United Kingdom / Republic of Ireland, 12 February, 2008: Canon congratulates British photographer Tim Hetherington, winner of World Press Photo of the Year 2007. The winning image was taken by Tim Hetherington on 16 September 2007. It shows a US soldier resting at Restrepo bunker a base in Afghanistans Korengal Valley, named after a platoon member killed by insurgents. This is the seventh consecutive year that a photographer relying on Canon EOS equipment has won the award. Hetherington will receive a cash prize of €10000 from World Press Photo at an awards ceremony in Amsterdam on 27 April. In addition, Canon Europe will donate Hetherington an EOS-1Ds Mark III camera. An exhibition of the prize-winning World Press Photo images will be shown from 29 April to 22 June in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, and will subsequently travel to some 100 cities in 50 countries around the world.
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