"For over 55 years the World Press Photo contest has encouraged the highest standards in photojournalism.
The contest creates a bridge linking the professionals with the general public. As the announcement of the winners makes headlines around the world, so the inspirational role of photojournalism is highlighted to an audience of hundreds of millions.
"All the prize-winning photographs are assembled into an exhibition that travels to 45 countries over the course of a year, and published in our yearbook. Over two million people go to a hundred different venues to see the images, and our yearbook is published in seven languages and distributed worldwide.
"The contest is judged by leading experts in visual journalism who represent various aspects of the profession. The composition of the jury is changed from year to year, they operate independently, and a secretary who has no vote safeguards our fair and balanced judging procedure.
"Our archive of winning images is not only a record of more than half a century of human history, but a showcase of successive styles in photojournalism."
Conclusions
The theory-based system map and measurement model in this report will lead to greater reflection and more deliberate planning within the NEA’s Office of Research & Analysis. Beyond this outcome, the report invites researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in the arts and in other sectors to examine the constructs and definitions used, and to question the choices made in including or excluding certain variables. The map may even generate alternative hypotheses or measurement models that can be tested alongside those in the report. The net results of such inquiries would strengthen the field of arts research as a whole, and, secondarily, would inform policy and practice with more relevant and meaningful data.
Georges Braque Paintings
Georges Braque (1882-1963) was a notable French artist who, together with Pablo Picasso, is considered to be the founding father of Cubism, one of the definitive art movements of the 20th Century. He is probably one of the best known French painters today.
