World Press Photo

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World Press Photo

Founded	1955; 69 years ago (1955) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Focus	Photojournalism
Origins	Netherlands
Area served	Global
Method	Nonviolence, Funding, Contest, Education
Key people	His Royal Highness Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (Patron), Pieter Broertjes, former editor-in-chief de Volkskrant
Website	www.worldpressphoto.org

World Press Photo Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founded in 1955, the organization holds the annual World Press Photo Contest for press photography. Since 2011, World Press Photo has organized a separate annual contest for journalistic multimedia productions, and, in association with Human Rights Watch, the annual Tim Hetherington Grant.