European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Brazilian photographer Sebastian Salgado was a Winner in the world press photo contest for this photo of Oll fled firefighters in Kuwait the Gulf War and aftermath highlight �?T91 world photo Competition the persian Gulf War and its lingering repercussions dominated the Public consciousness in 1991, and now the images of those events Are dominating news contests. At the recent world news photo contest in Amsterdam photos of the environmental and human tragedies that followed the conflict won several awards. American Les Stone working for the French photo service Sigma received the spot news award for his dramatic Quot first supplies land in kurdish Camp Quot which vividly captures the frantic opening moments of the implementation of operation provide Comfort. The . Military helicopter was virtually stormed by desperate refugees who had been forced into the mountains by Saddam Hussein a troops. Brazilian Sebastiao Salgado of magnum Usa received the Osar Barnack award for the Best picture expressing the relationship Between Man and his environment. His photo Quot the kuwaiti inferno Quot captured the scope of the Oil Field blight and the grim reality of what it took to control the damage. Les Stone won the spot news award Tor this photo of kurdish Relief efforts. Page 16 a the stars and stripes tuesday february 25, 1992