A woman protects her son
The photo A woman protects her son by journalist Samuel Aranda was voted Press Photo of the Year 2011. It shows the Yemeni student Zayed Al-Qaws (* 1993 or 1994) from Sanaa , Yemen , wounded in his mother's arms.
Life and circumstances of the photo
At the time of recording, Al-Qaws was a student and was also making money by driving a taxi. During the Arab Spring there were also protests against the regime of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Salih , whose members were shot with snipers. On October 15, 2011, Al-Qaws was wounded and taken to a makeshift hospital set up in a mosque, where the photo was taken. Al-Qaws was also reported in his home country after the photo was awarded.
Image reception
The picture, taken during the protests in Yemen , won the 2011 Press Photo of the Year award . It shows a veiled Muslim woman holding an injured relative in her arms. The jury justified the decision by saying that the photo was an example of “the entire region” , symbolizing the protests in Yemen, Egypt , Tunisia , Libya , Syria and thus the entire Arab Spring.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Lens (photojournalism blog of the New York Times) of February 21, 2012: In Yemen, an Emotional Reunion
- ↑ a b The Guardian of November 7, 2012: Samuel Aranda's best photograph: a woman protects her son
- ↑ BBC News of February 22, 2012: The story behind the World Press Photo
- ^ Yemen Times, February 13, 2012: Yemen's Winning World Press Photo
- ↑ a b World Press Photo of the Year 2011 ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at worldpressphoto.org, accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ a b Veiled Suffering - the press photo of the year at spiegel.de, accessed on February 10, 2012
