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World Press Photo 12 in Dhaka

Jamil Mahmud
Photojournalism depends on the importance of an incident, an event. But with a higher aesthetic sensitivity, contemporary photographers around the world have turned this profession into an art form, where they randomly capture intriguing moments in a meaningful way to provoke the senses of the viewer.
World Press Photo, an independent and non-profit organisation based in Amsterdam, has been supporting and advancing such high standards in photojournalism and documentary photography worldwide through a contest. An international jury, consisting of 19 members, judges the entries in nine different categories each year. The submissions are by photojournalists, agencies, newspapers and magazines from all over the world. This year the competition marked its 55th instalment, which received 5,247 photographs froml24 countries.
Over 1,00,000 photos took part in the primary phase.
The annual exhibition, featuring only winning photographs, is being held this year at around 100 venues all over the world.
Dhaka is amongst the cities that have the chance to showcase these exclusive photos.
Featuring over 160 winning photographs from the contest, an exhibition titled “World Press Photo 12” is on at Drik Gallery in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. The exhibition opened on April 26.
Drik, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Dhaka has arranged the exhibition.
The international jury has selected a photo by Samuel Aranda (Spain) as the World Press Photo of the Year 2011. The photo depicts an empathetic moment: a woman holding her wounded son in her arms, inside a mosque used as a field hospital by demonstrators against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, during clashes in Sana'a, Yemen on October 15, 2011.
Explaining the reason behind choosing the photo for the award, one of the jury members, Koyo Kouoh, says, “It is something that speaks for the entire region.”
Samuel Aranda was working in Yemen on assignment for The New York Times. He is represented by Corbis Images.
There are nine sections with sub-categories. Each section is sub-categorised into singles and stories. The sections are Spot
News, General News, People in the News, Sports, Contemporary Issues, Daily Life, Portraits, Arts and Entertainment and Nature.
As there are several categories, a diverse range of photos is on display. Some of them are really arresting while some are revolting and unsuited for public display. The organisers have specified that some of the images should not be viewed by children.
While “Rhino Wars” by Brent Stirton (South Africa; Getty Images/National Geographic magazine) and “Hang Song Doong Infinite Cave, Vietnam” by Carsten Peter (Germany; National Geographic magazine) feature bonds with the nature, R6mi Ochlik's “Battle for Libya” (France; IP3 Press) focuses on a burning issue in the contemporary war-ridden world. On the other hand, Tomasz Gudzowaty (Poland; National Geographic Polska) brings forth a story on the little known traditional Mexican sport “Lucha fibre”.
Photos of corpses in Mexico and hanging of criminals in Iran are unsettling enough to make the stomach churn.
The exhibition will continue till May 18 everyday, from 3 to