article_snippet.sent: George Gittoes George Gittoes says George Gittoes 2015 Sydney Peace Prize is welcome recognition that 'creativity is the opposite of war'.
article_snippet.sent: The jury recognised George Gittoes 'for George Gittoes courage to witness and confront violence in the war zones of the world' and for 'enlisting the arts to subdue aggression'.
article_snippet.sent: George Gittoes, pictured at George Gittoes studio in Bundeena - south of Sydney in 2007, has just been awarded Sydney Peace Prize .
article_snippet.sent: George Gittoes told AAP George Gittoes doesn't consider George Gittoes in the same league as previous winners, which include Archbishop Desmond Tutu and academic Noam Chomsky but said it's great to have an artist recognised in a peace award. '
article_snippet.sent: We're communicators and We're creating, and creativity is the opposite of war, where they're destroying,' George Gittoes said. '
article_snippet.sent: Gittoes, born in southern Sydney, has chronicled conflicts in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East through painting, photography and film.
article_snippet.sent: Gittoes, born in southern Sydneysouthern Sydney, has chronicled conflicts in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East through painting, photography and film.
article_snippet.sent: George Gittoes is daring, brash an irreverent - qualities Australians identify with,' said chair of the Sydney Peace Foundation, David Hirsh. '
article_snippet.sent: The jury felt George Gittoes unique approach to peace building and social justice should be recognised and applauded.'
article_snippet.sent: George Gittoes recently visited war-torn Afghanistan, establishing an artist collective in the city of Jalalabad.
article_snippet.sent: George Gittoes will receive the prize at a November ceremony in Sydney.
highlights_snippet.sent: George Gittoes was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize on Saturday .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: George Gittoes was in recognition of George Gittoes 45 years chronicling conflicts around the world .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: George Gittoes says George Gittoes doesn't consider George Gittoes in the same league as previous winners such as Desmond Tutu and Noam Chomsky .