Here's the shot of Peter Masturzo , who won World Press Photo 2009. (Claudio Hail)
ROME - "I took that picture the first night we climbed on the roofs of Tehran to protest the recount. It 'was great emotion" recalls Peter Masturzo ANSA that the shot that won him the prestigious "World Press Photo 2009". The picture shows three women screaming from a rooftop in Tehran during the street protests that followed the June 12 elections in Iran.
The Night songs have become a symbol of the green movement: the cry "Allah o Akbar" (God is Greatest) and "Death to the dictator", is the same tune during the 1979 revolution. To Throughout the first phase of the protest, nearly every evening from 22.00, men, women and children climbed over the rooftops to shout slogans, enough to force the Basij militia in night raids in houses to prevent them.
"I remember that night - June 24th - we climbed on the roof for the first time. I wanted to tell the atmosphere of those times - says Peter, 29 years Naples -. This is also why I've never taken anyone's face: not only for safety reasons, because the subjects were not recognizable, but just because I was interested in the environment, not a face rather than another. For this I used a long time, in agreement with those who wanted to immortalize.
There has been a success according to the jury of the prize: a picture "perspective gives information and affects both the visual and emotional," said the president Ayperi Karabuda ECER. "The picture makes it a powerful atmosphere, tension, fear, but also the tranquility and calm," said Kate Edwards, the jury.
Peter had come to Tehran in early June to tell the country 30 years after the revolution and following the presidential election. E 'in Tehran remained until July 1, hosted by Iranian students, then his tourist visa expired, "I have not even tried to ask then, I knew that the Tehran government had decided on a crackdown on visas." Those guys
hear them again: "Many have returned to Europe, where they study. They would like to return to Iran, despite the dangers, and are increasingly angry. I think they do not want to do some kind of revolution. I think I want a moderate government and more freedom."
