World Press Photo 2015 Photo Contest Winners

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Great photos! Not that surprised by the distribution since there is a big Canon logo at the bottom right of the website

Canon is indeed one of the sponsors, and Nikon buys from DXO.

The Jury that selects the winners is listed on the site, and I did not notice any Canon executives on it, they are all noted photographers.

 

[AshtonNekolah]

nice.

 

[Cet]

Lol, that must be difficult for the Sony acolytes to explain?

They do not explain because they are too busy measuring DR!

 

[nonac]

Wow, people who actually use their cameras to take pictures! More people need to do this rather than pixel peeping and complaining about what they see. A good photographer takes pictures and mitigates the weaknesses of the camera through skill and knowledge of photography.

 

[justaCanonuser]

The winners of the 58th World Press Photo Contest:

1st price goes to Mads Nissen
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/content/world-press-photo-year-2014-goes-mads-nissen

View also the 2015 Photo Contest gallery and categoy winners here:
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/awards/2015

Some really impressing pictures.

Really some impressive images! I like e.g. Michele Palazzi's more silent story about Mongolia. Thanks for sharing.

Canon is a sponsor, but I doubt that the jury is too much biased by this fact. For press work, the tools need to be tough and reliable, and e.g. a 5DIII with the right lenses never lets you down. Besides that, good photographers do not need 20 stops of DR, they never needed that in the whole history of photography.

 

[Maximilian]

Some additional note I've just read in the German "fotomagazin":

20% of all participating pictures were disqualified due to PP and modification not according to the conditions of participation. Especially in the sports category.
I am sure that a lot - maybe most - of those photographers were NOT cheating or doing it on purpose, but I am shocked that so many didn't look for/read/care/bother about these conditions. :

Because it should be well known that these contests (also like nat geo, etc.) have such strict conditions of participation.