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The results of the 53rd annual World Press Photo Contest will be announced on Friday, 12 February 2010 at 11.00 a.m. (C.E.T.) during a press conference at the Boekmanzaal in the Amsterdam City Hall, Amstel 1. Following the announcement, the photos will be published on World Press Photo's website: www.worldpressphoto.org. Since it was founded in 1955, the World Press Photo Contest is widely considered to be the premier competition within photojournalism. Its accolades are coveted by photographers across the world.

The jury will select prize-winning images in ten categories from tens of thousands of pictures entered by photographers and their representatives worldwide. Judging takes place at the World Press Photo office in Amsterdam from 30 January to 11 February 2010. The members of the general jury are:

Chair:
Ayperi Karabuda Ecer, Sweden/Turkey, vice president pictures Reuters

Members:
Harry Borden, UK, photographer
Saurabh Das, India, photographer The Associated Press
Kate Edwards, UK, picture editor Guardian Weekend Magazine
Bill Frakes, USA, photographer Sports Illustrated
David Griffin, USA, director of photography National Geographic magazine
Hideko Kataoka, Japan, director of photography Newsweek, Japan
Guy Tillim, South Africa, photographer
Stephan Vanfleteren, Belgium, photographer

Secretaries:
Daphné Anglès, France/USA, European picture coordinator The New York Times
Stephen Mayes, UK, managing director VII Photo Agency

For the first time, the 2010 contest will focus in depth on the categories Sports, Nature and Portraits by creating specialized juries for these categories. The specialized juries will judge their categories in the first part of the contest. In the final round, one representative per category will take part in the general jury to ensure continuity. The members of the specialized jury are:

Sports:
Bill Frakes, USA, photographer Sports Illustrated
Giovanna Calvenzi, Italy, picture editor Sportweek / La Gazetta dello Sport
Adam Pretty, Australia, photographer Getty Images

Nature:
David Griffin, USA, director of photography National Geographic magazine
Magdalena Herrera, France/Cuba, director of photography Geo, France
Mattias Klum, Sweden, photographer and filmmaker

Portraits:
Harry Borden, UK, photographer
Laurie Kratochvil, USA, photography consultant
Charlotte Cotton, UK, creative director National Media Museum, London

News & documentary:
Ayperi Karabuda Ecer, Sweden/Turkey, vice president pictures Reuters
Volker Lensch, Germany, head of photo department Stern
Laura Serani, Italy, freelance curator
Marizilda Cruppe, Brazil, photographer O Globo / Eve Photographers
Yuri Kozyrev, Russia, photographer Noor

The first exhibition with the award-winning images will be open to the public at the Oude Kerk, Oudekerksplein in Amsterdam on Friday, 23 April 2010. This exhibition will be on show until 20 June 2010 and will subsequently travel to some 100 cities in 45 different countries around the world.

World Press Photo receives support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and is sponsored worldwide by Canon and TNT.