PHOTO Congratulations Callie Shell!

[Jackeens]

Callie Shell, an Aurora Photos for Time photographer based in the U.S., has won the first prize of the Spot News Stories category of the 2009 World Press Photo Contest with this photo of Barack and Michelle Obama during the U.S. presidential campaign. The prize-winning entries of the 2009 World Press Photo Contest, the world's largest annual press photography contest, were announced February 13, 2009.



http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioaEJrG3-uMZ6_jKsfnAKKc11f2gD96AMTVG0

American Callie Shell won for Time in the People in the News category with a photo series of Barack Obama during his successful campaign for the U.S. presidency.

Shell "told the story of a U.S. presidential candidate in a way that was unique and compelling," said jury member Erin Elder of Canada's Globe and Mail. She said Shell managed to stand out with her photos of intimate moments of Obama despite stiff competition and limited access.

In one humanizing image, Obama is reading a newspaper on a bus, eyes puffy from lack of sleep, with his wife Michelle leaning against him and dozing.


All the winners here: http://www.worldpressphoto.org/

[grannie4peace]

1. what a neat picture!!!!

[boobooday]

2. I do love this photo

It is full of interest and really captures a moment.

Congrats Callie!

[patrice]

3. See his arm around her. . . .

no words for that

[givemebackmycountry]

4. This country better wake the fuck up quickly....

Frankly, we don't deserve these two people.
They are too good for the likes of us.

What a great picture.
Speaks volumes.

[Clio the Leo]

5. Lovely pic. NT

[Jackeens]

12. :-)

[galaxy21]

6. That's the most miserable picture of Barack....ever.

Michelle's coat is very nice, though.

[Jackeens]

8. Nooooooooooooo!!! n/t

[gblady]

7. it is an amazing picture....

it conveys such a sense of comfort to me...
and it's visually intriguing with the reflections
in the window and the mirror.

She is a wonderful photographer...
I'm glad she is being recognized.

[Lars39]

9. There's a timelessness about that photo...where if you didn't know

who they were, or what year, it could have been taken in the fifties or sixties.

[firedupdem]

10. I absolutely love this picture. n/t

[politicasista]

11. Nice pic

DM (Dear Mom) has this one also. :)

[EraOfResponsibility]

13. beautiful picture n/m

[FrenchieCat]

14. Loved that photo!