WPP Winners Gallery 2006 (WPP) Updated: 2006-02-10 18:23
Finbarr O'Reilly, a Reuters photographer based
in Senegal, has won the World Press Photo of the Year 2005, announced
February 10, 2006, with this picture of a mother and child at an emergency
feeding centre. The prestigious competition is the world's largest annual
press photography contest. Jury chairman of the World Press Photo 2006
contest James Colton described the winning image as such, "This image has
everything - beauty, horror and despair. It is simple, elegant and
moving." The picture was taken in Tahoua, Niger August 1, 2005. [Reuters]
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