Category: Contests
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World Press Photo of the Year: A Tale Told Twice – The New York Times
World Press Photo of the Year: A Tale Told Twice The award winners were announced today at the World Press Photo Festival in Amsterdam. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/lens/world-press-photo-of-the-year-a-tale-told-twice.html The award winners were announced today at the World Press Photo Festival in Amsterdam. The other finalists for the photo of the year award included Ivor Prickett and Adam…
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World Press Photo: Photograph of a man on fire wins top photo prize – The Washington Post
Perspective | World Press Photo: Photograph of a man on fire wins top photo prize Photographer Ronaldo Schemidt won the World Press Photo of 2017 title for an image of a Venezuelan demonstrator engulfed in fire. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/04/12/world-press-photo-harrowing-photograph-of-a-man-on-fire-wins-top-photo-prize/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.317e48d4e63b “It’s a classical photo, but it has an instantaneous energy and dynamic,” said Magdalena Herrera,…
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Quick Tip: When Prizes Come with a Downside | PDNPulse
Quick Tip: When Prizes Come with a Downside | PDNPulse Prizes are coveted, but they can come with a downside. Pultizer Prize-winners Deanne Fitzmaurice and William Snyder offer some advice. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/04/quick-tip-prizes-come-downside.html The World Press Photo awards will be announced Thursday, April 12, followed by the Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, April 16. Major prizes…
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Filmmaker/Photographer Graham Dickie Wins 2018 Alexia Student Grant | PDNPulse
Filmmaker/Photographer Graham Dickie Wins 2018 Alexia Student Grant | PDNPulse Dickie won for a film and photography project about hip-hop culture in Louisiana. Runners up were Jordan Gale, Jiang Nan, Swastik Pal and Gabriel Scarlett. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/04/filmmaker-photographer-graham-dickie-wins-2018-alexia-student-grant.html Graham Dickie of Tsinghua University (Beijing)and the University of Texas at Austin has won the 2018 Alexia…
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Rena Effendi Wins $20K Alexia 2018 Professional Grant | PDNPulse
Rena Effendi Wins $20K Alexia 2018 Professional Grant | PDNPulse Effendi won for a project about the effects of trauma from recurrent sexual abuse at the Spirit Lake reservation in North Dakota. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/04/rena-effendi-wins-20k-alexia-2018-professional-grant.html Photographer Rena Effendi has won the $20,000 Alexia 2018 Professional Grant to support her “Spirit Lake” project, the Alexia Foundation…
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Conflicting Interests: The Deutsche Börse Foundation Prize 2018 | Disphotic
Conflicting Interests: The Deutsche Börse Prize 2018 When I gave up writing this blog, I thought that the four years and three hundred odd posts would have made it pretty clear where I stand critically, and ethically. I thought that editors would eit… via Disphotic: http://www.disphotic.com/conflicting-interests-the-deutsche-borse-foundation-prize-2018/ This review concerns The Deutsche Börse Foundation Prize hosted…
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12 Photographers Win 2018 Guggenheim Fellowships | PDNPulse
12 Photographers Win 2018 Guggenheim Fellowships | PDNPulse Anthony Hernandez, David Maisel, Rania Matar, Meghann Riepenhoff and Hank Willis Thomas are among the 12 photographic artists named 2018 Guggenheim Fellows. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/04/12-photographers-win-2018-guggenheim-fellowships.html Teju Cole, the writer, photographer and photography critic for The New York Times Magazine, was also awarded a fellowship.
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Andrea Bruce, Aida Muluneh, Carlos Javier Ortiz Win $30K Catchlight Fellowships | PDNPulse
Andrea Bruce, Aida Muluneh, Carlos Javier Ortiz Win $30K Catchlight Fellowships | PDNPulse This year’s fellowships will support projects about democracy in the U.S., police shootings in California, and photographic representation of Africa. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/04/andrea-bruce-aida-muluney-carlos-javier-ortiz-win-30k-catchlight-fellowships.html Photographers Andrea Bruce, Carlos Javier Ortiz and Aida Muluneh have won the 2018 Catchlight Fellowships, the San Francisco-based organization…
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11 Legends-To-Be: A Predictive List Of Today’s Future Legends – Resource
11 Legends-To-Be: A Predictive List Of Today’s Future Legends – Resource Once someone is sanctified as a legend, it can be hard to remember that they were once normal, hard working individuals like ourselves. In recognition of this sad fact, which deprives us of the hope that we, too, can become legends, we’ve compiled a…
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ASNE announces 2018 award winners | Poynter
ASNE announces 2018 award winners – 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/asne-announces-2018-award-winners Lisa Krantz of the San Antonio Express-News is the winner of the Photojournalism Award, which rewards photography that captures the sense…
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The Winning Photos of the 2017 Smithsonian Photo Contest
The Winning Photos of the 2017 Smithsonian Photo Contest Smithsonian.com has just announced the winning photos of its 2017 Photo Contest, the 15th edition of the contest. The grand prize winner this year was via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/03/28/the-winning-photos-of-the-2017-smithsonian-photo-contest/ Smithsonian.com has just announced the winning photos of its 2017 Photo Contest, the 15th edition of the contest.…
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Martin Stavars, The One Man in a Web of Online Photo Contests
Martin Stavars, The One Man in a Web of Online Photo Contests Online photo contests are a popular way for photographers to test their skills and vie for global recognition and bragging rights. But some contests are via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/03/23/martin-stavars-the-one-man-in-a-web-of-online-photo-contests/ Online photo contests are a popular way for photographers to test their skills and vie…
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Fund Your Work: Women Photograph Calls for Grant Applications | PDNPulse
Fund Your Work: Women Photograph Calls for Grant Applications | PDNPulse Women Photograph will award six project grants totaling $35,000 to support new and ongoing projects by women photographers. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/03/fund-work-women-photograph-calls-grant-applications.html Women Photograph has announced its 2018 project grants for women and non-binary photographers. Applications for six grants worth a total of $35,000 will…
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Carol Guzy Wins 2018 Robert Capa Gold Medal Award | PDNPulse
Carol Guzy Wins 2018 Robert Capa Gold Medal Award | PDNPulse Photographer Carol Guzy of ZUMA Press has won the 2018 Robert Capa Gold Medal Award for her reportage about the effects of the war against ISIS on the civilian population of Mosul. The Overseas Press Club announced the news yesterday. Reuters photographer via PDNPulse:…
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UPDATE: Another Contest Scam? Who Runs Monochrome and Monovisions Awards? | PDN Online
UPDATE: Another Contest Scam? Who Runs Monochrome and Monovisions Awards? | PDN Online Photographers who were asked to judge the Monochrome Awards, a black-and-white photography competition that charges entry fees ranging from $15-$25 tell PDN that they never judged the competition. via PDN Online: https://www.pdnonline.com/features/industry-updates/another-contest-scam-runs-monochrome-monovisions-awards/ Photographers who were asked to judge the Monochrome Awards, a…
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Syrian Photographer Wins 7th HIPA Grand Prize of $120,000 | PDNPulse
Syrian Photographer Wins 7th HIPA Grand Prize of $120,000 | PDNPulse Syrian photographer Mohamed Alragheb has won the 2017 HIPA Grand Prize of $120,000 for his image of a car bombing in Western Aleppo. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/03/syrian-photographer-wins-7th-hipa-grand-prize-120000.html Syrian photographer Mohamed Alragheb has won the $120,000 Grand Prize in the seventh annual Hamdan bin Mohammed bin…
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New Yorker, W, and TIME Win Ellie Awards for Photography and Video | PDNPulse
New Yorker, W, and TIME Win Ellie Awards for Photography and Video | PDNPulse The New Yorker won the 2018 National Magazine Award for feature photography for Philip Montgomery’s photo story about the opioid epidemic. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/03/new-yorker-w-and-time-win-ellie-awards-for-photography-and-video.html The New Yorker magazine has won the 2018 National Magazine Award for feature photography for “Faces of an…
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Photo Contest Judges Raise Alarm: We Didn’t Judge Anything…
Photo Contest Judges Raise Alarm: We Didn’t Judge Anything… There’s something strange going on with the International Photographer of the Year (IPOTY) photo contest. 11 of the 14 photographers listed as judges for via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/03/13/photo-contest-judges-raise-alarm-didnt-judge-anything/ There’s something strange going on with the International Photographer of the Year (IPOTY) photo contest. 11 of the 14…
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These Are the Pictures of the Year From 2017 – The New York Times
These Are the Pictures of the Year From 2017 Adam Ferguson was named Photographer of the Year for the 75th Pictures of the Year International competition, for work on assignment for The Times Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/lens/winners-2018-pictures-of-the-year-international.html Adam Ferguson was named Photographer of the Year in the 75th Pictures of the Year International competition, for work on…
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Finalists From Smithsonian Magazine’s 2017 Photo Contest – The Atlantic
Finalists From ‘Smithsonian’ Magazine’s 2017 Photo Contest ‘Smithsonian’ magazine just announced the group of 60 finalists in its 15th annual photo contest. via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/03/finalists-from-smithsonian-magazines-2017-photo-contest/554621/ The editors of Smithsonian magazine have just announced the 60 finalists in their 15th annual photo contest, selected from more than 48,000 entries sent in from 155 countries. They’ve…