Category: Contests

  • Reuters launches grant program to develop the next generation of photojournalists

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    Reuters launches grant program to develop the next generation of photojournalists This week, at the Visa pour l’Image international festival of photojournalism in Perpignan, France, Reuters is launching a grant program which seeks to recruit and develop a diverse new generation of photojournalists to tell original human stories from around the world. via U.S.: https://www.reuters.com/article/rpb-grants-idUSKCN1BF0YJ…

  • Getty Images Grant Winners Announced for 2017 – The New York Times

    Getty Images Grant Winners Announced for 2017 – The New York Times

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    Getty Images Grant Winners Announced for 2017 Photographers working on personal projects focused on underreported social issues received $10,000 each on Thursday from the 2017 Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/getty-images-grant-winners-announced-for-2017/ PERPIGNAN, France — Photographers working on personal projects focused on underreported social issues, from poverty in Venezuela to sperm smuggling,…

  • Four Photographers Honored in the 2017 Ian Parry Scholarship Award

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    Link: Sharafat Ali has won the 2017 Ian Parry Scholarship, the board of the scholarship program announced yesterday. Ali, who is based in Kashmir and covers conflict, politics, faith and daily life in the region, won the Award for Achievement for his work on anti-India protests in the region.

  • Daniel Castro Garcia is the 2017 W. Eugene Smith Grant recipient – The Eye of Photography

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    Link: Selected from a talented group of 12 finalists, Foreigner is the second chapter of Garcia’s ongoing project on the migrant/refugee crisis in Europe, focusing on Sicily, Italy and capturing the lives of those who survived the long journey across the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea.

  • Edmund Clark and Alex Majoli both receive Smith Fund Fellowship – The Eye of Photography

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    Link: This year, as photographer Daniel Castro Garcia received the Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, the jury has decided to give the Smith Fund Fellowship not to one but two photographers. Edmund Clark and Alex Majoli were in fact honored this Wednesday night at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) Theater in New York…

  • Raffy Lerma, In The Midst Of Violent Change: Covering The Philippine Drug War – The Eye of Photography

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    Link: After presenting the recipients of the 2017 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund in Humanistic Photography awards on October 18, 2017 (Daniel Garcia Castro, Edmund Clark and Alex Majoli), The Eye of Photography joins the organization and features the works of the prize finalists.

  • The third annual Getty Images Instagram Grant honors Nina Robinson – The Eye of Photography

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    Link: Nina Robinson (@arkansasfamilyalbum) is an Arkansas-based photographer who originally began documenting the everyday life of her family in rural Arkansas but later expanded her project to include other African-American communities in the area. Her project An Arkansas Family Album focuses on an intimate exploration of loss, love and tradition in a rural black Southern…

  • Lizzie Sadin wins the 8th Carmignac Photojournalism Award – The Eye of Photography

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    Link: On October 20th, the Hôtel de l’Industrie in Paris (6th Arrondissement) opened a sobering and visually striking exhibition. Lizzie Sadin is showing images from the series The Trap—Trafficking Women in Nepal. The exhibition has been distinguished with the 8th Carmignac Photojournalism Award. Thanks to a €50,000 grant, the French photographer was able to bring…

  • Elizabeth Avedon, awarded Griffin Museum Lifetime Achievement 2017 – The Eye of Photography

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    Link: On October 22nd 2017 The Griffin Museum of Photography, near Boston, gave Elizabeth Avedon a  Lifetime Achievement award,  for promoting new and emerging photographers, and “whose ongoing commitment to photography has created far-reaching impact”. Elizabeth Avedon, a book designer for decades, for years a frenetic writer on young photographers and their work on her blog, the daughter-in-law…

  • L’édition 2017 du concours Uganda Press Photo Award – The Eye of Photography

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    Link: Le concours de photographie Uganda Press Photo Award est ouvert aux photojournalistes et photographes ougandais. Plateforme d’échanges sur la photographie, l’événement comporte ateliers, expositions, conférences et débats ainsi que revues de portfolios et de films.

  • Photographer of the year 2017: Zohra Bensemra | UK news | The Guardian

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    Photographer of the year 2017: Zohra Bensemra This year the picture desk has chosen the Reuters photojournalist Zohra Bensemra as agency photographer of the year via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/21/agency-photographer-of-the-year-2017-zohra-bensemra This year the picture desk has chosen the Reuters photojournalist Zohra Bensemra as agency photographer of the year. From the drought in Somalia to the conflict…

  • PDN’s 30 2018 : New and Emerging Photographers to Watch

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    Link: Reading through the stories of these 30 photographers, I was reminded of something writer Ta-Nehisi Coates said in an interview with The Atlantic in 2013. In talking about the challenging process of turning a good idea into a finished work, he said: “I strongly believe that writing is an act of courage. It’s almost…

  • The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners

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    The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners – Longreads This year’s Pulitzer winners include Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, investigative reporting from The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the New Yorker, music from Kendrick Lamar, and more. via Longreads: http://longreads.com/2018/04/16/the-2018-pulitzer-prize-winners/ As expected, the New York Times and The New Yorker dominated much of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize fanfare, and…

  • The Winning Photos of the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards

    The Winning Photos of the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards

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    The Winning Photos of the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards The prestigious Sony World Photography Awards has announced its overall winners for the 2018 competition. The Photographer of the Year award was won by via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/04/20/the-winning-photos-of-the-2018-sony-world-photography-awards/ The prestigious Sony World Photography Awards has announced its overall winners for the 2018 competition. The Photographer of…

  • The Winning Photos of Nat Geo’s Travel Photographer of the Year 2018

    The Winning Photos of Nat Geo’s Travel Photographer of the Year 2018

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    The Winning Photos of Nat Geo’s Travel Photographer of the Year 2018 National Geographic has announced the winning photos of its popular Travel Photographer of the Year 2018 photo contest. The grand prize was awarded to via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/06/28/the-winning-photos-of-nat-geo-travel-photographer-of-the-year-2018/ National Geographic has announced the winning photos of its popular Travel Photographer of the Year 2018…

  • I Helped Judge the 2018 Audubon Photography Contest. Here’s How We Did It. – PhotoShelter Blog

    I Helped Judge the 2018 Audubon Photography Contest. Here’s How We Did It. – PhotoShelter Blog

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    I Helped Judge the 2018 Audubon Photography Contest. Here’s How We Did It. – PhotoShelter Blog Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes of major photo contests? Allen Murabayashi recounts his day helping to judge the Audubon Photography Awards. via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2018/07/i-helped-judge-the-2018-audubon-photography-contest-heres-how-we-did-it/ In late 2017 Sabine Meyer, the Photography Director of the National…

  • Thousands entered the iPhone Photography Awards contest. These are the winners. – The Washington Post

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    Perspective | Thousands entered the iPhone Photography Awards contest. These are the winners. A look at the winners of the 2018 iPhone Photography Awards via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/07/18/thousands-entered-but-only-these-photographers-won-the-iphone-photography-awards/ The iPhone Photography Awards were created 11 years ago when the popularity of taking photos with an iPhone started to increase. Every year, the competition receives thousands…

  • Apply to the Ian Perry Scholarship for Young Photojournalists – Feature Shoot

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    Apply to the Ian Perry Scholarship for Young Photojournalists Iraqi Special Operations Forces soldiers survey the aftermath of an ISIS suicide car bomb that managed to reach their lines in the Al Andalus neighbourhood of East Mosul. © Ivor… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/06/apply-to-the-ian-perry-scholarship-for-young-photojournalists/ The Ian Parry Scholarship, described by the renowned photographer Marcus Bleasdale as…

  • 10 Shortlisted Photos of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2018

    10 Shortlisted Photos of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2018

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    10 Shortlisted Photos of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2018 The prestigious Astronomy Photographer of the Year photo contest put on by Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the shortlisted photos for the 2018 via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/07/24/10-shortlisted-photos-of-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2018/ The prestigious Astronomy Photographer of the Year photo contest put on by Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the shortlisted…

  • Announcing the Winners of The Print Swap Exhibition at Photoville! – Feature Shoot

    Announcing the Winners of The Print Swap Exhibition at Photoville! – Feature Shoot

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    Announcing the Winners of The Print Swap Exhibition at Photoville! Yuka’s Begin © Andreas R. Kremer (@andreaskremer.photography), Cologne, Germany Madison © Ian Wallace (@ianwallace), Brooklyn, NY Diana the Animal Healer, Topanga, California, 2017 © Kat Bawden (@bawdenka), Los Angeles, CA The… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/08/announcing-the-winners-of-the-print-swap-exhibition-at-photoville/ The Print Swap is coming to Photoville! We received an overwhelming…