È il ritratto di Bibi Aisha, una donna afghana sfigurata con il taglio del naso e delle orecchie per avere abbandonato il tetto coniugale, la foto dell’anno 2010
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La vincitrice assoluta: il ritratto di Bibi Aisha, 18enne afghana - Foto di Jodi Bieber (Sudafrica), pubblicata su «Time» dell'1 agosto 2011. La foto ha vinto anche la categoria «Ritratti individuali»
SPOT NEWS SINGLES
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Un suicida a Budapest - Foto di Peter Lakatos (Ungheria)
1 Péter Lakatos, Hungary, MTI
Suicide jump, Budapest, Hungary, 22 May
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2 Daniel Morel, Haiti
Rescue of a woman trapped under earthquake rubble, Port-au-Prince, 12 January
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3 Uwe Weber, Germany, for Bild
Crowd throngs at entrance to Love Parade, Duisburg, Germany, 24 July
SPOT NEWS STORIES
1 Daniel Morel, Haiti Minutes after the earthquake, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 12 January
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Corentin Fohlen, France, Fedephoto, of anti-government riots in Bangkok, Thailand, May 2010.
2 Corentin Fohlen, France, Fedephoto
Anti-government riots, Bangkok, Thailand, May
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3 Lu Guang, China Firefighters during oil spill cleanup attempt, Dalian, China, 20 June
Honorable mention
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Alexandre Vieira, Brazil, Jornal O Dia
Shootout on the street, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 03 March
GENERAL NEWS SINGLES
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L'antico mercato del ferro in fiamme a Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Foto di Riccardo Venturi (Italia), vincitore nella categoria «Prize Single General News»
1 Riccardo Venturi, Italy, Contrasto
Old Iron Market burns, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 18 January
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2 Guang Niu, China, for Getty Images
Tibetan monks prepare mass cremation for earthquake victims, Qinghai Province, China, 17 April
3 Javier Manzano, USA
Mexico’s drug wars: severed head of a murder victim, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 06 February
GENERAL NEWS STORIES
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Haiti, dopo il terremoto - Foto di Olivier Laban-Mattei (Francia)
1 Olivier Laban-Mattei, France, Agence France-Presse
Earthquake aftermath, Port-au-Prince, 15-26 January
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2 Massimo Berruti, Italy, Agence Vu
Targeted killings in Karachi, Pakistan
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3 Fernando Brito, Mexico, El Debate de Culiacán
Victims of Mexico’s drug wars, Culiacán
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS SINGLES
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1 Altaf Qadri, India, The Associated Press
Funeral of Feroz Ahmad, Pahan, Indian-administered Kashmir, 06 September
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Julian Assange, fondatore di Wikileaks - Foto di Seamus Murphy (Irlanda)
2 Seamus Murphy, Ireland, VII Photo Agency
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, London, 30 September
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Vincent Yu, Hong Kong, The Associated Press.
North Korea leader Kim Jong Il and his son Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang, North Korea, 10 October
3 Vincent Yu, Hong Kong, The Associated Press
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his son Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang, North Korea, 10 October
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS STORIES
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Scontri per il cibo fra vittime delle alluvioni in Pakistan negli scorsi agosto-settembre - Foto di Daniel Berehulak (Australia)
1 Daniel Berehulak, Australia, Getty Images
Pakistan floods, August-September
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2 Kemal Jufri, Indonesia, Panos Pictures
Eruption of Mount Merapi, Central Java, Indonesia, November
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3 Filip Cwik, Poland, Napo Images for Newsweek Polska
National mourning, Poland, April
SPORTS SINGLES
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Mondiali di calcio 2010: l'intervento di Caceres su De Zeeuw in Uruguay-Olanda - Foto di Mike Hutchings (Sudafrica)
1 Mike Hutchings, South Africa, Reuters
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The picture shows Spanish bullfighter Julio Aparicio being gored by a bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas, Madrid, Spain on 21 May 2010
2 Gustavo Cuevas, Spain, EFE
Matador Julio Aparicio is wounded by a bull, Madrid, 21 May
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3 Steve Christo, Australia, Sydney Morning Herald
The Cole Classic ocean racing competition, Manly Beach, Australia, 07 February
SPORTS STORIES
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Il tuffatore britannico Tom Daley nella gara di trampolino 3 metri all'Olimpiade giovanile di Singapore - Foto di Adam Pretty
1 Adam Pretty, Australia, Getty Images
Sports portfolio
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2 Tomasz Gudzowaty, Poland, Yours Gallery
Mexico’s Car Frenzy
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The subject is Tour of Eritrea: Eritrean national cycling team passes a camelcaravan on the road from Barentu to Keren.
3 Chris Keulen, the Netherlands, Panos Pictures for Geo
Tour of Eritrea
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES SINGLES
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1 Marco Di Lauro, Italy, Reportage by Getty Images
Food crisis in Niger: meat and offal for sale, Gadabedji, Niger, July
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Nguyen Thi Li, 9 anni, vittima dell'Agente Arancio a Da Nang, Vietnam - Foto di Ed Kashi (Usa)
2 Ed Kashi, USA, VII Photo Agency
Nguyen Thi Ly, 9, suffers from Agent Orange disabilities, Da Nang, Vietnam
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3 Ivo Saglietti, Italy, Prospekt
Relatives at Potocari Memorial, Srebrenica, Bosnia, 11 July
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES STORIES
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Quattro rifugiati in fuga dalla Somalia verso lo Yemen - Foto di Ed Ou (Canada)
1 Ed Ou, Canada, Reportage by Getty Images
Escape from Somalia, March
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2 Darcy Padilla, USA, Redux Pictures
The Julie Project, 1993-2010
3 Sarah Elliott, USA Illegal abortions in Ribera, Kenya
Honorable mention
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Michael Wolf, Germany, Laif Photos & Reportagen
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Google Street View
DAILY LIFE SINGLES
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Un uomo trasporta in spalla uno squalo nelle strade di Mogadiscio - Foto di Omar Feisal (Somalia)
1 Omar Feisal, Somalia, for Reuters
Man carries a shark through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, 23 September
2 Malte Jäger, Germany, Laif Photos & Reportagen
CouchSurfers in a Brooklyn loft, New York
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Andrew Biraj, Bangladesh, Reuters.
Overcrowded train approaches station, Dhaka, Bangladesh
3 Andrew Biraj, Bangladesh, Reuters
DAILY LIFE STORIES
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Scenario metropolitano - Foto di Martin Roemers (Olanda)
1 Martin Roemers, the Netherlands, Panos Pictures
Metropolis
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2 Fernando Moleres, Spain Juveniles in prison, Sierra Leone
3 Mads Nissen, Denmark, Berlingske
In the Name of Victoria
PORTRAITS SINGLES
1 Jodi Bieber, South Africa, Institute for Artist Management for Time magazine
Bibi Aisha, disfigured as punishment for fleeing her husband’s house, Kabul, Afghanistan
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Kirill Lewerski, cadetto sulla nave russa Kruzenshtern - Foto di Joost van den Broek (Olanda), secondo classificato nella categoria «Portraits Single»
2 Joost van den Broek, the Netherlands, de Volkskrant
Kirill Lewerski, cadet on Russian tall ship Kruzenshtern
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3 Guillem Valle, Spain A Dinka man in front of his home, Akkach, Southern Sudan
PORTRAITS STORIES
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1 Andrew McConnell, Ireland, Panos Pictures
“The Last Colony”, Western Sahara
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Autoritratto per social network - Foto di Wolfram Hahn (Germania), secondo classificato nella categoria «Prize Portraits Stories»
2 Wolfram Hahn, Germany Self-portraits for social networks
3 Kenneth O'Halloran, Ireland Fairground public, Ireland
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT SINGLES
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Josephine Mpongo practices the cello, Kinshasa, DR Congo
1 Andrew McConnell, Ireland, Panos Pictures for Der Spiegel
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2 Davide Monteleone, Italy, Contrasto for The New York Times Style Magazine. Milan Fashion Week: Valeria Marini show
3 Fabio Cuttica, Italy, Contrasto
Narco Cinema: Fabian Lopez on the set of the film El Baleado 2, Tijuana, Mexico
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT STORIES
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1 Amit Madheshiya, India
Night screenings at traveling cinema, India
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Contest by Daniele Tamagni, Italy shows Lucha libre (Bolivian wrestling), as cholitas’ Carmen Rosa and Yulia la Pacena perform in a benefit show to raise money for the bathrooms of a school in La Paz, Bolivia, June 26, 2010.
2 Daniele Tamagni, Italy
The Flying Cholitas, Bolivia
3 Amit Sha'al, Israel, Calcalist
“Altneuland”, Israel
NATURE SINGLES
1 Thomas P. Peschak , Germany, Save our Seas Foundation
Cape Gannet comes to land, Malgas Island, South Africa
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Reinhard Dirscherl, Germany.
Atlantic Sailfish attack Spanish Sardines, off Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
2 Reinhard Dirscherl, Germany
3 Olivier Grunewald, France, for Le Figaro Magazine
Volcano Nyiragongo lava lake, DR Congo
NATURE STORIES
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1 Benjamin Lowy, USA, Reportage by Getty Images for GQ
Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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Contest by Stefano Unterthiner, Italy, for National Geographic magazine shows Whooper Swans at dawn, Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 2010.
2 Stefano Unterthiner, Italy, for National Geographic magazine
Whooper Swan
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Christophe Archambault, France, Agence France-Presse.
Mount Bromo volcano erupts, Java, Indonesia
3 Christophe Archambault, France, Agence France-Presse
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