Photographer David van Dam and his winning photo in the background. Photo ANP / Remko de Waal
NRC photographer David van Dam has won the Prinsje Photo Prize for his photograph of Interior Minister Ronald Plasterk (PvdA) in the back seat of his squad car. The award for the best political picture of the parliamentary year was awarded this year for the first time.
The photo of Van Dam, who as a freelance photographer attached to NRC offers the jury a glimpse into the political climate. ” “A telling moment as a denouement of a typical Hague – for long – debate,” the jury said
The jury, chaired by former parliamentary journalist and former chef picture of De Volkskrant Bert Verhoeff, writes further on in the jury report:
“Who but the way, also knows the rules of the game here, can make beautiful pictures. Besides the above two properties is a third quality needed that is increasingly rare: time. Although parliamentary photography is a form of ‘fast’ news, the photography that distinguishes itself often typically a form of ‘slow journalism’. That patient form of photojournalism, the result of a lot of waiting and hang out in the corridors has proved thus rewarded. “
The other four nominated pictures were among others PVV leader Geert Wilders press conference gives and Prime Minister Mark Rutte that parliament President Anouchka van Miltenburg gives a kiss.
Van Dam got his price, Euro 2500 and a certificate today from the hands of Senate President Ankie Broekers-Knol. The Prinsje Photo Award is part of the Prinsje Festival, which takes place prior to Budget Day. In the old center of The Hague Tuesday to several events, including a Prinsjesbal a Prinsje Market and Prinsje Borrel.
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