amazing photo

This photo was included as a pull-out poster in a recent mailing from the International Paralympic Committee. It was originally published in Sports Illustrated and won the 2005 World Press Photo prize in the Sports Action category.

I can't post it, but you can see it here. It might take a moment to orient yourself and figure out what you're looking at. Great, huh?

All the 2005 winners are here and selections from 50 years of this prize are here. The "50 year gallery" is tough to look at, since the winning photos often depict the horrors humans inflict on one another.

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  1. Expat30 March 2005 at 16:03

    The photo of the swimmer is incredible!

    I looked at the past winners of this prize and my heart hurt. It is amazing just how much power a photograph can hold, and just awful to think of the horrors that exist in this world.

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  2. Expat30 March 2005 at 16:03

    The photo of the swimmer is incredible!

    I looked at the past winners of this prize and my heart hurt. It is amazing just how much power a photograph can hold, and just awful to think of the horrors that exist in this world.

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