won the world press photo award you report you say you're joking believe it is the . true why couldn't you but you're not going to win well you know as you sit in your all previously that i've won eight will place awards before never in a million years would i ever have thought i would have won the overall prize and at the same time because of all the controversy there for surrounding the photograph i thought that the jury would be they would it would be too much of a risk to give it the first prize we'll use as you mentioned the controller see as far as i remember this picture this very picture appeared on the front page of time magazine and the headline read what happens if we leave afghanistan that's right yes so actually your picture was used in a propaganda campaign to sell the the occupation we have people that you see this is what's very interesting and south african coming from johannes food if you showed that cover to people in south africa they didn't even notice the headline because that's not our politics they so i share and the controversy came from very

press photo contest. if the view was more like like a tsunami of human emotions the first to feel the force of the tsunami were the qantas jury they had to delve through a record pool of more than a hundred thousand photos to eventually choose two hundred images which best reflect last year's events fifty six photographers from twenty three countries won one of the industry's most prestigious prizes in an age where everyone carries a camera and can get a lucky shot the professional still have an age check a body people have dedicated their life to photojournalism and have a great experience but that's a completely different vision the quality of fictions they take is so much higher citizen journalism will never replace professional journalism but the two can quite exist for african well. the world press photo contest is ready to celebrate the coexistence a special mention went to nonprofessionals such as the chilean miners for photographs themselves while trapped for sixty nine days on the ground view was

up next spotlight talks to the winnow the twenty ten world press photo competition today's guest is jodi bieber. spotlight. on our team. today my guest on the program is jodi. modern technology works wonders anyone can fly everyone's a photographer every day millions of cameras stay in billions of pictures every part of the world but only a few even journalists are good enough to fly to the right place at their rights and make the snap that really makes a difference. shots out of thousands is exactly what the world press photo is all about but what's it like to be called the best on the planet and what does it take to their spotlight we need their reigning best photo queen jodi. picoult open have gone girl just bigger by taliban extremists as the shocking and inspiring shocking because one cannot. calmly and inspiring because the guys unveil the girls. even after suffering such beastly brutality johnny bieber is not new to the w.p.a. competition she wanted eight times already. the jury describes the picture of one of those few. as a triumph unfolded jointly. you very much for coming than

up next spot my talks to the winner of the twenty ten world press photo competition today's cast jodi bieber.