Philip Blenkinsop has won the Visa d’Or News award.

Noor Images photographer Philip Blenkinsop has won the Visa d’Or News award for his China Earthquake work. He received the prize on 6 September.

Bangkok-based, he has been living in Asia since 1989, and has become a champion of forgotten conflicts. He has been called one of most essential photographers of his generation and is a past winner of Amnesty International's Photojournalism prize for excellence in human rights journalism.

The jury was comprised of :
•Michael Rand, former director of photography at The Sunday Times Magazine (Chair)
•Ruth Eichhorn, Geo
•Monica Allende, The Sunday Times Magazine
•Cyril Drouhet, Le Figaro Magazine
•Marc Simon, VSD
•Andreï Polikanov, Russian Reporter
•David Griffin, National Geographic
•Per Folkver, Politiken