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Press Release HAVEL WON THE PEOPLE’S PRIZE

1st Feb 2012

A photograph by Vojtech Herout called “Vaclav Havel is peeking” won the Czech Press Photo 2011 Audience Award. The photographer caught Vaclav Havel at the premiere of his film “Leaving” as he was watching the audience reaction from behind a corner.

Czech PressPhoto exhibition at the Old Town Hall in Prague was visited between November last year and the end of January this year by 45,000 people and 9,936 of them answered the question Which picture did you find the most compelling?, and 2.304 people voted for the curious Havel.

The AUDIENCE AWARD - a crystal sculpture made by Ruckl Crystal was presented to the author of the photograph on the last but one day of the Czech Press Photo 2011 exhibition Monday 30th January at 5pm at the Cross Hall of the Old Town Hall. The winners of the audience poll draw received their prizes in the form of Canon and Nikon goods.

Vojtech Herout, winner of the Audience Award, in front of the winning picture

Vojtech Herout talks live on CT24

Andrej Reiser, Chairman of International Jury CPP 2011, awarded the Audience Award to Vojtech Herout

Vojtech Herout described the story of the winning picture to the audience at the ceremony

Jan Kratky from Kladno, one of the audience poll winners, received Powershot G12 camera from Ladislav Palecek, Director General of Canon

Martin Havelka from Prague 12 one of the audience poll winners, received Powershot SX220 camera from Ladislav Palecek, Director Gerenal of Canon

Hana Pruchova from Mseno, one of the winners of the audience poll, received Powershot SX10 Black camera from Ladislav Palecek, Director General of Canon

Daniel Siller from Pardubice, one of the winners of the audience poll, received Ixus 115 Blue from Ladislav Palecek, Director General of Canon

Jitka Hofmanova from Prague 9, one of the winners of the audience poll, received Powershot A3200 Pink from Ladislav Palecek, Director General of Canon

Marketing Director of Nikon, Eva Cizkova, was involved in a traffic accident on her way from Zbraslav to Prague and the three audience poll winners – Petra Cimermanova from Prague 9, Dana Vytiskova from Ostrava and Eliska Prchlikova from Tabor – could not receive their 6,000 Kc, 4,000 Kc and 2,000 Kc vouchers for Nikon products at the Old Town Hall, but they did so a day later by e-mail.

Vojta Herouth, author of the winning picture, is toasting with Daniela Mrazkova Director of Czech Press Photo, and Ladislav Palecek, Director General of Canon.