2009 Results | The Press Photographer’s Year 2009:
Even with a reduction in the category totals we were delighted to have received more entries than last year. The jury spent two long days in total, working through the 7,877 photographs, both in slideshow form, and as C-type prints, laid out on the huge Olivier foyer floor at the National Theatre.
A final edit of 146 photographs has been made and 16 prizes have been awarded. What follows is the winners list and a web gallery of the complete edit that will feature in the exhibition at the National Theatre from 4th July until 31st August. This is “The Press Photographer’s Year 2009”.
Stories of conquering fear: Advice from Platon | Waitin’ On a Moment – by Tim Gruber | NYC Photographer:
fear.less is an online magazine that will be launching soon that has notable people address the issue of overcoming fear. I signed up for their magazine awhile back and today I received a PDF about Platon facing and overcoming his fears.
Fun Polaroid Simulator Will Waste Many Hours | Gadget Lab | Wired.com:
Toycamera’s Analogcolor isn’t the first Polaroid simulator, but it is the best I have seen so far. The $10 java application runs on both OS X and Windows. You drop a jpeg onto the window and from there you can mercilessly degrade your image in many ways, from vignetting to blowing out highlights. You can select from a number of presets which mimic Polaroid or other film development processes, and the latest version even simulates the tell-tale red and orange streaks of light leaks.
Thom Hogan has received some information that the Nikon D700x will be released before November 2009. The D700x is expected to have the 24MP sensor from the D3x and video.
I really like watching television. I’m going to be honest here. Multimedia bores me and I think it bores most readers; at least that’s what I figure by the low numbers of hits. I myself can’t make it past the one-minute mark on most projects, and this makes me wonder for how long the average watcher, who doesn’t do this for a living, stays tuned in.
In the last 25 years, you might have run into Jason Eskenazi in Haiti, Afghanistan, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine or Dagestan. He may have been photographing on assignment for Time or The Times, or working on projects financed by a Guggenheim or a Fulbright grant. Today, if you want to see Mr. Eskenazi, you don’t have to go farther than the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He’s the short, middle-aged man in the guard uniform watching the sunlight fall on the statues in the Greek galleries.
Cameras in iPods. Game Over? | Gadget Lab | Wired.com:
If Apple puts a camera in every iPod (the dying Classic and the tiny Shuffle excepted), will it kill the compact camera industry? The answer might actually be yes.
The Visual Science Lab: A new strategy for buying cameras. Circa 2009.:
Just a thought. Lenses for the long haul, bodies year by year. No matter which system you favor. Because even when the megapixel hysterics wear out we’ll still have dynamic range to drive the market.
Vancouver photographer, Jonah Samson, has created miniature worlds that feel familiar, but upon closer inspection are wonderfully twisted and perverse.
The adjective protean hardly seems adequate to describe the force of nature that is Lloyd Godman—photographer, organic gardener, environmental activist, educator, writer and visionary. The native New Zealander has for the past several decades produced numerous bodies of work that celebrate the power and mystery of nature while questioning our collective complacency towards the planet we inhabit. Born in Dunedin, New Zealand, and now living in Melbourne, Australia, Godman applies probing intelligence and generosity of spirit to unique multiple-image panoramas, multi-media installations, and performative works that challenge and engage viewers with direct and transformative grace.
Holgapolooza is an annual photo contest and celebration of the Holga camera.
Each year from July to September, photographers from around the world are encouraged to participate in an international contest featuring Holga photography hosted by Light Leaks Magazine and Toycamera.com.
Categories will be presented and submissions will be reviewed by well-respected and internationally renowned judges who will determine winners in each of the categories. Winners will be rewarded with cash and prizes donated by our sponsors as well as have their photos published in Light Leaks magazine.