Photo credit: Daniel Berehulak/ Getty Images Reportage

Getty Images photographers win a total of 20 awards, including esteemed Photographer of the Year award issued to Getty Images Reportage photojournalist Daniel Berehulak

London – 23 February, 2015: Getty Images is delighted to announce outstanding success at this year’s Pictures of the Year International (POYI) – a total of 20 awards were received by Getty Images photographers and photojournalists, including the prestigious Photographer of the Year award which goes to Getty Images Reportage photojournalist, Daniel Berehulak, for his ground-breaking body of work covering the Ebola epidemic, captured over a period of 14 weeks.

Getty Images sports photographers received a staggering nine awards, including all three places in the Sports Photographer of the Year category, which was won by Cameron Spencer.

On Getty Images’ success, Getty Images Co-Founder and CEO, Jonathan Klein said: “We are delighted and proud that Getty Images photographers from several disciplines won POYI awards this year. Daniel Berehulak’s Photographer of the Year honour is well deserved. Daniel brings a unique artistic eye to his work, using it to make exquisite images that tell some of the most important news stories of our time.”

Getty Images’ Vice President, Photo Assignments, Editorial Partnerships and Development, Aidan Sullivan continues: “Seldom these days do we see the kind of commitment Daniel has given to this story. Having spent 14 weeks over four months in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea on assignment for The New York Times, Daniel is now currently back in Liberia on his fourth trip at great personal risk covering the effects of this cruel and merciless disease. Everyone in our industry and beyond is aware of and full of admiration for the amazing work that Daniel has done this year and we are so pleased that he has been recognized with this important award.”

In addition to his Photographer of the Year win, Daniel Berehulak also receives awards in the following categories:

– Issue Reporting – 3^rd

– World Health, Award of Excellence

Getty Images is proud to announce the full list of award winners:

Sports Photographer of the Year saw Getty Images claim four awards:

– Cameron Spencer – 1^st

– Al Bello – 2^nd

– Patrick Smith – 3^rd

– Ezra Shaw – Award of Excellence

Getty Images sport photographers were also recognised with a multitude of awards in other categories, including:

– Al Bello, Sports Action – 1^st

– Alex Livesey, Sports Action – 2^nd

– Cameron Spencer, Sports Feature – 2^nd

– Ezra Shaw, Sports Action – 3^rd

Additional awards include:

– John Moore, who won first place in News Picture Story, as well as third place in the World Health category for his work documenting the Ebola epidemic.

– Kevin Frayer received two awards – a third place award in the Features category, as well as an Award of Excellence in Feature Picture Stories.

– Mario Tama receives second place under the Community Awareness category.

– Getty Images Reportage’ photojournalist, Brent Stirton, receives first place in Issue Reporting.

– Corinna Kern, an emerging talent photojournalist with Getty Images Reportage, receives third place in the Feature Picture Story category.

Click here to view a list of all winners.

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Partnership to repicture women and girls is driving cultural change and commercial success in more than 65 countries

London – 23 February, 2015: Getty Images, the world’s leader in visual communication, and LeanIn.Org, the women’s non-profit founded by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, are celebrating one year of partnership with the anniversary of the Getty Images Lean In Collection – a curation of images devoted to the powerful depiction of women, girls and the communities who support them. Images from the collection have been licensed in over 65 countries, including Qatar, Kuwait and Korea, with sales doubling since the collection’s inception in February, 2014.

Thousands of images have been licensed through the collection across a wide variety of industries, with two of the biggest sectors being financial and tech organisations – industries which are actively trying to attract more women. The most successful images globally can be viewed here.

Speaking on the anniversary, Getty Images Co-Founder and CEO, Jonathan Klein said: “From the creation of Getty Images 20 years ago, we have been guided by the belief that imagery can change the world. Getty Images partnership with Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIn.org to break down stereotypes and kill the cliché is changing the conversation about the depiction of women in visual communications and has delivered impressive bottom line results.”

“Men and women should be equally represented at the boardroom table and at the kitchen table. To get there we need reform of our policies, we need to encourage women to fulfil their ambitions and we need to encourage men to do their part in the home – but we also need to address how women and men are depicted, because you can’t be what you can’t see,” said Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, author of Lean In and founder of LeanIn.Org. “We are thrilled to be able to partner with Getty Images on this project and our shared commitment to literally repicture women, men and equality.”

More than 2,000 images have been added to the collection since the launch, bringing the total to over 4,500, with new content being added each month. The collection is hand-curated by Getty Images’ global trend experts and LeanIn.Org, led by Getty Images Director of Visual Trends Pam Grossman and LeanIn.Org Contributing Editor Jessica Bennett. Usage is growing in the US, UK and Canada, and growth is also being seen in a diverse range of countries including Russia, Mexico, Singapore and China.

The success of the partnership with Lean In has inspired Getty Images to address how other key concepts are communicated visually through the company’s RePicture movement, such as RePicture family and RePicture love, calling for content that breaks down stereotypes and celebrates the world in its raw and authentic form.

The Getty Images Lean In Collection is available to be licensed at gettyimages.com/leanin.

Click here to view a video that explores the success of the partnership in greater depth.

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About Getty Images:

Getty Images is the world’s leader in visual communication, with over 170 million assets available through its premium content site www.gettyimages.com and its leading stock content site www.istock.com. With its advanced search and image recognition technology, Getty Images serves business customers in more than 100 countries and is the first place creative and media professionals turn to discover, purchase and manage images and other digital content. Its award-winning photographers and content creators help customers produce inspiring work which appears every day in the world’s most influential newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, films, television programs, books and online media. Visit Getty Images at www.gettyimages.com to learn more about how the company is advancing the unique role of digital media in communications and business, and enabling creative ideas to come to life.  For company news and announcements, visit press.gettyimages.com, and for the stories, innovation and inspiration behind our content, visit Stories & Trends http://stories.gettyimages.com. Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/gettyimages , Twitter at https://twitter.com/GettyImages, or download Stream, our free consumer app, to view and share the world’s best imagery.

Exhibition runs from 23 February through to 14 March, 2015

In celebration of the magazine’s 10 year anniversary, Grazia has teamed up with Getty Images Gallery to hold a bespoke three-week installation taking visitors on a journey, exploring key fashion events that have reflected the last ten years. Opening on 23 February and running until 14 March, 2015, the installation will include Topshop NewGen’s pick of the best outfits from the past decade and Gucci, Prada, Mulberry, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Alexander Wang’s most iconic ‘it handbags’.

Click here to preview a selection of images that will be on display as part of the exhibition.

Getty Images Gallery is situated in central London, just a stone’s throw away from Oxford Circus. Opening hours are from 10.00am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, 12.00 to 5.30pm Saturday and admission is free. Visit www.gettyimagesgallery.com for details.

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Nearest underground: Oxford Circus

About Getty Images Gallery

Getty Images Gallery is London’s largest independent photographic gallery and was founded in 1996. Located on Eastcastle Street, just a stone’s throw from Oxford Circus, Getty Images Gallery showcases stunning exhibitions on a regular basis. The majority of the imagery on display in the Gallery is taken from Getty Images’ archival and contemporary libraries and is available to buy as fine art prints in a variety of sizes and framing options.

www.gettyimagesgallery.com