An eyewitness who took photographs of the aftermath of a bomb blast on a bus in Tavistock Square on July 7 and sent them to Scoopt has won the first Nokia Citizen Journalism Award.
The winning photographer, who asked to remain anonymous, and will be donating his prizes to charity, said: "If I tell you that I don't remember seeing the bus you won't believe me, but I didn't see it, such was the confusion in my head.
"I could have taken more pictures if I was a professional, but the reality was that I couldn't.
"The press interest in my photos was overwhelming.
"I asked [agency] Scoopt to look after the pictures for me so that I would not have to look at them any more, but of course the memories will never go away."
From the Press Gazette.
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