Samuel Aranda's photo of a mother holding her injured son in a mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, has won this year's World Press Photo of the Year.
A stunning shot and likened to Michelangelo's - The Pietà - s sculpture of Mary holding the body of Jesus. Described as ' a moving, compassionate moment' by Aidan Sullivan, the jury chair and from Getty Images UK.
I too find it moving and shows the despair of the people involved in the Arab Spring although it still holds a sense of mystery with the mother's face hidden by full veil, and yet her compassion is fully evident without the viewer getting a glimpse of her expression. We are left to imagine her heartache which can possible be more touching than seeing it in full.
Aranda mentions that the 'composition was unintentional' and just taken in the chaos of the situation. Which just goes to show the power of the photograph however it is taken, be it planned for weeks, months etc or snapped in a millisecond, it has the potential to be everlasting in our thoughts and provoke many questions to be pondered over and emotions to be checked.
A worthy winner by a long shot and hopefully I will manage to see it as it tours along with another 100 images from the competition in 2012.
A stunning shot and likened to Michelangelo's - The Pietà - s sculpture of Mary holding the body of Jesus. Described as ' a moving, compassionate moment' by Aidan Sullivan, the jury chair and from Getty Images UK.
I too find it moving and shows the despair of the people involved in the Arab Spring although it still holds a sense of mystery with the mother's face hidden by full veil, and yet her compassion is fully evident without the viewer getting a glimpse of her expression. We are left to imagine her heartache which can possible be more touching than seeing it in full.
Aranda mentions that the 'composition was unintentional' and just taken in the chaos of the situation. Which just goes to show the power of the photograph however it is taken, be it planned for weeks, months etc or snapped in a millisecond, it has the potential to be everlasting in our thoughts and provoke many questions to be pondered over and emotions to be checked.
A worthy winner by a long shot and hopefully I will manage to see it as it tours along with another 100 images from the competition in 2012.
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