World Press Photo 2011-

World Press Photo 2011.Naples.

they are so fascinating

World Press Photo 2011.Naples.

my blood run cold

World Press Photo 2011.Naples.

they are so pitiful

World Press Photo 2011.Naples.

my heart was in my boots

I was at the world press photo 2011 last day, and i found someones so fascinating, so pitiful, so touching and so strong.

these are the photos i liked the best:

Ed Kashi: Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize singles.

"Nguyen Thi Li, aged 9, who lives in the Ngu Hanh Son district of Da Nang in Vietnam, suffers from disabilities believed to be caused by the defoliating chemical Agent Orange. During the Vietnam War, US forces sprayed Agent Orange over forests and farmland in an attempt to deprive Viet Cong guerrillas of cover and food. The dioxin compound used in the defoliant is a long-acting toxin that can be passed down genetically, so it is still having an impact forty years on. The Vietnam Red Cross estimates that some 150,000 Vietnamese children are disabled owing to their parents’ exposure to the dioxin. Symptoms range from diabetes and heart disease to physical and learning disabilities."

General News: 1st prize stories. Olivier Laban-Mattei, France, Agence France-Presse. Earthquake aftermath, Port-au-Prince, 15-26 January

"Port-au-Prince, Haiti A man throws a corpse onto a pile of dead bodies at the morgue of a hospital in Port-au-Prince. In the aftermath of the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti in January, thousands of residents fled the capital Port-au-Prince. They said they were tired of sleeping in the streets, afraid of being robbed by gangs and looters or fearful that aftershocks might destroy the buildings still standing. As aid was slow to reach many victims of the earthquake, particularly in the capital city, looting became a strategy for survival."

Amit Sha'al, Arts and Entertainment, 3rd Prize Stories

"A journey through time and place in Israel. The name of the series ("Altneuland" = Old-New Land) refers to Theodor Hertzl's book from 1902. 
It tells the story of two men, one Austrian and one German, on a journey to a Pacific island. On their way, they stop in Palestine.After 20 years on the island, they sail back to Europe and stop again in Palestine. There, they discover a land drastically transformed, showcasing a free, open and cosmopolitan modern society, and boasting a thriving cooperative industry based on state-of-the-art technology."

Spot News: 1st prize singles. Péter Lakatos, Hungary, MTI. Suicide jump, Budapest, Hungary, 22 May

"Budapest, Hungary A man falls to his death from a turret of Liberty Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, after covering himself in flammable liquid and setting himself alight. Firemen had tried for half an hour to convince the man, aged around 40, to come down. His motives for suicide are not known."

Mads Nissen, Daily Life, 3rd Prize Stories.

"The photo that first appeared in Berlingske in September. In September, a Danish daily newspaper ran a picture of an 18-month-old orphan from Nepal with hydrocephalus – the condition also known as ‘water on the brain’. She had been abandoned at birth and had no name – though hospital staff called her Ghane (‘Bighead’). Although the condition can be treated in the West, doctors in the hospital could not help her. Danish business executive Cecilie M. Hansen was deeply affected by the photo and decided to try to help the little girl. Cecilie visited Nepal, gave the girl a name – Victoria, for victory – and made arrangements with Nepal’s leading neurology clinic to operate, covering the cost herself. Because nothing had been done to relieve Victoria’s condition since birth, surgery was risky. In the time Cecilie was in Nepal, she bonded closely with Victoria, but eventually had to return to Denmark. A few days after arriving home she heard that despite doctors’ efforts, Victoria had died from heart failure."

Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize stories, Darcy Padilla

"Julie sits with Rachel, aged 3 months, in the lobby of the Ambassador Hotel in San Francisco, where she lives with her partner Jack, who, like her, is HIV positive. For 18 years the photographer documented the life of Julie Baird, whom she met by chance in San Francisco. Julie was then 18 and HIV positive, with a newborn child and a history of drug abuse. The photographer aimed to provide an in-depth look at poverty, Aids and other social issues by focusing on one woman’s struggle. Later, she wanted the project also to be a record for Julie’s children of their mother’s story, after Julie lost custody and had to give them up for adoption."

Sports: 1st prize stories. Adam Pretty, Australia, Getty Images. Sports portfolio.

"Thomas Daley of Great Britain competes in the preliminaries of the youth men’s 3-meter springboard diving competition, during the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. The first ever Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore, attracted 3,351 athletes between the ages of 14 and 18, nominated by 204 National Olympic Committees."