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  1. 1981

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    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Manuel Pérez Barriopedro
    • Nationality Spain
    • Organization / Publication Agencia EFE
    • Category World Press Photo of the Year
    • Prize World Press Photo of the Year
    • Date 23-02-1981
    • Country Spain
    • Place Madrid
    • Caption Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero Molina orders everyone to remain seated and be quiet after armed Guardia Civil soldiers stormed the Assembly Hall of the Spanish Parliament. Three hundred deputies and cabinet members were in session to vote upon the succession of premier Suarez. They were released next morning after having been held hostage for almost 18 hours; the coup was a failure.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Wendy Watriss
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication Woodfin Camp and Associates
    • Category Oskar Barnack Award
    • Prize Individual awards
    • Date 1981
    • Caption Vietnam veterans, exposed to the defoliant 'Agent Orange' during the war, suffer from severe health problems. Some have fathered children with congenital defects.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Manuel Pérez Barriopedro
    • Nationality Spain
    • Organization / Publication Agencia EFE
    • Category Spot News
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 23-02-1981
    • Country Spain
    • Place Madrid
    • Caption Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero Molina orders everyone to remain seated and be quiet after armed Guardia Civil soldiers stormed the Assembly Hall of the Spanish Parliament. Three hundred deputies and cabinet members were in session to vote upon the succession of premier Suarez. They were released next morning after having been held hostage for almost 18 hours; the coup was a failure.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Ron Edmonds
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category Spot News
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 30-03-1981
    • Country USA
    • Place Washington D.C.
    • Caption A secret service agent with his automatic weapon drawn, yells orders after shots were fired at President Ronald Reagan outside a hotel. In the attempted assassination, six shots were fired at the president, who was hit in the chest.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer James G. Laragy
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication Gannett Newspapers
    • Category Spot News
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country USA
    • Place Rochester, New York
    • Caption Bankteller Ludie McDevitt runs away screaming after being held hostage during a bank robbery in which one of her colleagues was shot.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer François Lochon
    • Nationality France
    • Organization / Publication Gamma
    • Category News Features
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country Philippines, The
    • Place Cebu Island
    • Caption Pope John Paul II arrives.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Joseph Czarnesczky
    • Nationality Poland
    • Organization / Publication Gamma
    • Category News Features
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 00-12-1981
    • Country Poland
    • Place Warsaw
    • Caption A young girl faces militia during a workers' protest.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Michel Lipchitz
    • Nationality France
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category News Features
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country France
    • Place Paris
    • Caption The newly elected President François Mitterrand and his predecessor Giscard d'Estaing leave the Elysée Palace.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Pablo Manuel Gimenez
    • Nationality Spain
    • Organization / Publication La Voz de Albacete
    • Category News Features
    • Prize Honorable mention
    • Date 1981
    • Caption An overenthusiastic spectator dies during a bull fight.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Harry N. Naltchayan
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Washington Post
    • Category People in the News
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1981
    • Caption A Living Mount Rushmore. US Presidents Ford, Nixon, Reagan and Carter side by side.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Henning Christoph
    • Nationality USA
    • Category People in the News
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country USA
    • Place Florida
    • Caption Cuban exile army.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer John McDonnell
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Washington Post
    • Category People in the News
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Caption Photographer Yosuf Karsh of Ottawa is famous for his portraits.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Daniel Forster
    • Nationality Switzerland
    • Category Sports
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1981
    • Caption A jumping windsurfer.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Ronald Kuntz
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication United Press International
    • Category Sports
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Caption The winning blow of heavyweight champion Larry Holmes in his fight against Renaldo Snipes.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Sergei Kivrin
    • Nationality Russia
    • Organization / Publication Soviet Union Magazine
    • Category Sports
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country France
    • Place Lille
    • Caption The World Weightlifting Championships.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Ken Regan
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication Camera 5
    • Category Arts and Sciences
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country USA
    • Caption Mick Jagger performs during The Rolling Stones US Tour.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Imre Benkö
    • Nationality Hungary
    • Organization / Publication MTI
    • Category Arts and Sciences
    • Prize Honorable mention
    • Date 1981
    • Country Hungary
    • Caption A ballet school.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Douglas Kirkland
    • Nationality Canada
    • Organization / Publication Contact Press Images
    • Category Arts and Sciences
    • Prize Honorable mention
    • Date 00-01-1981
    • Country USA
    • Place Hawaii
    • Caption The northern hemisphere skies above the Mauna Kea Observatory.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Eduard Pesov & Vasily Yegorov
    • Organization / Publication ITAR-TASS
    • Category Happy News & Humor
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country Georgia
    • Place Tiblisi
    • Caption Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev receives a warm welcome at the airport.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Mike Hollist
    • Nationality United Kingdom
    • Organization / Publication Daily Mail
    • Category Happy News & Humor
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country United Kingdom
    • Place London
    • Caption A policeman plays with children on a hot summer day.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Vladimir Rodionov
    • Nationality Russia
    • Organization / Publication RIA Novosti
    • Category Happy News & Humor
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 03-09-1981
    • Country Soviet Union
    • Place Moscow
    • Caption Kindergarten teacher, Boris Verzub.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Fritz Pölking
    • Nationality Germany
    • Category Nature
    • Prize Honorable mention
    • Date 1981
    • Country Ecuador
    • Place Galapagos Islands
    • Caption A buzzard and a giant tortoise.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Sergey Vasiliev
    • Nationality Russia
    • Organization / Publication Union of Journalists of the USSR
    • Category Daily Life
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1981
    • Caption A village bathhouse.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Clem Murray
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category Daily Life
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country USA
    • Place Philadelphia
    • Caption Tubes and wires monitor Billy Clapsaddle's heartbeat, breathing and blood pressure. Born six weeks premature, he was placed in the infant intensive care unit of Philadelphia's Children Hospital.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Hans-Joachim Ellerbrock
    • Nationality Germany
    • Category Daily Life
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country Italy
    • Place Sicily
    • Caption Arthur, a paralyzed young teacher from Germany, on a holiday with his son.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Ron Edmonds
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category Spot News stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 30-03-1981
    • Country USA
    • Place Washington
    • Caption A secret service agent pushes President Ronald Reagan into his limousine after he was shot leaving a hotel. In the attempted assassination, six shots were fired at the president, who was hit in the chest.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Gadel Karim Nakram
    • Nationality Egypt
    • Organization / Publication Al Akhbar / Gamma
    • Category Spot News stories
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 06-10-1981
    • Country Egypt
    • Place Cairo
    • Caption President Anwar Sadat of Egypt is assassinated during the annual victory parade.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Neil Tanner
    • Nationality Australia
    • Organization / Publication The West Australian
    • Category Spot News stories
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 00-09-1981
    • Place South China Sea
    • Caption Vietnamese refugees are rescued by the West German rescue ship 'Cap Anamur', 200km off Vietnam. In the front section of the 14m boat, 50 men, women and children were lying in a tangled mass, many suffering from dehydration, exhaustion and sea sickness.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Dölf Preisig
    • Nationality Switzerland
    • Organization / Publication Schweizer Illustrierte
    • Category Spot News stories
    • Prize Honorable mention
    • Date 13-05-1981
    • Country Vatican City
    • Place St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
    • Caption 17.19 hrs - 17.30 hrs. Pope John Paul II is shot by Mehmet Ali Aqca from Turkey.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Wendy Watriss
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication Woodfin Camp and Associates
    • Category News Features stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1981
    • Caption Vietnam veterans, exposed to the defoliant 'Agent Orange' during the war, suffer from severe health problems. Some have fathered children with congenital defects.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Eddie Adams
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Associated Press
    • Category News Features stories
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country USA
    • Place Texas
    • Caption Mickey at home with his grandfather. Mickey suffers from Progeria, a rare disease that causes children to age the equivalent of 10 years every year. They rarely live past the age of 14.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Stormi Lee Greener
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication The Minneapolis Star
    • Category News Features stories
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country USA
    • Place New York City
    • Caption A homeless woman.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Jean Pierre Laffont
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication Sygma
    • Category News Features stories
    • Prize Honorable mention
    • Date 1981
    • Country USA
    • Caption The economic depression.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Vincent Mentzel
    • Nationality Netherlands, The
    • Organization / Publication NRC Handelsblad
    • Category People in the News stories
    • Prize Honorable mention
    • Date 21-07-1981
    • Country USA
    • Place Ottawa
    • Caption US Secretary of State Alexander Haig is overcome by drowsiness during a summit with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and President Ronald Reagan.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Dieter Blum
    • Nationality Germany
    • Category Arts and Sciences stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1981
    • Caption The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Viktor Chernov
    • Nationality Russia
    • Organization / Publication RIA Novosti
    • Category Arts and Sciences stories
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Caption Professor Meschalkin performs a successful heart surgery.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Peter Thomann
    • Nationality Germany
    • Organization / Publication Stern
    • Category Arts and Sciences stories
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country East Germany
    • Place East Berlin
    • Caption A 1840 oil painting of the 'Unter den Linden' is juxtaposed with the present day boulevard with the National People's Army marching by.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Masahiko Ohki
    • Nationality Japan
    • Organization / Publication Mainichi Shimbun
    • Category Nature stories
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country Japan
    • Caption Falcon Takamorigo brings a hare back to falconer Kazu Tsuchida.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer M. Shteinbach
    • Nationality Russia
    • Organization / Publication Union of Journalists of the USSR
    • Category Nature stories
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country Soviet Union
    • Caption A forest bird.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Gary Friedman
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication Los Angeles Times
    • Category Daily Life stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 1981
    • Country USA
    • Caption Yvonne and Yvette Jones (32) are the only Siamese twins in the world who are conjoined at the head. They live with their 67-year-old mother.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer John Everett
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication Houston Chronicle
    • Category Daily Life stories
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 00-08-1980
    • Country USA
    • Place Houston, Texas
    • Caption Johnny Robbins (27) and Kathy Ahrand (24) married in sterile hospital clothes, one month after Johnny was diagnosed with leukemia. When Johnny was released, they made plans for the future, but he died several months later.
    • Year 1981
    • Photographer Victor Zagumyonnov
    • Nationality Russia
    • Organization / Publication Union of Journalists of the USSR
    • Category Daily Life stories
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 1981
    • Place Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean
    • Caption Hunting for walrus.
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