jak 67 latek bil po mordzie rekina!

Dzis piekne zdjecia i glowna wygrana dla podroznika roku, ktorym jest Aleksander Doba.

WORLD PRESS PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2014 GOES TO MADS NISSEN

Thu, 02/12/2015 - 11:00

Jon, 21, and Alex, 25, a gay couple, during an intimate moment. Life for lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) people is becoming increasingly difficult in Russia. © Mads Nissen

Updated 12/02/2015: RECTIFICATION – INCORRECT ATTRIBUTION OF JUDGE’S COMMENTARY IN PRESS RELEASE

The jury of the 58th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected an image by Danish photographer Mads Nissen as the World Press Photo of the Year 2014. Nissen is a staff photographer for the Danish daily newspaper Politiken and is represented by Scanpix and Panos Pictures. The picture shows Jon and Alex, a gay couple, during an intimate moment in St Petersburg, Russia. Life for lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) people is becoming increasingly difficult in Russia. Sexual minorities face legal and social discrimination, harassment, and even violent hate-crime attacks from conservative religious and nationalistic groups.
2015 Photo Contest in numbers

The 2015 Contest drew entries from around the world: 97,912 images were submitted by 5,692 press photographers, photojournalists, and documentary photographers from 131 countries. The jury gave prizes in 8 themed categories to 42 photographers of 17 nationalities from: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Denmark, Eritrea, France, Germany, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, UK and USA.

2015 Photo Contest jury and procedures
A group of 17 internationally recognized professionals in the fields of photojournalism and documentary photography, chaired this year by Michele McNally, director of photography and assistant managing editor of The New York Times, convened in the World Press Photo office in Amsterdam to judge all entries.
All entries were presented anonymously to the jury, who discussed their merits while operating independently of World Press Photo. A secretary without voting rights safeguards the fairness of the procedure. For the full list of jury members and secretaries, click here:http://www.worldpressphoto.org/2015-photo-contest/juryThe prize-winning pictures are presented in an exhibition visiting around 100 cities in about 45 countries. The first 2015 World Press Photo exhibition opens in Amsterdam in De Nieuwe Kerk on 18 April 2015.

Myslimy, ze gdzies poza Amsterdamem bedzie jeszcze mozna zobaczyc wystawe.

To sie chlopu chcialo!

"If 67 years young can do it, you can do it, too." —Aleksander Doba 

The votes have been counted—a record-setting 521,000 of them. They're a testament to the inspiring quests of all our 2015 Adventurers of the Year. But there can only be one People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year, and that award goes to Aleksander Doba. 

At 67 years old, the Polish adventurer made the longest open-water kayak crossing of the Atlantic in history. Using just his arm strength and considerable willpower, Doba paddled 7,700 miles in his 23-foot kayak, OLO, departing in October 2013 from Lisbon and arriving six months later in Florida. The retired mechanical engineer, now 68, is the only person to kayak across the Atlantic, continent-to-continent, alone, unassisted, and under his own power. He battled 30-foot waves and got entangled in the Bermuda Triangle. His engineering skills were tested time and time again. Read his story, then view photos of Doba and all the Adventurers of the Year. 

Doba is not hanging up his paddle yet. In spring 2016, at 70 years old, he plans to attempt crossing the Atlantic Ocean solo by kayak again, this time starting from New York and finishing in Europe. 

http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/adventurers-of-the-year/2015/aleksander-doba-peoples-choice/