The World Press Photo Foundation, founded in 1955, is a nonprofit independent and international institution for photojournalism. The World Press Photo is supported by the National Postcode Lottery and sponsored worldwide by Canon.
The Azienda Speciale Palaexpo is an entity operating under City of Rome. Palaexpo manages a cultural programme, which currently consists of the numerous multidisciplinary activities conducted by the structures run under the entity's aegis: the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, the Macro and the Mattatoio.
10b Photography, partner of World Press Photo Foundation, is a multi-purpose center dedicated entirely to professional photography. It aims to bring to Rome and to other Italian cities the largest and most prestigious competition of photojournalism in the world.
Internazionale, Media Partner of the exhibition, is an Italian weekly information magazine founded the in 1993 that publishes the best articles of newspapers around the world.