Exhibitions
World Press Photo 2010
Tuesday 3 August to Saturday 28 August
The world’s premier photojournalism exhibition will open at the Scottish Parliament for the fifth year running on Tuesday 3 August.
The World Press Photo exhibition will be on show at the Parliament as part of the annual Festival of Politics. It features the winning photographs from this year’s competition, which attracted more than 100,000 entries from nearly 6,000 photographers.
This year’s overall winning image, selected by the international jury, is by Italian photographer Pietro Masturzo. The picture, taken on the 24 June 2009, shows women in Tehran shouting from a rooftop in protest against the regime, where the results of the Iranian presidential elections of 12 June, won by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, were strongly contested, resulting in mass protests on the streets of the Iranian capital.
Photojournalists receive prizes in ten categories, including a number of news categories and also for sports, art and entertainment, nature and portraiture categories.
There were a total of seven winners from the United Kingdom this year.
Charles Ommanney and David Chancellor won awards for 2nd and 3rd prize in the People in the News stories category, for coverage of Barack Obama’s inauguration day for Getty Images for Newsweek, and an insightful study showing starved villagers in Zimbabwe discovering a fallen elephant and over a period of two hours reducing its carcass to bone to feed the community.
Gareth Copley’s shot of England cricketer Jonathan Trott being run out during the fifth Ashes test match took 1st prize in the Sports singles.
Laura Pannack was recognised with a 1st prize in the Portrait singles category for her moving portrait of a teenager, Graham, with anorexia.
Nick Cobbing’s image of glaciologists paddling down a glacier in Greenland, for Greenpeace International, won a prize in the Nature category.
Simon Roberts’ series of images exploring how people in England spend their leisure time and Zed Nelson’s portrait of a man in a beauty salon were also recognised with awards.
Browse galleries
Walter Astrada, Argentina, Agence France-Press.
Bloodbath in Madagascar.
Kent Klich, Sweden.
Gaza photo album: Tuzza, Gaza Strip.
Marco Vernaschi, Italy, for Pulitzer Center.
Guinea, Bissau.
Charles Ommanney, United Kingdom, Getty Images for Newsweek
Inauguration Day, Washington DC.
Gareth Copley, United Kingdom, Press Association.
England’s Jonathan Trott is run out at the fifth Ashes test match, Kennington Oval, London.
Elizabeth Kreutz, USA.
Lance Armstrong’s comeback.
Eugene Richards, USA, Reportage by Getty Images/The Sunday Times Magazine/Paris Match.
War is Personal.
Laura Pannack, United Kingdom, Lisa Pritchard Agency for The Guardian Weekend magazine.
Graham, teenager with anorexia.
Malick Sidibé, Mali, for The New York Times Magazine.
Fashion Portfolio: Prints and the Revolution, Mali.
Kitra Cahana, Canada, Fabrica for Colors.
Rainbowland, New Mexico.
Joe Petersburger, Hungary, National Geographic Image Collection.
Hunting Kingfisher, Hungary.
Paul Nicklen, Canada, National Geographic.
South Georgia, Antarctica.
The full Winners Gallery can be seen on the World Press Photo website.
Moving Stories
10 people, 10 experiences, one unmissable exhibition
  
After being updated and refreshed, the Scottish Parliament’s Moving Stories travelling exhibition is embarking on a new tour programme around Scotland during 2010 -2011 to highlight how people can get involved with their Parliament.
The exhibition tells the inspiring stories of ten Scots who through campaigning for change, have made a difference in a devolved Scotland. Find out more about Gemma Mackintosh, who campaigned on behalf of young people with visual impairments, and Walter Baxter, who campaigned to stop the closure of specialist units caring for people with brain injuries.
You can hear the stories of Gemma and Walter, and those of Amal Azzudin, Rebecca Brown, Claire Ewing, Tina McGeever, John Macleod, John Muir, Reverend Iain MacDonald and Bob Reid in their own words. Each has a story to tell about democracy in action.
You can also find out more about what your MSPs can do to help you and about the different ways you can get involved with the Scottish Parliament.
Venues confirmed so far for the exhibition tour programme:
Additional venues will be added to the programme during the year so check back for updates.
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School visits
If you would like to arrange a school visit to the Moving Stories exhibition at any of the venues, please contact the Education Service at the Parliament by phone on 0131 348 5401 or e-mail us at education.service@scottish.parliament.uk. We will pass your request on to the venue.
We have produced a teaching resource that can be used to support your visit. This can be used during the visit to the exhibition and back in school.
The exhibition is likely to be most suitable for secondary-school classes, although of course all ages are welcome. If you would like to arrange an education visit to a venue to coincide with your visit to the exhibition, you can find out more about the different venues using the links above.
Slideshow and interviews with participants in the Moving Stories exhibition
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