World Press Photo Exhibition - Lisbon

I have been recently to see the World Press Photo exhibition here in Lisbon. When I was living in London i would do it every year, more than often a few times. I just love photojournalism and once i had this dream of being one of them... Anyway the exhibition seemed to me to be smaller than the ones shown in London, it was mainly the winners of the different prizes. I loved all of it, some images are really strong and can make you cry and feel depressed with all the pain and suffering that exists around the world. But if pictures of it exist is because something is starting to be done to change that. Apart from natural calamities everything else can be changed. There is always hope, and the proof of that is the case of the winner of this year. 

This photo was taken by Jodie Bieber , a south-african photographer, and it was published in The Times magazine. It was created a fund and this afghan girl, who suffered this horrible injuries by her former husband, it was given her another change to have a better life and has now done reconstructered surgery. Bibi now lives in the States.

This is how beautiful she looks now

Here are some of my favorites...

Cornada,  Julio Aparicio

A man and a boy, displaced by floods, walk through flood waters on August 22, 2010 in the village of Baseera near Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan, Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images.

Nature Singles Prize, Thomas P. Peschak, Cape Gannet

Ed Kashi, 2rd Prize Contemporary Issues, this is Nguyen Thi Ly, 9 years old, who suffers from disabilities believed to be caused by the defoliating chemical Agent Orange. During the Vietnam War, U.S.A forces sprayed Agent Orange over forests and farmland in an attempt to deprive Viet Cong guerrillas of cover and food. The dioxin compound used in the defoliant is a long-acting toxin that can be passed down genetically, so it is still having an impact forty years on. The Vietnam Red Cross estimates that some 150,000 Vietnamese children are disabled owing to their parents' exposure to the dioxin. Symptoms range from diabetes and heart disease to physical and learning disabilities.  

The most peaceful of all

 Stefano Untherthiner - Swans shelter from the weather and strong wind, spending all day on the ice. Attempting in take off might have risked wing damage.

visit the WPP website to see them all.