World Press Photo

Paris, France, 2004: The World Press Photo awards in Paris (2004) were displayed outdoors, where everyone and anyone could view the past year of photo-journalistic excellence for free. A decade later and the 2014 winners have just been announced. You can view the 98,671 pictures, by 5,754 photographers here.

Gascogne

Paris, France, 2004: Your typical Parisian cafe scene… Canon EOS A2E/75-300/Sensia

Bust

Paris, April 1998: A shot from my first visit to Paris. I think it’s from Pere Lachaise Cemetery…. Mamiya ZE/Sekor 50mm f1.7

HD Louvre

Paris, France, 1998: A street scene in central Paris… Mamiya ZE/Mamiya 50mm f1.7

PDL Concorde

Place de la Concorde, Paris, 1998: Hanging around the Place de la Concorde like a tourist, I grabbed this shot of a tourist… opened up aperture to the max… Mamiya Ze/Mamiya 50mm f1.7

Expo

Paris, France, 2004: An outdoor photo expo in Paris. This was probably the last year that the majority of press photographer’s were still shooting film… Canon EOS 1N/Canon 28-135is

Mime of Montmatre

Paris, France, 2004: Montmartre was the stamping ground of Monet, Dali, van Gogh, Picasso etc… In 2004 it was more of a tourist side-show… Canon EOS 1N/Canon 28-135is/Fuji Sensia 100

Vio

Paris, France, 2004: Canon EOS 1N/28-135is/Tri X

mime1

Montmatre, Paris, France, 2004: Canon EOS 1N/28-135is/Tri X