11 July to 5 August 2000 Standard Bank hosted the World Press Photo exhibition for the 10th consecutive year. World Press Photo, now in its 43rd year, attracts thousands of entries annually from leading photojournalists. It is regarded as the most prominent international press photography competition. An independent international jury makes the selections. The exhibition presents an overview of the year's news as published in newspapers and magazines around the world, as well as unpublished material shown for the first time. Alongside headline news, current affairs and daily life, diverse aspects of photojournalism are reflected in the categories sport, the arts and science and technology. Photographers from 21 countries won prizes in the 18 competition categories. This year's contest attracted 42 215 pictures submitted by 3 981 photographers from 122 countries. John Hogg of the Sunday Independent was the only South African photographer to win acclaim. Hogg won second prize in the Arts Singles category for his picture Dance Umbrella Festival, Johannesburg. World Press Photo of the Year went to Danish photographer Claus Bjørn Larsen of the newspaper Berlingske Tidende. His picture, taken on 5 April 1999, depicts a wounded Kosovo Albanian man in the streets of Kukës, Albania. The photograph is also a part of a story, which was awarded third prize in the category People in the News Stories. The World Press Photo Foundation is sponsored worldwide by Canon, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Kodak Professional. The Standard Bank sponsors the World Press Photo tour in South Africa. For the fourth time Standard Bank also sponsored this exhibition at the William Fehr Collection in The Castle in Cape Town from 15 August to 9 September 2000. Further information is available on www.worldpressphoto.nl