POYi2010 features very best documentary photography of 2009 from winning photojournalists and visual editors in Pictures of the Year International (POYi).

Photographer Carolyn Drake lived in Istanbul between 2007 and 2012, while pursuing documentary projects in Central Asia.

Marcus Bleasdale is a British photojournalist who uses his work to influence policy makers around the world.

In 2006 Tomas Van Houtryve was named one of PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers.

Adam Nadel is an American photographer based in New York City.

Ryan Henriksen is the Multimedia Specialist at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Paul Hansen is a photojournalist based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Barbara Davidson has been a staff photographer for The Los Angeles Times since 2007.

Jassim Ahmad joined Reuters in 2000 and works in its Media division as Global Head of Multimedia & Interactive Innovation, with responsibility for developing high-impact visual storytelling.

Ayperi Karabuda Ecer is a documentary photography editor and strategist, former global vice president of pictures at Reuters, editor-in-chief at Magnum Photos Paris, and bureau chief at SIPA New York.

Alejandro Cartagena has been named on of PDN’s 30 emerging photographers. His work has been exhibited and published internationally and is in several public and private collections in Mexico, USA, Brazil and Italy.

Alessandra Quadri was born in Padua, Italy, in 1980 and is currently based in Rome.

Amy Lyne is a freelance documentary photographer whose work focuses on humanitarian and social issues that tend to be overshadowed by the headline news.

In 2002, Cathy Greenblat made photography a central element of her professional and personal work, choosing to retire early from Rutgers to pursue her photographic interests and projects.

Claire Martin began her career by pursuing a degree in Social Work, however, she changed her focus to photography when she realised that change can also be effected through this medium.