策展理念 Introduction

・緊張，卻又靜謐─

第53屆世界新聞攝影比賽將2009年度首獎頒給了義大利攝影師PietroMasturzo，他的得獎作品拍攝了黑夜中伊朗女人們站在德黑蘭住家屋頂上大聲呼喊民主的畫面。這一組張力十足的影像拍攝於2009年6月24日，也就是伊朗總統大選後的夜晚。當時選舉結果引發爭議，導致群眾進行抗議示威。夜裡，人們爬上自家屋頂或站在陽台上高呼民主，而這一組照片也獲得十大類中的新聞人物系列報導的首獎。

提起年度首獎照片，評審團主席Ayperi Karabuda Ecer表示：「這是一個開始，一個龐大故事的開端。這張照片讓新聞更有深度，同時撼動你的感官與情緒，在看到它的第一眼，我就被深深吸引了。」

另一位評審Kate Edwards則說：「這幅照片瀰漫著緊張恐懼，但同時卻又靜謐安寧。我們想要的是能揪著你的心、帶著你深入其中、讓你深思的影像，而非只是直述已知的事實。」

The international jury of the 53rd annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a photo by the Italian photographer Pietro Masturzo as the World Press Photo of the Year 2009. The picture depicts women shouting in protest from a rooftop in Tehran, on 24 June. The winning photograph is part of a story depicting the nights following the contested presidential elections in Iran, when people shouted their dissent from roofs and balconies, after daytime protests in the streets. The story as a whole was awarded first prize in the category People in the News.

Jury chair Ayperi Karabuda Ecer said,“The photo shows the beginning of something, the beginning of a huge story. It adds perspectives to news. It touches you both visually and emotionally, and my heart went out to it immediately.”

Juror Kate Edwards said, “The photo has a powerful sense of atmosphere, tension, fear – but also of quietness and calm, and in this sense was a challenge as a choice. We were looking for an image that drew you in, took you deeper, made you think more – not just about showing what we already know, but something that asks more of us.”