Macedonian Institute for Media


"World Press Photo 2002"
 

On 12 December this year, at the Museum of Contemporary Art - Skopje, the annual exhibition of journalist photo "World Press Photo 2002" was opened. The exhibition was organized by the Macedonian Institute for Media and "World Press Photo" with support from the Museum of Contemporary Art - Skopje and the Dutch Embassy in Macedonia. The exhibition consists of 160 photographs from the competition for the best journalist photograph for the year 2002, that World Press organizes traditionally every year.

The "World Press Photo" Foundation was founded in 1995 and its goal is to support the development of the independent journalist photography. Every year World Press Photo organizes a competition for the best journalist photograph, publishes a book and organizes an exhibition of photographs that present historic documents for the most important events in the year.

This years' "World Press Photo" exhibition has been shown in about 70 halls in 35 different world countries, and it has been attended by more than a million visitors.

The exhibition will be opened from 12 December 2002 to 7 January 2003.

 

G.Sh.