World Press Photo of the Year

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The 52nd Annual World Press Photo of the Year has been awarded to Anthony Suau for a photograph shot for Time magazine related to the economic crisis in the U.S. taken in Cleveland, Ohio.

The black-and-white image shows an officer of the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department moving through a home, weapon drawn, following an eviction as a result of mortgage foreclosure. The story as a whole won Second Prize in the Daily Life category of the contest.

Jury chair MaryAnne Golon said: "The strength of the picture is in its opposites. It's a double entendre. It looks like a classic conflict photograph, but it is simply the eviction of people from a house following foreclosure. Now war in its classic sense is coming into people's houses because they can't pay their mortgages."

More:
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/photojournalism/e3i6a1d515f274b8d4e4304a244d4b3dd89



Anthony Suau for Time / via World Press Photo
The World Press Photo of the Year for 2008: Detective Robert Kole must ensure residents have moved out of their home, Cleveland, Ohio, March 26,2008.


Another winner:

Callie Shell, Aurora Photos for Time
1st prize People in the News Stories: Callie Shell, USA, Aurora Photos for Time. Barack Obama presidential campaign, January-October 2008.

Full slides show:
(warning: some of these are quite graphic)
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=blogsection&id=19&Itemid=223&bandwidth=high

[HughBeaumont]

1. Gee. I'm . . . SO proud.

Stay classy, Cleveland.

:eyes:

[progressoid]

2. I have a couple relatives in Cleveland

They like it there. :shrug:

If it's any consolation, those sort of foreclosures are happening all over.