The Press Photographer's Year 2008: Guardian winners

Baghdad, Iraq: A US soldier attached to Stryker units is seen with Iraqi soldiers at an Iraqi army post Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

Baghdad, Iraq: US soldiers capture a man, alleged to be a member of al-Qaida, in west Baghdad Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

US soldiers visit an Iraqi Army base in Amiriya, a Sunni neighbourhood in west Baghdad that al-Qaida claims to control Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

A US soldier provides cover as others try to put out a fire in an overturned Bradley fighting vehicle in Amiriya. The vehicle was bombed, killing six US soldiers and a translator Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

A portrait of the theatre director Neil Bartlett, who is directing a new production of the Maids, by Jean Genet. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian

David Cameron in a sweet shop in Blackpool before the start of the 2007 Conservative party conference Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian

A naked man lies under an exhibition vitrine, half his body hidden from view, in the Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now exhibition at the Barbican, in London Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian

Tony Blair travels from the Green Zone to Baghdad airport in a Puma helicopter with an armed escort Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian

Tony Blair boards his plane to leave for home after his last official visit to meet George Bush in Washington Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian

People salvage goods found in containers washed up on the beach at Branscombe, south Devon, after the container ship MSC Napoli became stranded Photograph: David Levene/Guardian

Coney Island, a US seaside resort since the end of the civil war, is in the process of a $1.5bn redevelopment and is set to close at the end of the summer Photograph: Felix Clay/Guardian

People enjoy a fairground ride at Coney Island Photograph: Felix Clay/Guardian

Coney Island, New York, at 1am on a Saturday. Most of the area is due to be demolished before being replaced by modern theme park rides surrounded by luxury apartments Photograph: Felix Clay/Guardian