I absolutely love a trip to the Southbank Centre and have been going to see various exhibitions for as long as I can remember. The World Press Photo of the Year Exhibition 2014 was another fantastic, thought provoking event to add to the long list of stimulating exhibitions I have been lucky enough to explore.
An exhibition of 143 award-winning world press photographs brought have been brought together at the annual international event. The photos range from Egyptian body builders posing with their Mum's, which I must admit made me feel slightly weird, to those that acknowledge contemporary issues and others documenting global disasters such as the destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan in Leyte in the Philippines.
Must admit, not the happiest collection of photographs, but should have really prepared myself for that. Unfortunately not much of this years news really has been that positive. That said, the photos awarded covered a broad range of topics and represented people from all over the world and was an exhibition I thoroughly enjoyed . One of my personal favourites was taken by Quinn Rooney, from his World Swimming Sports collection from the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain. The silhouettes of the two gymnasts seemingly falling from the sky, wrapped around one another with the Segrada Familia visible in the distance is just magic. The cities beauty is reflected in the strong yet peaceful shapes held by the athletes mid fall. A really beautiful photograph that certainly deserved to be awarded Press Photo of the Year!
Cj x
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