Category: Contests

  • Winners of the 2016 World Press Photo Contest – The Atlantic

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    Winners of the 2016 World Press Photo Contest The winning entries of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest ​have just been announced. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/02/winners-of-the-2016-world-press-photo-contest/463431/ The winning entries of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest ​have just been announced. The 2016 Photo of the Year is a haunting nighttime image of refugees…

  • AFP sweeps “Spot News stories” at World Press Photo 2016 – Correspondent

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    Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/afp-winners-at-world-press-photo-2016 The first prize went to Syrian photographer Sameer Al-Doumy for his series on the effects of aerial bombardments on rebel forces in Douma and Hamouria. The second place went to Roberto Schmidt for his coverage of the avalanche on Everest. The third place went to Bulent Kilic for his series on…

  • Here Are the Best News Photos of the Year | TIME

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    Here Are the Best News Photos of the Year World Press Photo selects the best photojournalism images of 2015 via Time: http://time.com/4227421/world-press-photo-news/ Photographers are often at the center of ongoing wars, disasters and conflicts, showing the courage to brave a moment for a chance to document it. Such is reflected in this year’s World Press…

  • Here Are the Best Sports Photos of the Year | TIME

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    Here Are the Best Sports Photos of the Year World Press Photo selects the best press images of the year via Time: http://time.com/4227544/world-press-photo-sports/ From Russian hockey players to African wrestling champions to a football team of Ebola survivors, the World Press Photo contest announced the top sports photographs of the year.

  • Here Are the Best Wildlife Photos of the Year | TIME

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    Here Are the Best Wildlife Photos of the Year World Press Photo unveils its list of winners via Time: http://time.com/4227542/world-press-photo-nature/ This year’s World Press Photo winners in the nature categories show that our planet can be both brutal and awe-inspiring

  • Here Are the Best Portrait Photos of the Year | TIME

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    Here Are the Best Portrait Photos of the Year World Press Photo selects the best press images produced last year via Time: http://time.com/4227541/world-press-photo-portrait/ The 2015 World Press Photo winners have been announced, rolling out a slew of last year’s top portrait photos.

  • The World’s Best News Photos – The New York Times

    The World’s Best News Photos – The New York Times

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    The World’s Best News Photos The World Press Photo contest winners were announced, with a moody black-and-white image depicting the hardship of the Syrian migration crisis winning photo of the year. The New York Times also won five awards. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/world-press-photo-contest-warren-richardson-migrants-photos/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0 Francis Kohn, the jury chairman and photo director at Agence France-Presse, described…

  • Photo of Refugee Family Wins World Press Photo of the Year | TIME

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    Photo of Refugee Family Wins World Press Photo of the Year The photo shows a man handing over his baby he crosses into Hungary via Time: http://time.com/4227821/world-press-photo-warren-richardson/ It was 3:oo in the morning on Aug. 28, 2015, when Warren Richardson photographed a refugee handing his baby to another man as they crossed the barbed-wired border…

  • Choosing the year’s best images at World Press Photo – Correspondent

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    Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/in-the-eye-of-the-beholder Only two photos remain on the table. One of them will become the World Press Photo picture of the year. Two weeks ago, when judging in the world’s most prestigious photo contest began in Amsterdam on February 1, there were 85,000 photos by 5,775 photographers. Now there are just two left.

  • Fund Your Work: Four Documentary Photography Prizes Looking for Applications

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    Fund Your Work: Four Documentary Photography Prizes Looking for Applications | PDNPulse Three organizations that award prizes for documentary photography are seeking applications from photographers. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/02/fund-your-work-three-documentary-photography-prizes-looking-for-applications.html “We didn’t expect we’d have a First Amendment fight,” Daniel Power, owner of Powerhouse Books told The Daily Beast. “Plus, we licensed the damn images and compensated…

  • The story behind Andrew Quilty’s POYi winning photograph

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    The story behind Andrew Quilty’s POYi winning photograph “I saw Gul’s mother cover him with an orange scarf, I suppose to calm him and keep flies away.” via The Sydney Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/national/clique/the-story-behind-andrew-quiltys-poyi-winning-photograph-20160212-gmssqi.html Clique spoke to Quilty about the day he captured the image.

  • How Photo Competitions are Judged: Insights from a World Press Photo Awards Juror

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    How Photo Competitions are Judged: Insights from a World Press Photo Awards Juror A good story. I always say to my students, and people I work with: Show me what my eye doesn’t see. If you show me what my eye sees, you’re not moving me, you’re not disturbing me, you’re not hitting me, you’re…

  • HSBC Prize for Photography 2016 : Interview with Christian Vium – The Eye of Photography

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    HSBC Prize for Photography 2016 : Interview with Christian Vium The 21st edition of the HSBC Prize for Photography, for which Diane Dufour is the  artistic advisor this year, was won by Christian Vium and Marta Zgierska. Christian is a 35-year old Danish photographer. The series that was proposed is an anthropological study of Nouakchott,…

  • Victoria Sarno Jordan Wins Michel du Cille Scholarship | NPPA

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    Victoria Sarno Jordan Wins Michel du Cille Scholarship The Board of Directors of the Northern Short Course in Photojournalism are pleased to announce Victoria Sarno Jordan is the recipient of the inaugural Michel du Cille Memorial Scholarship. via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/victoria-sarno-jordan-wins-michel-du-cille-scholarship The most important skill of a photographer is an ability to capture intimacy, and I’ll…

  • Nikon Awards Prize to Badly ‘Shopped Photo, Hilarity Ensues

    Nikon Awards Prize to Badly ‘Shopped Photo, Hilarity Ensues

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    Nikon Awards Prize to Badly ‘Shopped Photo, Hilarity Ensues Nikon Singapore posted an announcement on its Facebook page yesterday, congratulating a photographer named Chay Yu Wei for capturing a perfect shot of an via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/01/29/nikon-awards-prize-to-badly-shopped-photo-hilarity-ensues/ Nikon Singapore posted anannouncement on its Facebook page yesterday, congratulating a photographer named Chay Yu Wei for capturing a…

  • Lauren Greenfield Honored with ICP Spotlights Award | American Photo

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    Lauren Greenfield Honored with ICP Spotlights Award Past honorees include Carrie Mae Weems, Mary Ellen Mark, Stephanie Sinclair and more

  • Brent Stirton wins 6th annual National Geographic Photographer’s Photographer award – The Photo Society

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    Brent Stirton wins 6th annual National Geographic Photographer’s Photographer award this guy is the real deal. He’s someone who goes all-out to show the ragged edge between man and nature, on the battle lines where habitat is lost or preserved

  • Call for Entries – Your Best of 2015

    Call for Entries – Your Best of 2015

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    fovi8 a community of photographers via fovi8: https://fovi8.com Here is a look at Dakar 2016 in progress, as teams race to Rosario, Argentina, on January 16.

  • Documentary Photographers: Contest Deadlines Approaching Fast

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    Documentary Photographers: Contest Deadlines Approaching Fast | PDNPulse Winter is the height of the photojournalism contest season, and entry deadlines are fast approaching for a number of international competitions. Among them are: The World Press Photo entry deadline is January 13, although entrants must register by January via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/01/documentary-photographers-contest-deadlines-approaching-fast.html Jeffrey Milstein’s ‘Parks and Recreation’…

  • Worth a read: Disphotic on photo contests that cost money | dvafoto

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    Worth a read: Disphotic on photo contests that cost money Calling paid-entry photo contest the “cash cow” of photography, Lewis Bush raises a lot of valid points.