This Contest Winner Looks Like a Movie Poster (And That’s Good)

February 17, 2014 Marco | Editor

John Stanmeyer of VII won the World Press Photo of the Year on Thursday with this magnificent image of migrants in Djibouti trying to get a cheaper cell phone signal from neighboring Somalia.

Photo by John Stanmeyer/VII

It looks like a movie poster, but not for the reasons that I complained about last year. In a departure from the typical, hard hitting spot news image that has typified almost every winner since the contest inception, Stanmeyer’s image is a quiet image that (literally) illuminates so many issues of modern life: immigration, communication, technology and more. Jury member and …read more

Via: Photoshelter

Marco | Editor

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