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AP photojournalist Morenatti wins top prize at Yonhap press photo awards
(LEAD) SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- Emilio Morenatti, a photojournalist for The Associated Press (AP), on Tuesday won the top prize of a press photo contest hosted by South Korea's Yonhap News Agency in support of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
His entry, titled "Cholera Victims," depicts the plight of cholera victims in Haiti last year by connecting 10 photos in story form. As the winner of the Grand Prize, he will be awarded US$30,000.
The Yonhap International Press Photo Awards (YIPPA) is the first global contest of its kind to be hosted in South Korea. Under the slogan of "Share the Moment, Share the Future," it aims to promote the eight MDGs that include freedom from extreme poverty and hunger, achievement of universal primary education, and the eradication of diseases.
The contest drew a total of 1,938 pieces, or 5,536 photographs, from photojournalists and freelancers working in 71 countries. The entries were evaluated for more than a month by a board of judges chaired by Santiago Lyon, director of photography for the AP.
Other winners included Mohammad Moniruzzaman of The Daily Samakal; Bethany Clark, a freelance photographer; Alex Masi of Corbis; Nicolas Asfouri of the Agence France Presse; Hiroto Sekiguchi of The Yomiuri Shimbun; and Cho Young-ho of The Hankook Ilbo. Each of those six winners received the Gold Prize and an award of $5,000.
Their winning entries showed a child laborer in a paint factory, a mother with her ill infant, seal-hunting in Greenland's melting glaciers as well as other powerful and moving scenes from across the globe.
A special Yonhap Media Group Prize worth $10,000 went to the United Nations Foundation in recognition of its efforts to reduce infant mortality and improve women's rights among other U.N. goals.
Exhibitions of the winning pieces will run from Aug. 10 to Sept. 30 at the Old Seoul Station Museum in Seoul and from Aug. 22 to Sept. 9 at the U.N. Headquarters Visitor's Lobby in New York. Additional exhibitions are planned in South Korea's other major cities, including Busan, Daegu and Gwangju, from September to November.
His entry, titled "Cholera Victims," depicts the plight of cholera victims in Haiti last year by connecting 10 photos in story form. As the winner of the Grand Prize, he will be awarded US$30,000.
The Yonhap International Press Photo Awards (YIPPA) is the first global contest of its kind to be hosted in South Korea. Under the slogan of "Share the Moment, Share the Future," it aims to promote the eight MDGs that include freedom from extreme poverty and hunger, achievement of universal primary education, and the eradication of diseases.
The contest drew a total of 1,938 pieces, or 5,536 photographs, from photojournalists and freelancers working in 71 countries. The entries were evaluated for more than a month by a board of judges chaired by Santiago Lyon, director of photography for the AP.
Other winners included Mohammad Moniruzzaman of The Daily Samakal; Bethany Clark, a freelance photographer; Alex Masi of Corbis; Nicolas Asfouri of the Agence France Presse; Hiroto Sekiguchi of The Yomiuri Shimbun; and Cho Young-ho of The Hankook Ilbo. Each of those six winners received the Gold Prize and an award of $5,000.
Their winning entries showed a child laborer in a paint factory, a mother with her ill infant, seal-hunting in Greenland's melting glaciers as well as other powerful and moving scenes from across the globe.
A special Yonhap Media Group Prize worth $10,000 went to the United Nations Foundation in recognition of its efforts to reduce infant mortality and improve women's rights among other U.N. goals.
Exhibitions of the winning pieces will run from Aug. 10 to Sept. 30 at the Old Seoul Station Museum in Seoul and from Aug. 22 to Sept. 9 at the U.N. Headquarters Visitor's Lobby in New York. Additional exhibitions are planned in South Korea's other major cities, including Busan, Daegu and Gwangju, from September to November.
