murmini - MINI Cooper Blog: World Press Photo Award

World Press Photo Award

murmini — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:52:05 -0400

I saw this photograph on the BBC back in the summer and thought at the time how contradictory it was. Well it has now won the 50th annual World Press Photo Contest. It shows a group of young Lebanese driving through a South Beirut neighborhood in a MINI cabrio that seems so out of place amidst all the carnage.

"World Press Photo Award" by QWKSLVR

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:36:21 -0400

Murray..I’m glad you posted it…I am just taken aback by each young persons’ facial expressions as they ‘motor’ through the wreckage…

"World Press Photo Award" by Susan Isaacs

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:47:37 -0400

This is a great picture…the collision of two realities. Makes me sad. I’m not surprised it won.

"World Press Photo Award" by R.Ballardini

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:44:00 -0400

Wow, I can’t imagine dealing with those conditions on a daily basis. 3 in the back seat that’s something.

"World Press Photo Award" by murmini

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:50:11 -0400

It truly does have an almost surreal quality to it. When I first saw this picture I felt I should not post it on the site – just because it had a MINI in it… The MINI community often shares images of our favored vehicle as we see it appear in the mainstream media. I stopped short then… it is a very powerful picture and needed to be seen more in context. Seeing it again, after the winning of this award, it seems somehow, to have made the context very real.

"World Press Photo Award" by MiniMUM

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:22:31 -0400

As the wife of a photojourmalist and WPP award winner, I can assure you, that this is a real moment, captured by a journalist, not staged at all. It’s an extraordinary moment, I think.

"World Press Photo Award" by Ian C.

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:53:45 -0400

Very strange picyture – is it supposed to be “natural” (ie: not staged)?