Category: Contests

2019 Lenscratch Student Prize: Honorable Mention: Nick Drain | LENSCRATCH

2019 Lenscratch Student Prize: Honorable Mention: Nick Drain

It is with great excitement that we honor Nick Drain, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, BFA – 2020, with an Honorable Mention in the 2019 Lenscratch Student Awards. Thank you to our jurors Aline Smithson, Brennan Booker, Daniel George, Julia Bennett,

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2019/07/2019-lenscratch-student-prize-nick-drain/

It is with great excitement that we honor Nick Drain, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, BFA – 2020, with an Honorable Mention in the 2019 Lenscratch Student Awards. Thank you to our jurors Aline Smithson, Brennan Booker, Daniel George, Julia Bennett, Drew Nikonowicz, Sarah Stankey and Shawn Bush.

August 4, 2019
2019 Lenscratch Student Prize: Third Place: Reuben Radding | LENSCRATCH

2019 Lenscratch Student Prize: Third Place: Reuben Radding

It is with great excitement that we honor Reuben Radding, Goddard College, MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts – 2019, with Third Place in the 2019 Lenscratch Student Awards. As the winner, he will receive a mini exhibition on the Curated Fridge, a Lenscratch

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2019/07/2019-lenscratch-student-prize-third-place-reuben-radding/

It is with great excitement that we honor Reuben Radding, Goddard College, MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts – 2019, with Third Place in the 2019 Lenscratch Student Awards. As the winner, he will receive a mini exhibition on the Curated Fridge, a Lenscratch T-Shirt and tote, and today’s feature on Lenscratch. Thank you to our sponsors and to our jurors Aline Smithson, Brennan Booker, Daniel George, Julia Bennett, Drew Nikonowicz, Sarah Stankey and Shawn Bush.

August 4, 2019
Leica Camera USA announces Leica Women Foto Project (giving away $10K and Leica Q2 camera to three female photographers) – Leica Rumors

Leica Camera USA announces Leica Women Foto Project (giving away $10K and Leica Q2 camera to three female photographers) – Leica Rumors

Leica Camera USA announces the Leica Women Foto Project – a platform designed to support diversity and inclusion in photography through ongoing programs and a new photography award. The award calls for photographers looking to pursue a long-term project t

via Leica Rumors: https://leicarumors.com/2019/07/22/leica-camera-usa-announces-leica-women-foto-project-giving-away-10k-and-leica-q2-camera-to-three-female-photographers.aspx/

Leica Camera USA announces the Leica Women Foto Project – a platform designed to support diversity and inclusion in photography through ongoing programs and a new photography award. The award calls for photographers looking to pursue a long-term project to submit entries beginning today, July 22nd. The three recipients of the award will be announced on October 16th. Each will receive a cash price of $10,000 to be used exclusively on a long-term photo project, in addition to a one year loan of a Leica Q2, which will be passed down to the next generation of winners, as well as a replacement camera to permanently add to their photography kits.

August 4, 2019
2019 Lenscratch Student Prize: First Place: Guanyu Xu | LENSCRATCH

2019 Lenscratch Student Prize: First Place: Guanyu Xu

It is with great excitement that we honor Guanyu Xu, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA – 2019, with First Place in the 2019 Lenscratch Student Awards. As the winner, he will receive a $1000 Cash Award and a feature on Lenscratch, a year long men

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2019/07/2019-lenscratch-student-prize/

It is with great excitement that we honor Guanyu Xu, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA – 2019, with First Place in the 2019 Lenscratch Student Awards. As the winner, he will receive a $1000 Cash Award and a feature on Lenscratch, a year long mentorship with Aline Smithson, a THINK TANK camera bag, a $500 Gift Certificate towards a Los Angeles Center of Photography Workshop, a $500 Gift Certificate towards a Santa Fe Photo Workshop, a $500 Gift Certificate from Freestyle Photo Supplies a mini exhibition on the Curated Fridge, a collection of books from Yoffy Press, a collection of books from Kris Graves Projects, a Supporting Level membership with CENTER, plus a listing online and a consult with Angie Rizzo, a Lenscratch T-Shirt and tote. Thank you so much to our sponsors and to our jurors: Aline Smithson, Shawn Bush, Daniel George, Sarah Stankey, Drew Nikonowicz, Brennan Booker, and Julia Bennett.

August 4, 2019
2019 Audubon Photography Awards – The Atlantic

2019 Audubon Photography Awards

Some of the best bird photography of the year—a collection of the 2019 winners and runners-up.

via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/07/2019-audubon-photography-awards/594304/

The winners of the the tenth annual Audubon Photography Awards competition have just been announced. Photographers entered images in four categories: professional, amateur, youth, and plants for birds. More than 8,000 images depicting birdlife from all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces were judged. The National Audubon Society was again kind enough to share some of this year’s winners and runners-up with us below. You can also see all of the top 100 entries at the Audubon website.

August 4, 2019
Women Photograph Announces 2019 Grantees | PDNPulse

Women Photograph Announces 2019 Grantees | PDNPulse

2019 Women Photograph Grant winners include Koral Caraballo, Iman Al-Dabbagh, Shaima Al Tamimi, Sophia Nahli Allison, Marie Hald, and Annie Tritt.

via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/07/women-photograph-announces-2019-grantees.html

Iman Al-Dabbagh, Shaima Al Tamimi, Sophia Nahli Allison, Marie Hald, and Annie Tritt have won the 2019 Women Photograph + Nikon Grants of $5,000 each, while Koral Carballo has won the $10,000 Women Photograph + Getty Images Grant. Women Photograph announced the winners this week.

July 17, 2019
Over 1,300 women from around the world competed for Women Photograph grants. Here are the winners. – The Washington Post

Perspective | More than 1,300 from around the world competed for Women Photograph grants. Here are the winners.

This year’s winners include a diverse array of work from multiple countries including Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mexico and the United States.

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2019/07/15/over-women-around-world-competed-these-women-photograph-grants-here-are-winners/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.98fe3355c701

Photographer Koral Carballo, whose work is shown above, is the winner of this year’s $10,000 Women Photograph + Getty Images grant. Carballo won for “The Mystery of Disguise,” a project examining Afrodescendence in Mexico. A statement provided by Women Photograph gives more information about Carballo’s work:

July 15, 2019
Centralia by Poulomi Basu – Witness

Centralia by Poulomi Basu

Dazzled by an apocalyptic beauty; by eclipse and fire; by joy, dread and dream; by life and death.

via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/centralia-by-poulomi-basu-199ef621ad47

Poulomi Basu was the first-prize winner for PHmuseum’s 2018 Grant, awarded by an independent jury featuring Monica Allende (Independent Photo Editor and Cultural Producer), Roger Ballen (photographer and artist), Genevieve Fussell (Senior Photo Editor at The New Yorker), and Emilia van Lynden (Artistic Director, Unseen). It is being published as part of World Press Photo’s collaboration with the PHmuseum.

July 4, 2019
The Winning Photos of the 2019 Nat Geo Travel Photo Contest

The Winning Photos of the 2019 Nat Geo Travel Photo Contest

National Geographic has announced the winners of its 2019 Travel Photo Contest. Photographer Weimin Chu won the $7,500 grand prize for his Cities photo

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2019/06/14/behold-the-winning-photos-of-the-2019-nat-geo-travel-photo-contest/

National Geographic has announced the winners of its 2019 Travel Photo Contest. Photographer Weimin Chu won the $7,500 grand prize for his Cities photo “Greenlandic Winter,” which shows the fishing village of Upernavik in Greenland.

June 14, 2019
Carolyn van Houten Wins 2019 Robert Capa Gold Medal Award | PDNPulse

Carolyn van Houten Wins 2019 Robert Capa Gold Medal Award | PDNPulse

Maggie Steber won the Overseas Press Club’s President’s Award, while Shiho Fukada and Nariman El-Mofty also won OPC photography awards.

via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/04/carolyn-van-houten-wins-2019-robert-capa-gold-medal-award.html

Washington Post photographer Carolyn van Houten has won the 2019 Robert Capa Gold Medal Award from the Overseas Press Club for her coverage last fall of the caravan of Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States. Van Houten was honored at an awards ceremony in New York last week. Other photographers recognized at the ceremony were Maggie Steber, winner of the OPC President’s Award; Shiho Fukada, winner of the Feature Photographer Award; and Nariman El-Mofty, who won the Olivier Rebbot Award.

April 24, 2019
The Winning Photos of the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards

The Winning Photos of the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards

The prestigious Sony World Photography Awards has announced the winners of the 2019 photo contest. Italian photographer Federico Borella was named

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2019/04/18/the-winning-photos-of-the-2019-sony-world-photography-awards/

Italian photographer Federico Borella was named Photographer of the Year (and the 1st place winner in Documentary) for his project Five Degrees, which focuses on male suicide in the farming community of Tamil Nadu, Southern India, which is experiencing its worst drought in 140 years. The series was praised by the competition’s jury for “its sensitivity, technical excellence and artistry in bringing to light a global concern.”

April 19, 2019
Photos of Yemen War and Central American Asylum Seekers Win Pulitzers – The New York Times

Photos of Yemen War and Central American Asylum Seekers Win Pulitzers

Lorenzo Tugnoli of The Washington Post took the award for feature photography and the photo staff of Reuters won for breaking news photography.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/lens/pulitzers-photography-yemen-central-america.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Lorenzo Tugnoli of The Washington Post took the award for feature photography and the photo staff of Reuters won for breaking news photography.

April 16, 2019
Lorenzo Tugnoli of The Washington Post – The Pulitzer Prizes

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Link: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/lorenzo-tugnoli-washington-post

For brilliant photo storytelling of the tragic famine in Yemen, shown through images in which beauty and composure are intertwined with devastation. (Moved by the jury from Breaking News Photography, where it was originally entered.)

April 16, 2019
Photography Staff of Reuters – The Pulitzer Prizes

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Link: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-reuters-1

For a vivid and startling visual narrative of the urgency, desperation and sadness of migrants as they journeyed to the U.S. from Central and South America.

April 16, 2019
Photo of ‘Crying Girl on the Border’ Wins World Press Photo 2019

Photo of ‘Crying Girl on the Border’ Wins World Press Photo 2019

Getty Images photographer John Moore has won the prestigious World Press Photo Contest for 2019 for his photo titled “Crying Girl on the Border.” The

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2019/04/11/photo-of-crying-girl-on-the-border-wins-world-press-photo-2019/

Getty Images photographer John Moore has won the prestigious World Press Photo Contest for 2019 for his photo titled “Crying Girl on the Border.” The photo was selected from among 78,801 submitted by 4,738 photographers.

April 12, 2019
Is This the Best Photo of the Year? – The New York Times

Is This the Best Photo of the Year?

John Moore’s photo of a 2-year-old asylum seeker and her mother being detained was named photo of the year in the World Press Photo contest.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/lens/is-this-the-best-photo-of-the-year.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

John Moore’s photo of a 2-year-old asylum seeker and her mother being detained was named photo of the year in the World Press Photo contest.

April 12, 2019
World Press Photo Story of the Year nominee: The Yemen Crisis

World Press Photo Story of the Year nominee: The Yemen Crisis

Lorenzo Tugnoli talks about his experience in Yemen, the consequences of the conflict, and what he hopes sharing this story will achieve

via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/story-of-the-year-nominee-the-yemen-crisis-b3c288d3faf4

As a photographer, I have worked extensively in the Middle East and Central Asia. I lived in Kabul from 2010 to 2015 where I started my ongoing relationship with The Washington Post. In 2015, I moved to Beirut and now my work focuses on the consequences of the conflicts in the area.

April 11, 2019
World Press Photo Story of the Year nominee: The Lake Chad Crisis

World Press Photo Story of the Year nominee: The Lake Chad Crisis

Marco Gualazzini talks about life in Chad, desertification, and what he hopes sharing this story will achieve

via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/story-of-the-year-nominee-the-lake-chad-crisis-c911641447cd

In this article, I speak with Marco Gualazzini about his story The Lake Chad Crisis:

April 11, 2019
2019 Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to 12 Photographers | PDNPulse

2019 Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to 12 Photographers | PDNPulse

Catherine Opie, Ron Jude, Jennifer Garza-Cuen and Barbara Davidson are among the 12 photographers named 2019 Guggenheim Fellows

via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/04/2019-guggenheim-fellowships-photographers.html

Catherine Opie, Ron Jude, Jennifer Garza-Cuen and Barbara Davidson are among the 12 photographers named 2019 Guggenheim Fellows, according to an announcement from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The fellowships provide grants of undisclosed amounts to support projects by artists, scholars, scientists and writers. The foundation selected 168 fellows this year from a pool of more than 3,000 applicants. This year’s fellows in photography are:

April 11, 2019
The Problem Isn’t the Photo Contest, It’s Us – PhotoShelter Blog

The Problem Isn’t the Photo Contest, It’s Us – PhotoShelter Blog

Eye-rolls, shrugs, and barbs greeted the $120,000 Grand Prize winner of Dubai’s HIPA Photography Prize. Malaysian photographer Edwin Ong’s photo of a partially blind Vietnamese woman carrying her baby was derided for representing yet another “poverty porn

via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2019/03/the-problem-isnt-the-photo-contest-its-us/

Eye-rolls, shrugs, and barbs greeted the $120,000 Grand Prize winner of Dubai’s HIPA Photography Prize. Malaysian photographer Edwin Ong’s photo of a partially blind Vietnamese woman carrying her baby was derided for representing yet another “poverty porn” contest winner before it was suggested that the image was staged by photographer Ab Rashid.

March 22, 2019