World Press Photo Yearbook 2016 (Dutch edition)

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‘Will amuse, sadden, console, and ultimately teach you much about this world of ours’ Popular Photography

On the front cover Mads Nissen, Denmark, Scanpix/ Panos Pictures ‘Jon and Alex during an intimate moment, St. Petersburg, Russia’ World Press Photo of the Year 2014 On the back cover Massimo Sestini, Italy ‘Refugees on a boat off the Libyan coast’

Since 1955, the annual World Press Photo contest has set the standard in visual journalism. World Press Photo 15 brings you the winners — the most striking images and compelling stories from 2014. Selected from almost 100,000 pictures taken by nearly 5,700 photojournalists and documentary photographers from 131 countries, the prize-winning pictures are presented in a moving, sometimes disturbing document. World Press Photo 15 both informs, and inspires a greater understanding of the world. Printed in Germany

www.thamesandhudson.com £18.95

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‘Nothing short of magnificent … to say that these photographs are breathtaking is an understatement: the mesmerising talent of each artist must be seen to be appreciated’ Aesthetica

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‘The best in visual reportage from all over the world’ Independent on Sunday

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