Category: Contests

  • Emerging photographers confront race, gender and environment issues in the 2018 Flash Forward Emerging Photographers Competition – The Washington Post

    Emerging photographers confront race, gender and environment issues in the 2018 Flash Forward Emerging Photographers Competition – The Washington Post

    Perspective | Emerging photographers confront race, gender and environment issues in the 2018 Flash Forward Emerging Photographers Competition The Flash Forward 2018 competition introduced four special-interest categories for emerging photographer around the world. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/05/10/emerging-photographers-confront-race-gender-and-environment-issues-in-the-2018-flash-forward-emerging-photographers-competition/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.27d1a4503d17 The Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Emerging Artists Competition announced its 2018 winners. The competition began 13 years ago,…

  • The 2018 All About Photo Award Winners | LENSCRATCH

    The 2018 All About Photo Award Winners | LENSCRATCH

    The 2018 All About Photo Award Winners It was a privilege and an honor to be one of the jurors for this new edition of All About Photo Awards 2018. First of all, I can’t thank enough Liu Bolin, Eli Klein, Crista Dix, Marco Gualizzini, Elisabeth Mouchy, Ann Jastrab and Michael Itkoff for their via…

  • More Staged Nature Photography Discovered

    More Staged Nature Photography Discovered It turns out that Marcio Cabral’s staged ant eater image was just the tip of a very shady ice-berg. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/05/staged-nature-photos-discovered.html The world of nature and landscape photography was rocked by scandal last month when it was discovered that Marcio Cabral’s image of an ant eater approaching a glowing…

  • Fund Your Work: Upcoming Deadlines for Documentary, Fine-Art Grants and Prizes | PDNPulse

    Fund Your Work: Upcoming Deadlines for Documentary, Fine-Art Grants and Prizes | PDNPulse Deadlines for grant applications and submissions for several photo prizes are due in the weeks ahead. These grants and prizes support ongoing and new personal projects, photojournalism and news photography, and include photo grants specifically designed t via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/05/fund-work-upcoming-deadlines-documentary-fine-art-grants-prizes.html Deadlines for…

  • A Closer Look at the Stuffed Anteater Photo Contest Scandal

    A Closer Look at the Stuffed Anteater Photo Contest Scandal

    A Closer Look at the Stuffed Anteater Photo Contest Scandal Brazilian photographer Marcio Cabral was disgraced last week after he was stripped of his 1st prize by the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/04/30/a-closer-look-at-the-stuffed-anteater-photo-contest-scandal/ Brazilian photographer Marcio Cabral was disgraced last week after he was stripped of his 1st prize by the…

  • Sim Chi Yin, a Patient Photographer, Wins Chris Hondros Award – The New York Times

    Sim Chi Yin, a Patient Photographer, Wins Chris Hondros Award – The New York Times

    Sim Chi Yin, a Patient Photographer, Wins Chris Hondros Award The freelance photographer based in Beijing is honored for her keen sense of the geographic locations, cultures and subjects she covers. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/lens/sim-chi-yin-a-patient-photographer-wins-chris-hondros-award.html The freelance photographer based in Beijing is honored for her keen sense of the geographic locations, cultures and subjects she covers.

  • Sim Chi Yin Wins 2018 Getty Images and Chris Hondros Fund Award | PDNPulse

    Sim Chi Yin Wins 2018 Getty Images and Chris Hondros Fund Award | PDNPulse Beijing-based photographer Sim Chi Yin has been named the winner of the Getty Images and Chris Hondros Fund Award, which comes with a grant of $20,000. The board of the Chris Hondros Fund (CHF) announced the news today. Now in its…

  • Is Ryan Kelly’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Photograph an American ‘Guernica’?

    Is Ryan Kelly’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Photograph an American ‘Guernica’? Finding echoes of a famous politically-charged painting in Ryan Kelly’s prize-winning image. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/04/ryan-kellys-pulitzer-prize-winning-photograph-american-guernica.html At first glance, the photograph is nearly impossible to make sense of visually or politically. Cars are not supposed to drive into pedestrians; fellow citizens are not supposed to kill each…

  • What the 2018 Pulitzers tell us about the state of American journalism | Poynter

    What the 2018 Pulitzers tell us about the state of American journalism | Poynter

    What the 2018 Pulitzers tell us about the state of American journalism – Poynter From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/news/what-2018-pulitzers-tell-us-about-state-american-journalism The 14 Pulitzer prizes for American journalism can be a form of tea leaves…

  • What the 2018 Pulitzers tell us about the state of American journalism | Poynter

    What the 2018 Pulitzers tell us about the state of American journalism | Poynter

    What the 2018 Pulitzers tell us about the state of American journalism – Poynter From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/news/what-2018-pulitzers-tell-us-about-state-american-journalism The 14 Pulitzer prizes for American journalism can be a form of tea leaves…

  • The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Photography Now Works for a Brewery – PhotoShelter Blog

    The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Photography Now Works for a Brewery – PhotoShelter Blog

    The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Photography Now Works for a Brewery – PhotoShelter Blog Photographer Ryan M. Kelly boarded a plane in Amsterdam after receiving 2nd place in the Breaking News category for World Press Photo for his image of a car plowing into a crowd in Charlottesville. When he landed in the U.S.,…

  • Photography Pulitzers Awarded for Coverage of Charlottesville and Rohingya Refugee Crisis – The New York Times

    Photography Pulitzers Awarded for Coverage of Charlottesville and Rohingya Refugee Crisis – The New York Times

    Photography Pulitzers Awarded for Coverage of Charlottesville and Rohingya Refugee Crisis Ryan M. Kelly received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for his image of a car driving through protesters in Charlottesville, Va. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/lens/pulitzer-prize-photography-charlottesville.html Ryan M. Kelly received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for his image of a car…

  • Andrea Bruce Wins $20K 2018 Anja Niedringhaus Award | PDNPulse

    Andrea Bruce Wins $20K 2018 Anja Niedringhaus Award | PDNPulse Bruce won for her work focusing on people living in the aftermath of war, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/04/andrea-bruce-wins-20k-2018-anja-niedringhaus-award.html Photographer Andrea Bruce has won the 2018 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) announced on Saturday. The…

  • This photojournalist won a Pulitzer for an image he made on his last day in the newsroom | Poynter

    This photojournalist won a Pulitzer for an image he made on his last day in the newsroom | Poynter

    This photojournalist won a Pulitzer for an image he made on his last day in the newsroom – Poynter From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/news/photojournalist-won-pulitzer-image-he-made-his-last-day-newsroom it was Kelly’s last day in the newsroom.…

  • Photos of Car Attack and Refugees Win 2018 Pulitzer Prizes

    Photos of Car Attack and Refugees Win 2018 Pulitzer Prizes

    Photos of Car Attack and Refugees Win 2018 Pulitzer Prizes The 2018 Pulitzer Prize winners have just been announced. Photographer Ryan Kelly of The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, Virginia, won the Breaking via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/04/16/photos-of-car-attack-and-refugees-win-2018-pulitzer-prizes/ The 2018 Pulitzer Prize winners have just been announced. Photographer Ryan Kelly of The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, Virginia, won…

  • Here are the winners of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes | Poynter

    Here are the winners of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes | Poynter

    Here are the winners of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes – Poynter From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/news/here-are-winners-2018-pulitzer-prizes Winners of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes were announced at Columbia University in New York City on…

  • Andrea Bruce wins the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award – The Washington Post

    Andrea Bruce wins the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award Anja Niedringhaus, Courage in Photojournalism Award, photojournalism, Andrea Bruce via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/04/14/andrea-bruce-wins-the-anja-niedringhaus-courage-in-photojournalism-award/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a495b34836c9 In April 2014, Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus was killed by a police officer in Afghanistan’s Khost province. And for the past four years, Niedringhaus’s dedication and legacy — one that includes…

  • Conflicting Interests: A Follow Up | Disphotic

    Conflicting Interests: A Follow Up | Disphotic

    Conflicting Interests: A Follow Up I wanted to write a short update to my previous piece about conflicts of interest and transparency in the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation prize. After a rather drawn out back and forth with T… via Disphotic: http://www.disphotic.com/conflicting-interests-a-follow-up/ After a rather drawn out back and forth with The Photographers Gallery they…

  • Photo of Man on Fire Wins World Press Photo of the Year

    Photo of Man on Fire Wins World Press Photo of the Year

    Photo of Man on Fire Wins World Press Photo of the Year Venezuelan photographer Ronald Schemidt has just been awarded the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year prize in 2018 for his striking photo of a via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/04/13/this-photo-of-a-man-on-fire-is-the-world-press-photo-of-the-year/ The photo, titled “Venezuela Crisis,” was one of 6 finalists that were named back in…

  • Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 13 April 2018 – Photojournalism Now

    Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 13 April 2018 This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – World Press Photo announces its winners. Featured are the Photo of the Year, plus three visual stories that won in the categories of Contem… via Photojournalism Now: https://photojournalismnow43738385.wordpress.com/2018/04/13/photojournalism-now-friday-round-up-13-april-2018/ This year the competition considered 73,044 images taken by…