The Overseas Press Club of America has just announced the winners of its annual awards. LightBox presents the work of the photojournalists who were honored by the OPC, and who will be further recognized tonight at the organization’s gala.
The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award for “photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise” went to André Liohn (EPA/Prospekt) for Almost Dawn in Libya. Read more about the project here on LightBox.
The Olivier Rebbot Award for “best photographic reporting from abroad in magazines or books” went to David Guttenfelder (AP) for his work in Japan. Read more about Guttenfelder’s work here on LightBox. Sebastian Liste (Getty) and TIME’s Yuri Kozyrev (Noor) received citations for their work.
The John Faber Award for “best photographic reporting from abroad in newspapers or news services” went to Pete Muller (AP) for his work in Eastern Congo. Muller was also named 2011 Wire Photographer of the Year by LightBox; read more about his work here. David Guttenfelder received a citation for his work.
The Feature Photography Award went to David Guttenfelder for his work inside North Korea. Todd Heisler (The New York Times) and Stephanie Sinclair (VII) also received citations.
The Overseas Press Club has, since 1939, been an association of journalists working in the United States and around the world. Read more about the organizationhere.
Robert Capa Gold Medal AwardOct. 11, 2011. A mortally wounded pro-Gaddafi soldier being arrested in Sirte, Libya.André Liohn—ProspektRobert Capa Gold Medal AwardApril 20, 2011. Rebel fighting against pro-government soldiers inside a building in Tripoli Street, downtown Misrata, Libya.André Liohn—ProspektRobert Capa Gold Medal AwardApril 24, 2011. Rebels ready to invade a house where soldiers from the pro-government forces had their base in the Zwaaby area in Misrata, Libya, after the rebels managed to take control of most of the areas controlled by the military forces, on April 24, 2011.André Liohn—ProspektRobert Capa Gold Medal AwardApril 20, 2011. Rebel fighters in a dispute with pro-government soldiers in Tripoli Street, Misrata, Libya.André Liohn—ProspektRobert Capa Gold Medal AwardApril 17, 2011. The battle of Misrata lasted for four months and became the site of one of the major and most symbolic battles of the nine-month long armed uprising against the Libyan dictatorship.André Liohn—ProspektRobert Capa Gold Medal AwardAug. 27, 2011. In Tripoli, Libya, at the 32th Khamis Brigade headquarters, rebel forces found 53 carbonized bodies inside a warehouse supposedly used as a detention facility by soldiers loyal to Col. Muammar Gaddafi.André Liohn—ProspektRobert Capa Gold Medal AwardApril 24, 2011. A severely wounded pro-Gaddafi soldier being captured by rebels in Tripoli street in Misrata, Libya. André Liohn—ProspektRobert Capa Gold Medal AwardApril 24, 2011. Wounded pro-Gaddafi soldiers being arrested in Misrata, Libya. André Liohn—ProspektRobert Capa Gold Medal AwardApril 24, 2011. The rebel fighter Hamid Shwaili falls and calls for help after being mortally wounded in a battle against soldiers loyal to the government of Muammar Gaddafi, in Misrata, Libya.André Liohn—ProspektRobert Capa Gold Medal AwardMarch 8, 2011. An ambulance ready to evacuate a dead rebel to Benghazi, Libya, from the Ras Lanuf Hospital during the first days of combat.André Liohn—ProspektRobert Capa Gold Medal AwardOct. 8, 2011. Rebels entering the city of Sirte, Libya, the final major stronghold of Gaddafi loyalists.André Liohn—ProspektRobert Capa Gold Medal AwardOct. 10, 2011. Rebels posing in front the body of a soldier loyal to Col. Muamar Gaddafi, killed in Sirte, Libya.André Liohn—ProspektOlivier Rebbot AwardSeries inside exclusion zone set up around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was damaged during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. April 7, 2011. Footprints are left in the dried mud of a street of the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.David Guttenfelder—APOlivier Rebbot AwardJune 5, 2011. Two stray pet dogs fight in the deserted streets of Okuma, Japan. In the early days of the crisis, roaming farm animals and pets were everywhere inside the no-go zone. David Guttenfelder—APOlivier Rebbot AwardJuly 9, 2011. Futon bedding is left lying on the bedroom floor of an abandoned home in Okuma, Japan, which is less than three miles from the damaged nuclear power plant. David Guttenfelder—APOlivier Rebbot AwardJune 19, 2011. Children's desks, backpacks and school supplies lie abandoned inside an earthquake-rattled primary school classroom in Namie, Japan.David Guttenfelder—APOlivier Rebbot AwardJuly 24, 2011. Grass sprouts from a wrecked car on the coast where a residential neighborhood once stood in Namie, Japan.David Guttenfelder—APOlivier Rebbot AwardJune 5, 2011. Leo Hoshi, a Japanese animal rights activist, walks along the Fukushima coast just half a kilometer (550 yards) away from the power plant over the hill ahead of him. Despite stiff penalties for illegally entering the zone, some animal rescuers defied restrictions as they sought to aid pets and farm animals that had been left behind.David Guttenfelder—APOlivier Rebbot AwardJuly 9, 2011. The carcass of a cow decomposes next to a barn at a farm in Naraha, Japan. Farmers across the area had to hastily leave their homes and were unable to evacuate livestock or return to the irradiated zone to care for them.David Guttenfelder—APOlivier Rebbot AwardNov. 12, 2011. Parts of the heavily-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station, viewed through a bus window in Okuma.David Guttenfelder—APOlivier Rebbot Award June 8, 2011. Residents wearing protective suits gather in a gym in Hirono, Japan, for a briefing before being escorted to their homes inside the exclusion zone to retrieve a few small items. David Guttenfelder—APOlivier Rebbot AwardJune 9, 2011. Evacuee Nobuko Sanpei, 74, eats rice in her cardboard-box home on a hallway floor in a convention center in Koriyama, Japan.David Guttenfelder—APOlivier Rebbot AwardJune 9, 2011. An evacuee lies down in her makeshift temporary home on the floor of the Big Palette convention center in Koriyama, Japan.David Guttenfelder—APOlivier Rebbot AwardJune 9, 2011. 69-year-old and tattooed Toyoo Ide, left, bathes with fellow evacuees in a traditional Japanese-style bath set up in a tent by Japan's Self-Defense Forces at an evacuation center in Koriyama, Japan. "There's no water or electricity now, but if there were, I'd go back, radioactivity or not. I'd go back today. I can't live in a stranger's town," said Ide, who was a lifelong employee of the nuclear power plant. David Guttenfelder—APJohn Faber AwardThis series chronicles the rape trial for women who were raped during a campaign in Fizi by Congolese soldiers, which took place on the night of Jan. 1, 2011.Feb. 20, 2011. A victim of a mass rape campaign in the town of Fizi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Her identity has been concealed for security reasons and because rape carries strong social stigma. She was among nearly fifty women who were raped during a campaign in Fizi by Congolese soldiers.Pete Muller—APJohn Faber AwardFeb. 20, 2011. A victim of a mass rape campaign in the town of Fizi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).Pete Muller—APJohn Faber AwardFeb. 20, 2011. A victim of a mass rape campaign in the town of Fizi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).Pete Muller—APJohn Faber AwardFeb. 20, 2011. A victim of a mass rape campaign in the town of Fizi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).Pete Muller—APJohn Faber AwardFeb. 17, 2011. Judges in a military tribunal for 11 Congolese soldiers hear arguments during a court session in Baraka, Democratic Republic of Congo.Pete Muller—APJohn Faber AwardFeb. 16, 2011. Soldiers accused of rape and crimes against humanity slouch in their chairs during a military tribunal in the town of Baraka, Democratic Republic of Congo.Pete Muller—APJohn Faber AwardFeb. 16, 2011. Defense attorneys listen to rape victims testify against their solider clients during a mass rape trial in the town of Baraka, Democratic Republic of Congo.Pete Muller—APJohn Faber AwardFeb. 17, 2011. Prior to the start of a court session, a bailiff removes shackles from prisoners accused of crimes against humanity and rape in Baraka, Democratic Republic of Congo.Pete Muller—APJohn Faber AwardFeb. 18, 2011. Lt. Col. Kebibi Mutware listens to arguments against him during a mass rape trial in Baraka, Democratic Republic of Congo.Pete Muller—APJohn Faber AwardFeb. 18, 2011. Residents of the town of Baraka, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), observe court proceedings during a mass rape trial.Pete Muller—APJohn Faber AwardFeb. 21, 2011. Lt. Col. Kebibi Mutware exits a mobile military tribunal after being convicted of crimes against humanity in the town of Baraka, Democratic Republic of Congo.Pete Muller—APJohn Faber AwardFeb. 21, 2011. Congolese people react as soldiers convicted of rape and crimes against humanity, after their sentencing at a military tribunal held in Baraka, Democratic Republic of Congo.Pete Muller—APFeature Photography AwardSeries on life inside the closed society of North Korea.April 12, 2011. Central Pyongyang is seen at dusk.David Guttenfelder—APFeature Photography AwardApril 15, 2011. A city tram carries passengers in Pyongyang.David Guttenfelder—APFeature Photography AwardApril 17, 2011. North Koreans go about their daily routines south of Pyongyang along the highway to the southern city of Kaesong, North Korea.David Guttenfelder—APFeature Photography AwardApril 14, 2011. North Koreans pay their respects before a monument of Kim Il Sung at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang. David Guttenfelder—APFeature Photography AwardOct. 6, 2011. A North Korean couple on a bicycle coasts down a hill past farm fields outside the eastern coastal city of Wonsan, North Korea.David Guttenfelder—APFeature Photography AwardOct. 5, 2011. North Korean commuters make their way along a Pyongyang city street.David Guttenfelder—APFeature Photography AwardOct. 11, 2011. North Korean soccer fans react after their team missed a goal during a World Cup qualifying match between North Korea and Uzbekistan, in Pyongyang.David Guttenfelder—APFeature Photography AwardApril 14, 2011. Portraits of North Korea's late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il hang on a wall at a children's school of performing arts in Pyongyang.David Guttenfelder—APFeature Photography AwardOct. 11, 2011. A North Korean nurse speaks by video conference and telephone to a doctor inside a maternity hospital in Pyongyang.David Guttenfelder—APFeature Photography AwardOct. 26, 2011. North Koreans enjoy a ride at the Kaeson Youth Amusement Park in Pyongyang.David Guttenfelder—APFeature Photography AwardOct. 7, 2011. A North Korean man sings karaoke while his daughter plays the piano at a hotel bar in Mount Kumgang, North Korea.David Guttenfelder—APFeature Photography Award April 17, 2011. Seen through a window at the truce village of Panmunjom, North Korean soldiers stand guard at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) which separates the two Koreas.David Guttenfelder—AP
