Category: Contests
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Johanna-Maria Fritz Wins $5,000 Inge Morath Award 2017
Johanna-Maria Fritz Wins $5,000 Inge Morath Award 2017 The German photographer won the 2017 Inge Morath Award, which honors female photographers under 30 in memory of one of the first female Magnum shooters. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/07/17766.html Johanna-Marie Fritz has been named the winner of the 2017 Inge Morath Award, the Magnum Foundation announced today. The award comes with a $5,000 production…
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2017 Audubon Photography Awards – The Atlantic
2017 Audubon Photography Awards Spectacular wildlife photography: the winners and runners-up from the 2017 Audubon Photography Awards competition. via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/07/2017-audubon-photography-awards/533214/ The winners of the the eighth annual Audubon Photography Awards competition have just been announced. Photographers entered images in three categories: professional, amateur, and youth. More than 5,500 images depicting birdlife from 49…
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LENSCRATCH Student Prize 1st Place Winner: Shawn Bush | LENSCRATCH
Shawn Bush: 2017 LENSCRATCH Student Prize 1st Place Winner: Marking our fifth year running the Lenscratch Student Prize, myself, Aline Smithson, and Sarah Stankey continue to be excited about the quality of work flooding in from all different sectors of educational institutions, both nationally and internationally via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/07/lenscratch-student-prize-1st-place-winner-shawn-bush/ He most recent artist book A…
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Canon Female Photojournalist Award, Other Prizes Announced by Visa Pour L’Image Fest | PDNPulse
Canon Female Photojournalist Award, Other Prizes Announced by Visa Pour L’Image Fest | PDNPulse Canon Female Photojournalist Award, Humanitarian Visa d’or Award and the Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Grant have been announced. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/07/canon-female-photojournalist-award-prizes-announced-visa-pour-limage-fest.html The Canon Female Photojournalist Award of €8000 (approx. $9000 U.S.) will be given to Catalina Martin-Chico to support her project…
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The Unknown Eye and the Eugenes. – The Eye of Photography
[contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/06/30/article/159958492/the-unknown-eye-and-the-eugenes/”] The Unknown Eye and the Eugenes. – The Eye of Photography The Call for Entries for the 2017 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund just ended for this year, and it happened on the same day the great Eugene Richards’ first museum retrospective and tour opened. The Eugenes, Smith and Richards, make for good company because they…
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Winners of the BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition – The Atlantic
Winners of the BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition Some of the victors and finalists in the fourth annual BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition, put on by the California Academy of Sciences and bioGraphic. via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/06/winners-of-the-bigpicture-natural-world-photography-competition/531825/ Entrants in the fourth annual BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition, put on by the California Academy of Sciences, were invited…
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Danielle Villasana’s Advice on Applying for Grants and Awards | PDNPulse
Danielle Villasana’s Advice on Applying for Grants and Awards | PDNPulse Photographer Danielle Villasana has won numerous accolades for “A Light Inside,” her project about transgender women. They include the 2015 Inge Morath Award (see “How I Got That Grant: The $5,000 Inge Morath Award“), a 2015 Pride Photo Award, and a place via PDNPulse:…
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Five Photographers Win the 2017 Contemporary African Photography Prize | PDNPulse
Five Photographers Win the 2017 CAP Prize Five photographers won the 2017 CAP Prize for their series which all engage with the African continent and encourage a rethinking of the African image. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/06/five-photographers-win-contemporary-african-photography-prize.html Girma Berta, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Georges Senga, Fethi Sahraoui and Lebohang Kganye are the winners of this year’s CAP Prize— the…
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CENTER’s Project Launch Winner: Johnny Miller | LENSCRATCH
CENTER’s Project Launch Winner: Johnny Miller Johnny Miller received CENTER’s Project Launch Award from three significant jurors. His project, Unequal Scenes, looks at the separation of communities from the air for a profound look at the haves and have-nots. Christy Havranek, Photo Director for The H via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/06/centers-project-launch-winner-johnny-miller/ Johnny Miller received CENTER’s Project Launch…
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Latin American Pictures of the Year – The New York Times
Latin American Pictures of the Year Despite the challenges facing photojournalism, the winners of the latest Pictures of the Year Latam competition show how they are surging forward by staying true to their vision, not copying others. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/latin-american-pictures-of-the-year/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&_r=0 A Portuguese photographer, Daniel Rodrigues — who only five years ago was unemployed and…
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Justyna Mielnikiewicz about The Smith Grant: “That grant is a milestone in my career” – The Eye of Photography
[contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/05/29/article/159953364/justyna-mielnikiewicz-about-the-smith-grant-i-have-no-doubt-that-that-grant-is-a-milestone-in-my-career/”] Justyna Mielnikiewicz about The Smith Grant: “That grant is a milestone in my career” – The Eye of Photography Justyna Mielnikiewicz received the grant for 2016 to complete her project A Diverging Frontier, in which she looks at life in the former Soviet states, 25 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, and…
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American Family – Michael Reichmann Endowment Grant Recipient – Luminous Landscape
American Family – Michael Reichmann Endowment Grant Recipient – Luminous Landscape Zach Roberts Luminous Endowment Michael Reichmann Grant Recipient An American Family I was born and raised in Strasburg, PA and lived in New York City for many years, working as a bartender. That’s where I met my girlfriend, who I moved to Sweden…
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These 3 Photojournalists Receive the $30,000 Catchlight Grant – Feature Shoot
These 3 Photojournalists Receive the $30,000 Catchlight Grant – Feature Shoot Students from School #18 perform a show at the local theater in Sergiyev Posad, Russia, 15 Dec 2016. The show promotes the cadet school at School #18. © Sarah Blesener… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2017/05/these-3-photojournalists-receive-the-30000-catchlight-grant/ On April 25th, photojournalists Sarah Blesener, Brian Frank and Tomas…
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Peterson, Bracken, Streiber Win Special Prizes in PDN Photo Annual | PDNPulse
Peterson, Bracken, Streiber Win Special Prizes in PDN Photo Annual | PDNPulse Mark Peterson has won the first Photographer of the Year award, which honors a photographer in the PDN Photo Annual who has produced an outstanding body that reflects the year in photography. Peterson won the $10,000 prize for his book Political Theatre (…
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Meridith Kohut Wins 2017 Getty Images Chris Hondros Fund Award | PDNPulse
Meridith Kohut Wins 2017 Getty Images Chris Hondros Fund Award | PDNPulse Photojournalist Meridith Kohut won the sixth annual $20K Getty Images Chris Hondros Fund Award. ProPublica won the first ever $10K Domestic Reporting Grant. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/05/meridith-kohut-wins-2017-getty-images-chris-hondros-fund-award.html Venezuela-based photojournalist Meridith Kohut has won the sixth annual $20,000 Getty Images Chris Hondros Fund (CHF) Award…
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“Winning” Photography (At Any Cost) – PhotoShelter Blog
“Winning” Photography (At Any Cost) – PhotoShelter Blog Sal Cincotta entered and won a photography contest that he owns. Supporters say it’s no big deal because it happens all the time. Detractors cry ethical violation. via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/05/winning-photography-at-all-costs/ I’ve never entered a photo contest. In part because I have a fear of not winning…
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New Chris Hondros Fund Photography Grant Goes to ProPublica | Time.com
New Photography Grant Launched to Help Tell America’s Stories The $10,000 grant, created by the Chris Hondros Fund, will go to ProPublica via Time: http://time.com/4760294/domestic-reporting-hondros-grant/ The new grant, worth $10,000, is dedicated to the defense of press freedom in the U.S. and will fund two to three stories produced by the non-profit news organization ProPublica.
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CatchLight Fellowship: Here Are the Three Inaugural Fellows | Time.com
Here Are the Three Inaugural CatchLight Fellows TIME Exclusive: Sarah Blesener, Brian Frank and Tomas van Houtryve each won $30,000 via Time: http://time.com/4754039/catchlight-fellows/ Photographers Sarah Blesener, Brian Frank and Tomas van Houtryve are the winners of the first CatchLight Fellowship. Each will receive $30,000 to complete a project that promotes social good.
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Michael Christopher Brown, Artist’s Book Infinity Award – The Eye of Photography
Michael Christopher Brown, Artist’s Book Infinity Award The project for which he receives the ICP Infinity Award—Libyan Sugar (2016)— explores ethical distance and the iconography of warfare while using a phone camera. A book on the series was released in 2016 by Twin Palms Publishers; a lm and a mixed media installation will complete the…
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Edmund Clark and Crofton Black, Documentary and Photojournalism Infinity Award – The Eye of Photography
Edmund Clark and Crofton Black, Documentary and Photojournalism Infinity Award Crofton Black and Edmund Clark’s Negative Publicity: Artefacts of Extraordinary Rendition offers a complex portrayal of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s secret detention practices in the war on terror and the process of investigating them