World Press Photo

This organisation founded in the Netherlands in 1955 is committed to supporting and promoting the work of professional press photographers It realises its objectives by organising possibly the largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest in the world The prize-winning photographs are published in a yearbook and a CD rom and are assembled into a travelling exhibition which is displayed every year in more than 35 countries and consequently seen by more than 1 million visitors The exhibitions opens annually in Amsterdam