Contrary to what you may have read elsewhere, we believe that photojournalism is alive and well in the 21st century.
In fact, we have something to celebrate: Panos Pictures is
25 years old in 2011.
Christien Jaspars. Mali. Each spring, the adobe mosque of Djenne is given a new layer of clay.
As we look forward to marking our first quarter century, we’d also like to take a look back at what we have achieved since the agency was founded in 1986.
In line with Panos London and the rest of the global Panos Network, we have retained our integrity by continuing to focus on global social issues – regarded by some as commercial suicide. We believe in telling stories that need to be told.
Panos photographers go beyond merely recording what happened. They explore, question and challenge the world in which we live, providing a narrative for our time.
Andrew Testa. Kosovo. Serb passengers leave the heavily guarded Kosovo Polje train.
In our first 25 years, Panos photographers have won an astonishing 51 World Press Photo awards.
Prizes are not everything, we know, but neither should they be dismissed. 31 individual photographers have shared in this success, and 36 of the awards have come since the year 2000, illustrating the rapid progress the agency has made.
The quality and breadth of our photographers’ work gets better year on year, and all of us at the agency are proud to represent such a talented and committed group of people.
Panos Pictures Editor David Arnott has made a personal selection of a dozen of the winning pictures here. You can find links below to all 51 winners in the World Press Photo online archive.
George Georgiou. Serbia, A flea market in New Belgrade.
1990, Leo Erken, Honourable mention, People in the News
1991, Witold Krassowski, 3rd prize, Daily Life stories
1991, Frits Meyst, Honourable mention, People in the News stories
1992, Paul Lowe, 1st prize, General News stories
1992, Paul Lowe, 1st prize, Nature stories
Carolyn Drake. Ukraine. Pensioner friends walk home together after a birthday party.
1993, Andrew Testa, 3rd prize, Nature
1994, Paul Lowe, 2nd prize, General News stories
1994, Francesco Cito, 3rd prize, Daily Life stories
1995, Francesco Cito, 1st prize, Sports stories
1995, Paul Lowe, 2nd prize, Spot News stories
Paul Lowe. Somalia. Children at a feeding centre in Baidoa.
1995, Stephan Vanfleteren, 3rd prize, Sports stories
1996, Stephan Vanfleteren, 2nd prize, People in the News stories
1996, Stephan Vanfleteren, 1st prize, Daily Life stories
1999, Tom Pilston, 2nd prize, Daily Life
1999, Tim Hetherington, 2nd prize, Sports stories
Espen Rasmussen. Latvia. Collecting flowers for the Midsummer Festival.
2000, Chris de Bode, 3rd prize, Sports
2000, Stephan Vanfleteren, 3rd prize, Arts and Entertainment stories
2000, Christien Jaspars, 2nd prize, Arts and Entertainment stories
2000, Stephan Vanfleteren, Individual awards, Children’s Award
2000, Paul Lowe, 2nd prize, People in the News
Tom Pilston. Southern Sudan. Chiefs from the Nuer and Dinka tribes dance and engage in mock battles at a peace conference.
2000, Chris Keulen, 1st prize, Sports stories
2000, Matias Costa, 1st prize, People in the News stories
2001, Tim Hetherington, 1st prize, Portraits stories
2001, Stefan Boness, 3rd prize, Science & Technology
2001, Tim Dirven, 3rd prize, Daily Life stories
William Daniels. Uganda. A man holds his baby under a mosquito net.
2001, Andrew Testa, 1st prize, Daily Life stories
2002, Ami Vitale, 3rd prize, General News stories
2002, George Georgiou, 1st prize, Portraits stories
2002, Witold Krassowski, 3rd prize, Science & Technology stories
2002, Matias Costa, 1st prize, Science & Technology
Francesco Cito. Italy. Roman Centurions hired for a wedding photo shoot among the ruins of Pompeii.
2002, Heidi Bradner, 3rd prize, Daily Life stories
2003, Jan Banning, 1st prize, Portraits stories
2003, Sergey Maximishin, 1st prize, Arts and Entertainment
2004, Patrick Brown, 2nd prize, Nature stories
2004, George Georgiou, 2nd prize, Arts and Entertainment stories
Martin Roemers. France. Frederick Lennart Bentley, a British veteran of World War II.
2004, Ami Vitale, 2nd prize, People in the News stories
2005, Andrew Testa, 2nd prize, General News
2005, Sven Torfinn, 1st prize, People in the News
2005, GMB Akash, 3rd prize, Daily Life
2005, Sergey Maximishin, 1st prize, Daily Life
Tim Hetherington. Afghanistan. An exhausted American soldier in the Korengal Valley.
2005, Kieran Dodds, 1st prize, Nature stories
2005, Martin Roemers, 2nd prize, Portraits stories
2006, Espen Rasmussen, 3rd prize, People in the News stories
2006, Espen Rasmussen, 1st prize, Arts and Entertainment
2006, Jeroen Oerlemans, Honourable mention, Spot News
Tim Dirven. Afghanistan. Women in the boot.
2007, Lana Slezic, 3rd prize, Portraits stories
2007, Carolyn Drake, 2nd prize, Daily Life stories
2007, William Daniels, 3rd prize, Contemporary Issues
2007, Tim Hetherington, 2nd prize, General News stories
2007, Tim Hetherington, World Press Photo of the Year
2010, Karla Gachet, 3rd prize, Arts and Entertainment stories
Click HERE to view a summary of World Press Photo winners in 2011.
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