18 November 2008 – 14 December 2008

WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2008

International professional photojournalism exhibition

Each year an independent international jury consisting of thirteen members selects winners from photographs submitted by photojournalists, agencies, newspapers and photographers from around the world. Photographs compete in 11 categories: news events, current affairs, people in the news, sports, action photography, sports reportage, contemporary issues, daily life, portraits, nature and art and entertainment.

The annual exhibition of the winning photographs tours to 80 cities in 40 countries each year, on condition that all works must be shown without any type of censorship. The fact that thousands of visitors around the world see the exhibition shows photography's power to overcome linguistic and cultural barriers.

World Press Photo provides images for the collective memory. Stunning images that have changed, on many occasions, the course of history and public opinion.

Address

CCCB Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
c/ Montalegre, 5
08001 Barcelona

http://www.cccb.org/

Opening Hours

Tuesaday-Sunday
11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Description of the Museum

Exhibitions to transmit ideas that aim to challenge the spectator's way of seeing. Free of rigid thematic constraints, the CCCB conceives exhibitions that are more than just compilations of works. We propose routes that the visitor completes, paths that fork into bold images and concepts, exercises with a clear capacity for experimentation.

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