At the annual Danish Picture of the Year contest (Årets Pressefoto) my work receives five first prizes – the highest number for any participant in one single year. The awards are:
*Picture of the Year: A picture of Hussein Saleh Hassan, 52, who is deadly wounded in Libya.
*Best Portrait: Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg portrayed after the funeral of his close friend.
*Best Foreign picture story: No Shelter from Fear – internally displaced people in Colombia.
*Best Foreign picture news story: The Libyan Revolution.
More info on this years Danish Picture of the Year contest available here and on www.pressefotografforbundet.dk