The 2002 competition saw the participation of 4171 photographers from 123 countries who submitted a total of 49,235 pictures. More than half of the photographs (55.7%) were submitted in digital form (almost twice as many as in 2001, when the figure was 27.5%). The final selection presented awards to photographers from 19 countries; Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, the People’s Republic of China, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
2001 photo of the year is an image by Danish photographer ERIK REFNER published in the newspaper Berlingske Tidende, represented in Italy by Agenzia Grazia Neri. It is a black and white photograph taken in a refugee camp in Pakistan in June, showing preparations for the funeral of a one-year-old child who died of cold; the body is being washed and wrapped in a white cloth by family members.
The 2002 competition saw the participation of 4171 photographers from 123 countries who submitted a total of 49,235 pictures. More than half of the photographs (55.7%) were submitted in digital form (almost twice as many as in 2001, when the figure was 27.5%). The final selection presented awards to photographers from 19 countries; Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, the People’s Republic of China, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
2001 photo of the year is an image by Danish photographer ERIK REFNER published in the newspaper Berlingske Tidende, represented in Italy by Agenzia Grazia Neri. It is a black and white photograph taken in a refugee camp in Pakistan in June, showing preparations for the funeral of a one-year-old child who died of cold; the body is being washed and wrapped in a white cloth by family members.