses are chosen to compete in various races over open grasslands. Children are preferred as jockeys because of their light weight. The top jockey is honored with the title tumny ekh or leader of ten thousand.
The winning photographs can also be viewed on the World Press Photo website at http://www.worldpressphoto.org
World Press Photo Exhibition
Venue: Just for Laughs Museum
Dates: September 5 to October 4, 2009
City, Province: Montreal, Quebec
Address: 2101 St-Laurent Blvd.
Tel: [514] 845 3440
Web: http://www.hahaha.com
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