World Press Photos of the Year (1955-2008)

[itachi97madara98]

fuck humans...... why do all these have to be about war, death, and suffering?

[missjuwan]

What's the name of the first song? I love it!

[wotsup9oo]

Id say War Photos instead of Press Photos... I think journalists likes are too morbous

[kukri31]

@brothersbbp except for the 2nd song

[aitor538]

muy bueno un 10

[bangogogo]

2:12 is horrible but great video thanks

[SeargantMoody]

Im asking myself why this video isn't blocked. You want to see how people get shot or people are burning? Watch this. But please dont block just because you cant handle reality.

[Kingdoronnity]

I like it

[KINGofKOOLAID]

the picture of the boy in 1985 the kid stuck in the mud he died. there was no way he could have been rescued that happened in colombia!

[olivarezds]

@KINGofKOOLAID that was a girl, not a boy. her name was Omaira Sanchez.

[KINGofKOOLAID]

@olivarezds I knew that, honestly I don't know how I messed that up :s

[padyRules]

from which country the video 1981 is from

[celticmystt]

awsome post , kinda made me sad though

[DudeThatAwesome]

Hi Guys, Watch my version of World Press photo! You will learn everything of the amazing photos! (Description before every photo)

[alfamavi]

listen video with god is an astronaut-sucide by star

[Looorney]

@alfamavi Great song. Read the 2nd post by uploader.

[petergabriel99]

Great Video friend....excelenttttt!!

[Topsage007]

After seeing all these images I have only 2 words to say : " FUCK AMERICA!"

[Jalaylay93]

@Topsage007 And America has to do with most of these photos in what way? Most of these events had nothing to do with America. Also don't judge a whole country or its people based on fifty photographs you most likely know nothing about.

[Timmysp1]

@Topsage007 That was a really random statement.

[Placebon1981]

Lucian Parkins 1995 г.

7:31 - 7:36 автобус по ходу из Чечено-Ингушетии...

[Placebon1981]

Так и есть:

# Caption A bus on the road leading to Grozny during fighting between Chechen independence fighters and Russian troops. The civil war which erupted when President Yeltsin sent troops to the rebellious province in December 1994 was still dragging on months later. When the Chechen fighters fled Grozny, the capital, where the war had claimed a horrendous human and material toll, Russian troops pursued them into the countryside to the south and east.

[LeBronMcGrady231]

1984 omg...

[MercedesBMW84]

@Flaksting "-You should include a few lines about the pictures and not just the name and year (the impact of the pictures are 100 times more powerfull when you know the context)" Never heard, an Image is more than 1000 words? Peace Sir.

[filipeguedesramos]

Great video!!

I'm showing this to my photography students!

[TheLukaphoto]

a lot of pain on this pictures,,,100 years and nothings change...fucking live.

[hayssame]

MOTIONS , NEVER BEEN DESCRIBED BY WORDS , NEVER BEEN SEEN BY EYES , BUT TAKEN BY PHOTOGRAPHERS GREAT HEATS ...

[markzen582]

@brothersbbp So you think happy emotions cant be shown in a great picture :)

[jorgegraves]

brave the man in front of the thank and so sad omaira sanches in the armero tragady

[hammythehippy]

excellent compilation. and for my own personal music i chose I will write peace on your wings and you will fly over the world by sleepmakeswaves

[Corbon440]

5:05 "Wait I have a better idea: Instead of trying to help her out let's make a movie and take as many pictures as possible to become famous."

markzen582 hit the nail on the head. Theere has NEVER been a World Press Photo of the Year showing a scene with a happy content. And no, reunions don't count.

The people who call themselves professional photographers make a living by showing the misery of other people. They're devoid of any decency, all they care about is their pictures.

[gyoza007]

@akheel00 It was an attempted coup' etat in Spain, in February 1981.

[JoaoVazter]

can someone sent me this version of the music? I only have the original..

[akheel00]

Which event happens at 4:23?

[Desicration]

love the songs specially the first, and i think if they really want to know more about the pics then they have enough info to look it up ( i did) so thankyou for the great vid and music :)

[DeathHammer1994]

Americans _ Cruel Gay Bastards 

[damdocvoco]

I just want to admire US's Cruel. US Gover. take people as a pet

[CarlosROCK101]

impresionante, conmovedor y poetico...toda una reflexion sobre la naturaleza humana y el mundo que emos hido dejando....

[tavokilles]

hermosisimo trabajo

[haza942]

how could you question these images its PRESS photos not happy photos some of these images and videos changed the world

[joman66]

What was the one that happened in 1981??

[Lestattijuana]

any pic it´s about happiness, it´s all about pain and sorrow!!

[roaming2]

which event is it on 4:32?

[FQBeast]

@roaming2 Attempted coup on the new democratic Spanish government in 1981. After Franco died ending his dictatorship over Spain a new Spanish government was formed, but their were some who wanted Spain to go back too fascism. But the coup failed which is why Spain is still a democratic country.

[Elmohellno]

Watch this and Look on as if you have never see any thing like this... will you see this as a type of information or will you be disgusted ....

[sofatreter]

Good Video, Fucking music, but you´ve vorgot Rudie Dutschke!

[vollFreaky]

0:42 What happened here?

[CloggedLacrimalGland]

5:54 was PERFECT!

[debel101]

horrible things have been happening for thousands of years its so sad but not anything new. the only thing thats new is their a media to cover it

[1overthetitan]

Ohhh my , watching that girl in video 5:11 just literally had me sobbing here i've seen the pic many times but actually listening to her saying how she loves her father , did it for me. sad sad stuff people have to go through .

[CloggedLacrimalGland]

@1overthetitan Her name's Omayra Sanchez. I can tell she was saying such sweet but saddening words but, um, can you translate it for us, if you don't mind?

[1overthetitan]

@CloggedLacrimalGland  she was saying how i love my father and brother very much. . sad sad stuff.

[ChinChinni]

Wow.

Thank you for wanting me to study for my history exam.

[pgsanchez2a]

la segunda cancion es de TOBIAS SAMMET, LIDER DE AVANTASIA Y EDGUY,,,,long live rock and roll and metal

[xxxKimmxxx]

Am I the only one who likes the music?

The first song, that is.

I don't like the second one.

Good vid.

[rod01]

bad choice of music

[Jonny19112]

good video, horrible fucking music

[crankworx42]

@Jonny19112 If you don't like the music, mute the video and open your iTunes.

Even a retard could figure that one out.

[kittensof1984]

@crankworx42 Yeah we know how to mute it. It's still shitty music. "Insta-soundtrack" of shitty music = worst 'feature' of youtube ever.

[sutcliffe93]

@crankworx42 the point of the matter is you have awful fucking taste in music, nice pictures, but the soundtrack is a disservice to video, and yes we could all open up our itunes and mute the video when we watch it, which very many of us would probably like to do, and probably many of us do, but really it's not about fixing the problem, most people that tell you that you have bad taste in music just want you to know you have bad taste in music, which is true.... you have awful taste in music

[Looorney]

@sutcliffe93 Hello! This is crankworx42. Like a dumbass, I cant log into my account because I have no idea what email I used. Anywho, this is not music I normally listen to, but it is music that fits the mood of this video. People I know say I have a great taste in music and it is something that I take pride in. But out of curiosity, who/what are some of your favorite artists/songs?

[Patriotx84x]

what happened to the guy @ 6:12???

[CloggedLacrimalGland]

@Patriotx84x No one knows for sure. Heck, his name is even an uncertainty. China's secret police might've executed him right after they took him.

[Patriotx84x]

@CloggedLacrimalGland He is a true hero of human rights! We don´t need violence, all we need is just a few guys who have balls enough to do the same like he did.

[CloggedLacrimalGland]

@Patriotx84x Yeah, man. I was so inspired by that guy that I had that photo printed out and posted it on the wall of my bedroom so that I could be reminded of what he did and be inspired everyday.

[guffstar69]

Christ almighty Flaksting.This is not a bloody pop video !

The great thing about this posting is that it tells a helluva lot about the human condition.

If you don't know the context of most of these images you should just switch on MTV again

[JoaoVazter]

this is a different version od "Tell Them That Shes Not Scared"... i really want this version, how can I get it? It's not in the album..

[ps92117]

2001 not a picture of 9/11?

[steveN111333]

what the heck was happening at 4:19 !!!!

[Flaksting]

Nice video.

A few thoughts:

- The worlds best photos deserves HD quality

-You should include a few lines about the pictures and not just the name and year (the impact of the pictures are 100 times more powerfull when you know the context)

- The music is.... not good, and not worthy of for 50 years worth of history. Should just have been some quiet instrumental.

But thanks for posting - I wish more of the pictures would be positive.

[crankworx42]

@Flaksting I don't know why but it used to have a high quality option and it doesn't anymore. I would have included more information but the print would have been too small in the video and the information box wouldn't hold all the information. And for the music. I put this together before I had heard of God Is An Astronaut.

[Flaksting]

@crankworx42

No problem. Still a great video.

Take care.

[UCANCALLMESUNNY]

@crankworx42 i think its better without the info becuase you get to appreciate the picture for what you see it. A picture says a thousand words and I would say its a bit tacky to some some of these words up in a line, or two. When you know the context the pictures are defintily amazing but its nice when you don't because it compels you to find out and if you think about it some pix need a pargrh 2 explain. Common wer kinda old to be spoonfed no? BTW excellent vid loves the lil movies 2!!!

[Shoung0690]

Very dramatic.......

[daciuss]

"The Afgan girl" is missing.

[goerge4]

@daciuss she was the cover of national geographic..

[tomviolenceisadream]

@daciuss YESS!!! even more famouse than all this

[OlliTheAwesomeone]

Poor World, not even one Day without Suffering!

[DlNGSHU]

Can you tell me where can I download these photos (High Quality) ?

[memroy321]

This song is just fantastic.Pretty emotional..

[unicornt2d]

Tôi yêu Việt Nam!

[SimplementeDrake]

es que somos humanois o nos estamos deshumanizando?

[Ridwee]

You may have to make another vid, the latest winner is out.

[Miti96]

Is in the photo of 1992 a body in that white sack? DUDE

[MrBadmintonFan]

the man shot at 2:21 is my compatriot. the war in VietNam

[truong3016]

When the world comes to an end ?

[HomeroBabun]

The end of the world began with the 'sacrifice' of Socrates... and then Jesus, imitating him, "will 'sacrifice' for us"... starting a sequence of events that have been destroying the world... and basically the human being.

[Mikevdog]

Sgt. Ken Kozakiewicz pic is very sad

[markzen582]

Well i thing WPA is a bunch of sadistic monothematic sad people who are interested only in seing the worst aspects of human beings.

Almost every picture is about misery and suffering of war, but there is so much more then this on this planet. One just cant win it unles takes the picture of suffering. Its like no hope or happines ther is only suffering.

And thats why this award simply sucks,

[Mikevdog]

Next to war, all other human forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance.

[markzen582]

@Mikevdog That is your opinion which i dont follow, i ve seen misery of war in a-stan and iraq, after some time its just shallow sens of idiocy around.

the think is huge majority of us never seen war or famine so people r trying to look at the picture trying to understand, to think like people on the pics, to see how misery looks like, But after they finish, its like OH ITS SUCH A GREAT picture and nothing changes

just think whats the greatest war pic ever shot? its reichstag in 1945 :)

[markzen582]

and this pic does show hope! not another dead half decomposted corps or sth similar :)

[lupi303]

@markzen582 WPA include spotrs, portrais, nature... And the rest that shows that 'worst of the world' isn't a bad thing at all. People have no idea of what's going on beyond the're safe home doors. They should see the inhuman things our humanity still provides.

The world has more than models and landscapes.

[gatorfanjt]

Great Work!

[Nymwe]

8:45 is honestly the most moving thing I've ever seen :(

[DCynthe]

very nice!

[mcbrave15]

Amazing! thank you very much for this great video. I hope we all can learn from this. War ain't the answer! 5/5

[SlSimbad]

great work, sad that it's all about pain and misery

[manimgoindowndown]

it would have been nice to have a description with every year. for those who appreciate history!

[ajuk1]

1975!! WTF!

[paflagonian]

Thank you wonderful work.

[jordansicko]

death,voilence and suffering...20th century and we will never learn from our history, tragic...

if you people out there like vietnam picture´s,a really fine book called requiem.check it out!

[DaFreakingBobMan]

gyus i know this sounds impossible, but the picture at 1:53 is my grandfathers eitnam aurmord battalion. PLEASE tell me where you got it. mt grandfather got in oober trouble when he got back after that photo got taken

[feryar]

Very nice video, although I wish you would have included location/situation with each picture. A few of them sent me googling.

[enanolipsis]

awesome video!!!! nice work!!

[NiSaReYTa]

i love the video! it made me cry :'( can someone please tell me where to get this version of the first song? i cant find it. thanks ;]

[KyOlar]

The gay emo music kind of ruins it.

[crankworx42]

What the hell is emo music anyway? Emotional? All music is. Grow up a bit.

[KyOlar]

No it's when they over dramatize simple lyrics and sing like whiny teenage girls and wear tight pants, shirts, eccentric hair dos and kiss other boys. That's emo music.

[crankworx42]

Except this band doesn't kill other boys or wear tight pants. He wrote the song for his mom who has cancer. But I guess that makes them emo too?

[acadencePreD]

@KyOlar Go listen to Envy on the Coast and tell me it's gay emo music.

[HabeshBeauti]

.wow, amazing video

.wht was 1994 and 1995???

[speeches]

thats our planet from one aspect. good job ....

[kamizakibestia]

Felicitaciones, muy buen trabajo

[superCatia]

This video makes one reflect.... Thanks for posting.

[hackn3w]

As the songs are called? !! This video is fantastic!! (L)

[danilrou]

Espectacular, menudo video!. Genial el detalle de ponerl videos de las fotos

Great video i like it so much

[jahpreast]

only war and pain :(

[andrereyta]

what happened in 1982?

[crankworx42]

Bodies from a Genocide in the Middle East.

[SEATTLEGRL1]

Hello, Seattle Person!

The early 70's...not sure of the exact year

[crankworx42]

Bellevue actually. It might have gotten a different unrelated award because I have heard of the Kent State photo.

[SEATTLEGRL1]

Are you a photographer...?

[crankworx42]

Not professional.

[SEATTLEGRL1]

I thought the famous Kent State photo won a "Photo of the Year"?

[crankworx42]

For what year? And I'm from Seattle too.

[Ridwee]

I think it won the Pulitzer.

[madcharmander]

I really like your video. I had an epiphany while seeing the one of the girl who had been burnt by napalm. Before, I was all, well its unfortunate but it was necessary. Than, watching this just now I thought of my little sister who's about the same age as the girl and it really gave me a kick in the ass.

[afghanSara]

What happaned in 1975??

[crankworx42]

During a fire in an apartment building a woman and her daughter were trapped on a fire exit. The fire eventually got to them and the whole thing collapsed. The woman fell on her head and died instantly but the daughter lived.

[azn2k2000]

I lost my country

[DoubleR666]

i have tears in my eyes. thanks for uploading !

[HamzaJaan786]

Bravo, Bravo man. Great Video

[ziogiottfj]

magnific video!

[tienshenhan86]

1981, at 4:20, in the vid who is shooting?

[hotbox4u]

in February 23, 1981 Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina and several members of the Guardia Civil and military police attacked the parliament of Spain in Madrid in an attempt foiled coup. They were shooting in the air.

[tienshenhan86]

Your the man, I was ganna say, I don't really see anybody pointing guns at any one. Thank you!

[MovieRazor123]

whats happening in 1973?

[crankworx42]

It's a picture of the leader of a South American country being escorted to a safehouse during a Coup D'tate. But he was surrounded at the safehouse and killed after making a radio broadcast to his country.

[Mabuza14]

A buddhist monk burned himself alive to protest against the oppresive catholic dictatorship.

[UsernameFunVids]

what happened in the picture of 1985?

[crankworx42]

A mudslide went through a village in South America (I think Peru but I'm not sure) and trapped her in mud for three days. They tried to get to her but they couldn't and she died two or three days later from gangrene infections and exhaustion. Her name is Omayra Sanchez.

[UsernameFunVids]

haha, im from peru, she was from colombia i just searched her name....thanx btw :)

[LeHylton]

her name was omayra sanchez, she was trapped up to her neck in concrete water and debris after a volanic eruption cause a lahar. rescuers couldnt get her out and she died three days later from gangrene and hypothermia. this photo was taken 2 and a half hours before her death.

[UsernameFunVids]

so all of this HAvE to be real, right'

[latequilera22]

the pictures are in history. i just disliked the son.

[gini250]

Photos tristes et puissantes qui font réfléchir et voir certaines vérités en face !

Quelles sont les musiques svp ?

[paddy5626]

1975 is hard

[Akazamaril]

I've just stopped on this video, looking every day for few times. It's briliant in every moment.

History of our society, don't be sad, it's just "we".

[nikolapornik]

amazing, great work!

[Desicration]

amazing vid, gutten i carn't find the first song on i tunes T.T

[duffeknol]

50 years of world history just flying by. Great video.

[atenas2886]

great video...... tumbs up !!

[usgiulio]

sorry I didn't read....

[usgiulio]

both songs

[usgiulio]

how does this song called???