16th annual World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass to be held from 31 October to 6 November 2009 in Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam. The 12 participants in the World Press Photo and Joop Swart masterclass 2009: Kathryn Cook, USA, Matt Eich, USA, Simona Ghizzoni, Italy, Sohrab Hura, India, Benedicte Kurzen, France, Don McNeill Healy, Ireland, Mads Nissen, Denmark, Kosuke Okahara, Japan, Ali Akbar Shirjian, Iran, Gihan Tubbeh, Peru, Dirk-Jan Visser, The Netherlands, Alvaro Ybarra Zavala, Spain.