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How Photograph of the Year 2010 was chosen
The final of CPP 2010 took place in the evening on Sunday, the 10th October 2010, in the main hall of the Mayor of Prague residence. There was a two hour long excited conversation over the photographs, which the jury had had in mind as potential candidates for the main prize. In the end, there were two pictures left – one by Jan Sibik from Reflex (Bloody unrest in Bangkok, May 2010), the other by freelance photographer Martin Banzak (Girl injured in earthquake, Haiti, February 2010). The Photograph of the Year has a special standing and there are different rules for it. It’s not linked to any competition category and so the jurors can delegate their candidates from all the pictures, which passed through the very strict elimination process all the way to the third, the last voting round. However the winning journalistic photograph has to express an important event or a problem of the past year in a simple, emotionally strong manner – it has to be a visual symbol which will lodge in memory at first sight and remain there for years.
Antonello ZAPPADU (in the middle) was considering Jan Sibik’s photograph from Bangkok right from the beginning.
Arianna RINALDO is suggesting a photograph from Jarmila Kovarikova’s series, which was awarded 1st prize in the General News category.
There was an excited discussion over other suggestions as well (from left): Eugen GINDL, Kate EDWARDS, Peter KORNISS (standing, holding his head), Cvetan TOMCEV (hands up), Vladimir BIRGUS and Mladen ANTONOV (sitting).
Discussion in a circle....
Kate EDWARDS in discussion with Vladimir BIRGUS over a photograph from Bangkok by Jan Sibik.
Finale – Sibik versus Bandzak
Mladen ANTONOV is comparing readability and picture content of Martin Bandzak and Jan Sibik’s pictures.
Decision is made – you can see a part of the jury (9 of the 11 voted in favour)
Jury chairman, Andrej Reiser, with the Photograph of the Year CPP 2010, which went to Martin Bandzak.
The jury issued a brief statement explaining the reasons for this year’s Photograph of the Year (Kate Edwards, Arianna RINALDO and Mladen ANTONOV).
