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My post on the streets of Amsterdam yesterday has aroused interests, of all places, in the Red Light District. Reader LSK must have been there for his close-ups, too.

The annual World Press Photo exhibition (April 24 - June 18, 2006) was held in the old church in Oude Kerk, right in the RLD of Amsterdam. The Dutch sell the event as the largest international competition in photojournalism, involving the exhibition of the best press photos of the previous year and showcased in numerous cities in the world -- Kuala Lumpur excluded.

This year's event, which follows the tradition of best photo presentation, is already the 49th instalment of the awards. But World Press Photo, as an institution, graduated to celebrate its 50th Anniversary last year.

The photo gallery with collections since 1955 can be viewed here -- and the 1972 winning shot by Associated Press' Nick Ut Cong Huynh is something everyone remembers vividly till this day.

My sifu, CY Leow, might like to hear this. The 2006 collection will be on display in New Zealand from June 16 to July 09 at Shed 11 Gallery, Wellington.

However, the nearest in Asia will be in Taipei (June 11 - July 02), Tokyo (June 17 - July 30), Soeul (August 03 - September 05), and Shiga, Japan (October 06- 30).

Thanks Screenshots reader Fedro Harahap, who must have read my series on how badly Jalan Riong had treated photojournalism, for sending me an interesting article from Canada's National Post regarding ethics in photo journalism.

You can read the article here.