South African-born photographer Jodi Bieber has won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year for her portrait of an Afghan woman attacked and disfigured by her husband. The winners of the 54th annual World Press Photo Contest were announced February 11 in Amsterdam.

The photo  shows 18-year-old Bibi Aisha, who had her nose and ears cut off in retaliation for trying to flee her abusive husband. It appeared on the June 29 cover of TIME magazine with the headline, “What Happens If We Leave Afghanistan.”

For more on Bieber’s prize, and several 1st place winners in the World Press Photo’s nine categories (plus a special prize for photos by Chilean miner Edison Pena), see the news story on PDNOnline.com.

This entry was posted on Friday, February 11th, 2011 at 6:23 am ET by Holly Hughes and is filed under awards, Photojournalism, Photos In The News.