Category: Contests

  • 2022 World Press Photo Contest Winners Announced — Blind Magazine

    2022 World Press Photo Contest Winners Announced — Blind Magazine

    2022 World Press Photo Contest Winners Announced — Blind Magazine The World Press Photo Contest recognizes the best photojournalism and documentary photography of the previous year. This year, the winners were chosen out of 64,823 photographs and open format entries, by 4,066 photographers from 130 countries.  World Pre via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/2022-world-press-photo-contest-winners-announced/ Global jury chair…

  • Winners of 2022 World Press Photo Contest

    Colonisation and environmental loss the focus of winning World Press Photos The contest recognises the best in photojournalism and documentary photography from around the world. via The Sydney Morning Herald: https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/colonisation-and-environmental-loss-the-focus-of-winning-world-press-photos-20220407-p5abjl.html The legacy of colonisation and environmental loss were the focus of the winning photographs in this year’s World Press Photo Contest.

  • Canadian Amber Bracken wins World Press Photo of the Year for residential school memorial photo – The Globe and Mail

    Canadian Amber Bracken wins World Press Photo of the Year for residential school memorial photo – The Globe and Mail

    Canadian Amber Bracken wins World Press Photo of the Year for residential school memorial photo Photo of a memorial on Tk’emlups te Secwepemc land just outside Kamloops, B.C., has been named the World Press Photo of the Year via The Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/article-canadian-photojournalist-amber-bracken-wins-world-press-photo-of-the/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links Canadian Amber Bracken wins World Press Photo of the Year for…

  • The Regional Winners of the 2022 World Press Photography Competition | PetaPixel

    The Regional Winners of the 2022 World Press Photography Competition | PetaPixel

    The Regional Winners of the 2022 World Press Photography Competition The World Press Photo organization has announced the winners of its 2022 competition. Now in its 65th year, the competition recently switched to a new via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/03/24/the-regional-winners-of-the-2022-world-press-photography-competition/ The World Press Photo organization switched to a new regional model for the 2022 competition, as it…

  • Leica Announces its Women Foto Project Award Winners | PetaPixel

    Leica Announces its Women Foto Project Award Winners | PetaPixel

    Leica Announces its Women Foto Project Award Winners To expand diverse representation in photography. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/03/09/leica-announces-leica-women-foto-project-award-winners-and-mentees/ Leica Camera has announced the winners of the third annual Leica Women Foto Project Award in partnership with Fotografiska and VII Photo Agency, with the aim of expanding diverse representation in photography and empowering the female point of…

  • Chris Johns Lifetime Achievement Award – The Photo Society

    Link: The Photo Society is proud to announce Chris Johns, former staff photographer and Executive Editor of National Geographic magazine is this years Lifetime Achievement winner.

  • ‘We don’t have a limit’: Yasuyoshi Chiba – agency photographer of 2021 | World news | The Guardian

    ‘We don’t have a limit’: Yasuyoshi Chiba – agency photographer of 2021 Yasuyoshi Chiba has been chosen by the picture desk as its agency photographer of the year. We hear from the AFP photojournalist via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/dec/23/we-dont-have-a-limit-yasuyoshi-chiba-agency-photographer-of-2021 Yasuyoshi Chiba has been chosen by the picture desk as its agency photographer of the year. We…

  • 2021 Winners | Yunghi Grant

    2021 Winners The Yunghi Grant Winner 2021 via Yunghi Grant: https://yunghikim.wordpress.com/2021/12/25/2409/ The Yunghi Grant is especially mindful of photojournalist’s growth: personally and professionally. The perseverance and resilience to take a story to its conclusion, or nearly so is well noted.

  • Photographing the Russian Occupation of Georgia | Blind

    Photographing the Russian Occupation of Georgia Robakidze’s project “Creeping Borders” looks at the Russian presence in Georgia, and the effects of the installation of artificial barriers along the occupation line on the lives of both individuals and whole communities. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/photographing-the-russian-occupation-of-georgia-en Tako Robakidze’s project “Creeping Borders” looks at the Russian presence in Georgia, and the…

  • Film Photo Award Fall 2021 Finalists – LENSCRATCH

    Film Photo Award Fall 2021 Finalists – LENSCRATCH

    Film Photo Award Fall 2021 Finalists – LENSCRATCH Today we share the Student Project Finalists and the Visionary Project Finalists the in the Film Photo Award Fall 2021. The Film Photo Award Fall 2021 Juror, Larisa Leclair shares some remarks about the selections: In the 1990’s, just before the integrati via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/11/film-photo-award-fall-2021-finalists/ Today we…

  • On the Depiction of Africans in Photo Contests – PhotoShelter Blog

    On the Depiction of Africans in Photo Contests – PhotoShelter Blog

    On the Depiction of Africans in Photo Contests – PhotoShelter Blog As a child during the 1980s, I grew up with a weekly diet of TIME magazine and the evening news. The famine in Ethiopia during the decade generated an endless stream of news filled with images of Black bodies, so much so that my…

  • LOBA Winner 2021: Ana María Arévalo Gosen – YouTube

    LOBA Winner 2021: Ana María Arévalo Gosen – YouTube

    LOBA Winner 2021: Ana María Arévalo Gosen The series by this year’s Leica Oskar Barnack Award winner Ana María Arévalo Gosen is titled “Días Eternos”, which translates as “Eternal Days”. It addresses… via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT1kzwl-mWc The series by this year’s Leica Oskar Barnack Award winner Ana María Arévalo Gosen is titled “Días Eternos”, which translates…

  • LOBA Winner Newcomer 2021: Emile Ducke – YouTube

    LOBA Winner Newcomer 2021: Emile Ducke – YouTube

    LOBA Winner Newcomer 2021: Emile Ducke Kolyma – Along the Road of Bones: Thousands of gulag inmates from the Stalin era died while helping to build a high-speed road through the remote Kolyma regi… via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33vAcIjDqOI Kolyma – Along the Road of Bones: Thousands of gulag inmates from the Stalin era died while helping…

  • Ralph Gibson – Leica Hall of Fame Award 2021 winner – YouTube

    Ralph Gibson – Leica Hall of Fame Award 2021 winner – YouTube

    Ralph Gibson – Leica Hall of Fame Award 2021 winner Ralph Gibson, this year’s winner of the Leica Hall of Fame Award, tells the story of his outstanding career as a photographer. In more than six decades, he h… via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAVkJkWJSXk Ralph Gibson, this year’s winner of the Leica Hall of Fame Award, tells…

  • LOBA shortlist candidates 2021 – YouTube

    LOBA shortlist candidates 2021 – YouTube

    LOBA shortlist candidates 2021 The shortlist candidates of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2021 and their submitted photo series.A detailed overview and more information on each series can b… via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZhaiimmv3I The shortlist candidates of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2021 and their submitted photo series.

  • The Best Panoramic Photos of 2021: Epson International Pano Awards | PetaPixel

    The Best Panoramic Photos of 2021: Epson International Pano Awards | PetaPixel

    The Best Panoramic Photos of 2021: Epson International Pano Awards The best panoramic photos of the year. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/10/20/the-best-panoramic-photos-of-2021-epson-international-pano-awards/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+petapixel+%28PetaPixel%29 The Epson International Pano Awards is the largest competition for panoramic photography and has announced its 2021 winners, with a misty cypress tree panorama awarded the top prize.

  • The Foto Awards presented by Las Fotos Project: Smita Sharma in Conversation with Anna Grevenitis – LENSCRATCH

    The Foto Awards presented by Las Fotos Project: Smita Sharma in Conversation with Anna Grevenitis – LENSCRATCH

    The Foto Awards presented by Las Fotos Project: Smita Sharma in Conversation with Anna Grevenitis – LENSCRATCH This week we are celebrating a wonderful organization in Los Angeles: the Las Fotos Project and The Foto Awards event taking place on October 23, 2021. Today we celebrate the Advocacy Award Winner (adult), Smita Sharma.  The Advocacy…

  • Announcing the Series Winners of the Emerging Photography Awards 2021 – Feature Shoot

    Announcing the Series Winners of the Emerging Photography Awards 2021 – Feature Shoot

    Announcing the Series Winners of the Emerging Photography Awards 2021 – Feature Shoot We’re delighted to announce the twelve winners of the 7th Annual Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards, with the selected artists spanning genres as well as continents. Christian K. Lee, Maggie… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2021/10/announcing-the-series-winners-of-the-emerging-photography-awards-2021/ We’re delighted to announce the twelve winners of…

  • The Recipients of the 42nd W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant | Blind

    The Recipients of the 42nd W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant The Award is being shared among Five Photographers covering stories from around the world. Each winner will receive $10,0000 to be used to continue their individual projects on a range of subjects. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/the-recipients-of-the-42nd-w-eugene-smith-fund-grant-en The Award is being shared among five photographers covering stories from…

  • Announcing the Winning Artists of the Creator Labs Photo Fund

    Announcing the Winning Artists of the Creator Labs Photo Fund

    Announcing the Winning Artists of the Creator Labs Photo Fund Meet the twenty winning artists recognized by Aperture and Google’s Creator Labs for their exceptional photographic visions. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/announcing-creator-labs-photo-fund-winners-2021/ This summer, Aperture and Google’s Creator Labs teamed up to launch a new initiative, the Creator Labs Photo Fund, aimed at providing financial support to…