Category: Contests
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POYi Emerging Vision Recipient Brings Poverty To Life In Cemetery
The final resting place of Filipino presidents and celebrities, some 80 funerals take place at Manila’s North Cemetery each day. Today the cemetery is also home to more than 2,000 of the city’s poorest families. In order to bring the story of the breathing citizens of North Cemetery to life, James Chance, the 2010 recipient…
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Student Project Award | Luceo Images
This year’s recipient is Masud alam Liton, a student of Pathshala South Asian Media Academy in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He will receive $1,000 along with mentorship for the project from one LUCEO member. Below is a gallery of the images he submitted along with his thoughtfully written proposal. We would like to gratefully thank our judges Elizabeth…
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l e n s c r a t c h: Holga Palooza…submit!
Holgapalooza is the annual photo contest presented by Light Leaks magazine! This year they’ve assembled some fantastic judges who have chosen some great themes. And they’ve had some amazing support by our sponsors to offer some very sweet prizes. Link: l e n s c r a t c h: Holga Palooza…submit!
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Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award Winner Andy Spyra « The Leica Camera
Andy Spyra is the winner of the Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award 2010. The international jury sought to find a series of photographs in which a photographer, under the age of 25 years old, perceives and documents the interaction between man and the environment with acute vision and contemporary style – creative, groundbreaking and unintrusive. Here…
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NPPF Awards Six Student Scholarships
Six college students have been selected by the National Press Photographers Foundation to each receive $2,000 scholarships, NPPF Scholarship Committee chair Dr. James W. Brown announced. Link: NPPF Awards Six Student Scholarships
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Hearst National Photojournalism Finalists Announced
The names of the six college photojournalism students from around the country who have been picked to compete in the 50th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s National Photojournalism Championships have been released, along with the added news that this year’s shoot-out will be in Manhattan instead of northern California. Link: Hearst National Photojournalism Finalists Announced
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The Visual Student » Hearst photo finalists announced
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation announced the six finalists for the 50th Annual Photojournalism Championships in New York City. The finalists will participate in spot assignments, and will compete for additional awards ranging from $1,500 to $5,000. Link: The Visual Student » Hearst photo finalists announced
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MJR Film Grant
We want to help you realize your project and we understand the level of commitment it takes to keep pushing the analogue medium. So, in addition to supplying $500 worth of film, we want to start a conversation. This is where the information/drinks evening, portfolio reviews and the winner’s event come into play – it’s…
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Student Project Award Applications Due In 10 Days | Luceo Images
The deadline for the LUCEO Student Project Award is quickly approaching – May 15. If you haven’t already submitted your materials, you have only ten days left to get them in. This year’s winner will receive $1000 to use for their project, as well as mentorship for the project from one LUCEO member. Link: Student…
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Anatomy of a Successful Grant Proposal: Krisanne Johnson’s Coming of Age Story
Since 2006, photojournalist Krisanne Johnson has been documenting the lives of young women coming of age in Swaziland, a country which reports one of the highest percentages of HIV-positive people in the world. Link: Anatomy of a Successful Grant Proposal: Krisanne Johnson’s Coming of Age Story
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POYi Launches $10,000 Emerging Incentive Program
POYi, the oldest photojournalism program in the world, has announced the “POYi Emerging Vision Incentive.” The incentive will fund and showcase documentary work on social issues or political trends by aspiring documentary photographers. The Emerging Vision Incentive recipient will receive up to $10,000 to assist in developing a photo story that reflects daily life, social…
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PDNPulse: POYi Announces New 10K 'Incentive' for Emerging Photographers
The grant is open to students and emerging or early career photographers. There’s no age restriction, but the rules bar applicants whose primary income is from working as a photographer (in other words, established pros need not apply.) Link: PDNPulse: POYi Announces New 10K ‘Incentive’ for Emerging Photographers
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RFK Center Announces Winners of 2010 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards
Domestic Photography Winner: “No Greater Love,” Carol Guzy, The Washington Post: “No Greater Love” paints a strong emotional narrative that speaks to the process of dying, as well as Alzheimer’s disease, aging, and home health care. Her work illustrates a situation that connects strongly with viewers, with a story that goes well beyond its expected…
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AP's Khalil Hamra Wins Robert Capa Gold Medal Award
“Hamra’s pictures of the Israeli military incursion into Gaza showed exceptional courage and enterprise by a committed local photographer during a sustained and highly dangerous conflict,” OPC judges said of their selection. Link: AP’s Khalil Hamra Wins Robert Capa Gold Medal Award
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PDNPulse: Photog Kevin Bubriski Named Peabody Museum Fellow
Link: PDNPulse: Photog Kevin Bubriski Named Peabody Museum Fellow
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2009 Sports Shooter Annual Contest: Picture Story Winners
Link: 2009 Sports Shooter Annual Contest: Picture Story Winners « Sports Shooter Academy
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The Pulitzer Prizes – Lens
The Pulitzer Prizes Pulitzers were awarded to photographers at The Denver Post and The Des Moines Register. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/the-pulitzer-prizes/ The Pulitzer Prizes for photography were awarded today to Craig F. Walker of The Denver Post and Mary Chind of The Des Moines Register. Mr. Walker received the award for feature photography for the…
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Mary Chind, Craig F. Walker, Win Photo Pulitzer Prizes
Chind won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for a dramatic drowning rescue photograph, and Walker won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for the extended essay “Ian Fisher: American Soldier.” Link: Mary Chind, Craig F. Walker, Win Photo Pulitzer Prizes
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Calls for Entry – Consumption – The Center for Fine Art Photography
Calls for Entry at The Center for Fine Art Photography Offering reputable photography Calls for Entry, exhibitions and artist awards for the past 13 years. Open Calls listed here. via The Center for Fine Art Photography: http://www.c4fap.org/cfe/2010Consumption/index.asp Consumption is a complex word. While it can signify the influence of advertising and marketing on our pervasive…