Category: Contests

  • Vasantha Yogananthan, Emerging Photographer Infinity Award – The Eye of Photography

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    Vasantha Yogananthan, Emerging Photographer Infinity Award

  • The Luminous Endowment Grant Winners – April 2017 – Luminous Landscape

    The Luminous Endowment Grant Winners – April 2017 – Luminous Landscape

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    The Luminous Endowment Grant Winners – April 2017 – Luminous Landscape The Luminous Endowment Grant Winners – April 2017 We are delighted to announce the Winners of the first series of Luminous Endowment Grants for 2017. Once again, the standard of submissions was very high and we received more entries than ever before from via Luminous Landscape: https://luminous-landscape.com/luminous-endowment-grant-winners-april-2017/ We…

  • Sinclair Wins $20K 2017 Anja Niedringhaus Award | PDNPulse

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    Sinclair Wins $20K 2017 Anja Niedringhaus Award | PDNPulse Stephanie Sinclair has won the $20,000 2017 Courage in Photojournalism award for her work which focuses on gender and human rights around the world. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/04/sinclair-wins-20k-2017-anja-niedringhaus-courage-in-photojournalism-award.html Polish-Greek photographer Louisa Gouliamaki and American photographer Nicole Tung received honorable mentions

  • Sarah Blesener Wins the $20K Alexia Foundation Professional Grant | PDNPulse

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    Sarah Blesener Wins the $20K Alexia Foundation Professional Grant | PDNPulse Blesener’s series documents the patriotic clubs, education and summer camps in Russia, and has won the $20K Alexia Foundation Professional Grant for 2017. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/04/17204.html New York-based photographer Sarah Blesener has won the $20,000 Professional Grant from the Alexia Foundation for her series…

  • Photography Pulitzers Recognize Aftermath of Violence Here and Abroad – The New York Times

    Photography Pulitzers Recognize Aftermath of Violence Here and Abroad – The New York Times

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    Photography Pulitzers Recognize Aftermath of Violence Here and Abroad Daniel Berehulak’s gripping coverage in The New York Times of state-sanctioned killings in the Philippines and E. Jason Wambsgans’s chronicling for the Chicago Tribune of a 10-year-old gunshot victim’s recovery were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for breaking via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/photography-pulitzers-recognize-aftermath-of-violence-here-and-abroad/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0 Daniel Berehulak was awarded the…

  • Daniel Berehulak, freelance photographer – The Pulitzer Prizes

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    {{(global.pageOgTitle) ? global.pageOgTitle : global.pageTitle}} {{(global.pageDescription) ? global.pageDescription : global.pageDefaultDescription}} Link: http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/daniel-berehulak-freelance-photographer For powerful storytelling through images published in The New York Times showing the callous disregard for human life in the Philippines brought about by a government assault on drug dealers and users. (Moved into this category from Feature Photography by the nominating jury.)

  • E. Jason Wambsgans of Chicago Tribune – The Pulitzer Prizes

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    {{(global.pageOgTitle) ? global.pageOgTitle : global.pageTitle}} {{(global.pageDescription) ? global.pageDescription : global.pageDefaultDescription}} Link: http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/e-jason-wambsgans For a superb portrayal of a 10-year-old boy and his mother striving to put the boy’s life back together after he survived a shooting in Chicago.

  • Here are the winners of the 2017 Pulitzer Prizes – Poynter

    Here are the winners of the 2017 Pulitzer Prizes – Poynter

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    Here are the winners of the 2017 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: http://www.poynter.org/2017/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2017-pulitzer-prizes/455383/ Winners of the 2017 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday. The annual prizes, which mark the best…

  • The 2017 All About Photo Award Winners | LENSCRATCH

    The 2017 All About Photo Award Winners | LENSCRATCH

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    The 2017 All About Photo Award Winners Jonathan Bachman, All About Photo Second Place Winner Yesterday we featured the First Place Winner of the 2017 All About Photo Awards. Today we celebrate the other winners with an eye towards what it takes for a single image to catch the eye of jurors. Ea via LENSCRATCH:…

  • 12 Photographers Win 2017 Guggenheim Fellowships | PDNPulse

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    12 Photographers Win 2017 Guggenheim Fellowships | PDNPulse Mary F. Calvert, Maggie Steber and Zoe Strauss are among the 12 photographers who have been named Guggenheim Fellows for 2017, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced on April 7. The Fellowships provide grants of undisclosed amounts to sup via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/04/12-photographers-win-2017-guggenheim-fellowships.html Mary F. Calvert, Maggie…

  • Romain Mader is the winner of the Paul Huf Foam Award 2017 – The Eye of Photography

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    Romain Mader is the winner of the Paul Huf Foam Award 2017 Romain Mader (1988, Switzerland) is the winner of the eleventh Foam Paul Huf Award 2017. This annual prize, given to a photography talent under 35 years old, consists of €20.000 and an exhibition at Foam Museum. The jury chose Romain Mader from a pool of 100 nominated…

  • Magnum Foundation Fund Announces New Grant Winners | Time.com

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    Magnum Foundation Fund Announces New Grant Winners 10 photographers will split the $80,000 available via Time: http://time.com/4707244/magnum-foundation-fund/ This year’s selection of grantees are Mari Bastashevski,
 Marko Drobnjakovic, Carlo Gabuco , Daniel Castro Garcia, Eduardo Hirose, Nneka Iwunna, Mimi Cherono Ng’ok, Musuk Nolte, Alessandra Sanguinetti 
and Faiham Ebna Sharif

  • Denton and Ponomarev Win Robert Capa Gold Medal Award | PDNPulse

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    Denton and Ponomarev Win Robert Capa Gold Medal Award | PDNPulse Bryan Denton and Sergey Ponomarev share the prestigious award for courage in photo reporting about the fight in Iraq against ISIS. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/03/denton-ponomarev-win-robert-capa-gold-medal-award.html The two photojournalists shared the award for their coverage of fighting in Iraq to reclaim territory from ISIS. The work…

  • Emily Schiffer Wins Our ‘Family’ Call with an Intimate Portrayal of Her Own Family Life | FotoRoom

    Emily Schiffer Wins Our ‘Family’ Call with an Intimate Portrayal of Her Own Family Life | FotoRoom

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    Emily Schiffer Wins Our ‘Family’ Call with an Intimate Portrayal of Her Own Family Life Take a look at one of the two Best Series selected by Francesca Genovese as the winners of our ‘Family’ call. via FotoRoom: http://fotoroom.co/kin-emily-schiffer/ Platforms seek total control even as they abdicate responsibility. In other words, they’re perfect.

  • The Times Sweeps Overseas Press Club Photo Awards – The New York Times

    The Times Sweeps Overseas Press Club Photo Awards – The New York Times

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    The Times Sweeps Overseas Press Club Photo Awards From coverage of state-sanctioned killings of drug users in the Philippines to in-depth reports on Venezuela’s economic and social collapse, The New York Times swept the Overseas Press Club’s photography awards. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/the-times-sweeps-overseas-press-club-photo-awards/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0 Recognizing “exceptional courage and enterprise,” the Overseas Press Club awarded its Robert…

  • Kevin Faingnaert Wins 2017 ZEISS Photography Award | PDNPulse

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    Kevin Faingnaert Wins 2017 ZEISS Photography Award | PDNPulse Belgian photographer Kevin Faingnaert has won the 2017 ZEISS Photography Award for his project, “Føroyar,” a series about life on remote and sparsely populated villages on the Faroe Islands (an archipelago located between Iceland and Norway in the North A via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/03/kevin-faingnaert-wins-2017-zeiss-photography-award.html Belgian photographer Kevin Faingnaert has won…

  • CatchLight Announces 11 Finalists for Inaugural $30K Fellowships | PDNPulse

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    CatchLight Announces 11 Finalists for Inaugural $30K Fellowships | PDNPulse 3 Fellows chosen from the shortlist will receive $30,000 and help from a media partner to distribute their completed projects. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/03/catchlight-announces-11-finalists-inaugural-30k-fellowships.html The jury chose the shortlist after reviewing 327 proposals with input from the three media partners. The jury was lead by Stephen…

  • World Press Photo’s Inaccurate Statements and Fragmented Investigation – Vantage – Medium

    World Press Photo’s Inaccurate Statements and Fragmented Investigation – Vantage – Medium

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    World Press Photo’s Inaccurate Statements and Fragmented Investigation More on the Hossein Fatemi controversy via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/world-press-photo-inaccurate-statements-and-fragmented-investigation-d9f9bebac5#.rgdizavq4 The World Press Photo Contest Technical Report is misleading when it comes to their investigation with regard to Hossein Fatemi’s case. The report states “… Lyon was dealing with primary sources, in contrast to Talaie’s collection of secondary…

  • 2017 World Press Photo Awards Fake News – Medium

    2017 World Press Photo Awards Fake News – Medium

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    2017 World Press Photo Awards Fake News This year the jury of the World Press Photo (WPP) awarded Iranian photographer, Hossein Fatemi, the second place for his long-term project… via Medium: https://medium.com/@RaminTalaie/2017-world-press-photo-awards-fake-news-3a807abd4f1f#.xz1fno142 This year the jury of the World Press Photo (WPP) awarded Iranian photographer, Hossein Fatemi, the second place for his long-term project titled…

  • Why Does Controversy Follow World Press Photo? – PhotoShelter Blog

    Why Does Controversy Follow World Press Photo? – PhotoShelter Blog

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    Why Does Controversy Follow World Press Photo? – PhotoShelter Blog Another year and another controversy for World Press Photo. This year, photographer Ramin Talaie raised questions about the authenticity of Hossein Fatemi who took 2nd place in long-term projects with his An Iranian Journey. World Press Photo Managing Dir via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/03/controversy-follow-world-press-photo/ Compared to…