Shooting stars are honoured

Revisit last year's news as Proud Galleries highlight the 2002 Nikon Press Awards celebrating the best of British press photography. The competition is open to all UK-based professional photographers for work taken in 2001, either published or unpublished. In addition to the title award of Press Photographer Of The Year, entrants are also eligible for a gong in any of the seven specialist categories.

In the era of digital manipulation and rolling television news coverage, many would argue the days when a published picture could alter public perception and be worth those 1,000 words are gone. But Nikon offers an evocative freeze-frame on, among others, the trials of foot-and-mouth and the triumphs of Ivanisevic at last year's Wimbledon Men's Final an obvious nod to 11 September and the subsequent destruction in Afghanistan. A reminder of the photographers' skill and the stories they have successfully conveyed.

Nikon Press Awards, from Fri 29 Mar, Proud Galleries, 5 Buckingham Street, WC2 (020-7839 4942)