MEDIA ADVISORY AND PHOTO OP: World Press Photo 2011

Posted on: 29/07/2011

MEDIA ADVISORY AND PHOTO OP

You are cordially invited to view

World Press Photo 2011
at the Canadian War Museum

Thursday August 4, 2011
10:30 a.m.
Lobby

Canadian War Museum
1 Vimy Place, Ottawa, Ontario

For the fourth year in a row, the Canadian War Museum is proud to present the award-winning photographs from the prestigious World Press Photo contest for press photography.

The Canadian War Museum is the first of four Canadian venues on the international tour. The winning

A representative from the World Press Photo Foundation will be in attendance for interviews.

Established in the Netherlands in 1955, the World Press Photo Foundation is a non-profit organization which encourages high professional standards in photojournalism and promotes a free and unrestricted exchange of information. It is best known for organizing the world’s largest and most prestigious annual press photography competition.

Media Information:

Avra Gibbs Lamey
Communications and Media Relations Officer
Telephone: 819 776-8607
avra.gibbs-lamey@warmuseum.ca

Yasmine Mingay
Manager, Communications,
Canadian War Museum
Telephone: 819 776-8608
yasmine.mingay@warmuseum.ca