Joburg photos take top award

Guy Tillim, a Cape Town photographer, has won the highly prestigious Leica Oskar Barnack award at the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in Arles, France. His photo essay, Johannesburg Story, looked at the changing life in Johannesburg's city centre. The French art publisher, Filigranes Editions, has released Guy's work under the title Joburg Downtown 2004. Guy's previous photography prizes include the Mondi prize for photojournalism and the Higashikawa prize in Japan.