www.worldpressphoto.org\/contest<\/a>. <\/p>\n Participants need to get a login to enter the competition before 9 January but can continue to upload and edit their submission until 15 January 2009. Previous usernames and passwords are not valid for the 2009 contest. The web entry is easy to use and available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.<\/p>\n
Judging
From 31 January until 12 February 2009 a panel of 13 recognized international experts in the field of press photography will be judging the entries at the World Press Photo office in Amsterdam. The members of the 2009 jury are:<\/p>\n
Chair MaryAnne Golon, USA, consulting photography editor<\/p>\n
Members
\u00b7 Akinbode Akinbiyi, Nigeria\/UK, freelance photographer and curator<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Patrick Baz, France\/Lebanon, regional photo-manager, the Middle East, Agence France-Presse<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Jonas Bendiksen, Norway, photographer Magnum Photos<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Peter Bialobrzeski, Germany, photographer Laif<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Erin Elder, Canada, digital media manager The Globe and Mail<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Per Folkver, Denmark, photo editor in chief Politiken<\/p>\n
\u00b7 David Friend, USA, editor of creative development Vanity Fair<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Ayperi Karabuda Ecer, Sweden\/Turkey, vice president pictures Reuters<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Volker Lensch, Germany, head of photo department Stern<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Ricardo Mazalan, Argentina, photographer The Associated Press<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Arianna Rinaldo, Italy, photo editor D La Repubblica delle Donne and editor-in-chief OjodePez<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Sujong Song, South Korea, freelance photo editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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