Getty Images : World Press Photo Awards

Getty Images photographers John Moore and Brent Stirton received three first prizes at the World Press Photo Awards, the internationally renowned award for press photography. John Moore was presented two of the highly sought after awards in the *Spot News* category – he came first in the subcategories *Singles* and *Stories* for his photographs of the fatal attack on Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Brent Stirton was awarded the best exposure in the category *Contemporary Issues* for his image of a dead Mountain Gorilla in Virunga National Park, East Congo (report by Getty Images for Newsweek).

Another Getty Images photographer, Daniel Berehulak, was presented with the third prize in the category *People in the News*. His photograph depicted Benazir Bhutto at a press conference in October 2007. Jeff Hutchens, who is represented by *Reportage by Getty Images*, secured the second prize for a single exposure in the *Nature* category. His winning shot was of a drugged polar bear in Kaktovik, Alaska for CNN.

Brent Stirton’s portfolio includes documentary, commercial, fashion, portrait and sports style photography. He recently worked with the National Geographic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he documented the life of the Mountain Gorillas which reside there. He hopes that his project will draw publicity to and spread awareness of the pointless killing of endangered animals in this part of the world.

John Moore also received the distinction of the Pulitzer-Prize in 2005, for his unique photographs of Iraq. Brent Stirton, has already received three distinctions from the United Nations for his humanitarian work for issues such as HIV and the fight against the sexual abuse of women in Africa. He has now also won four prizes at the World Press Photo Awards. The distinctions award the impressive and innovative work which our committed photographers realize all over the world. Their huge success seems to be following in the footsteps of Spencer Platt, who was presented the World Press Photo, Photo of the Year, 2006 award.*