Category: Contests
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Marchetti, Santiago Win 2015 Alexia Foundation Grants | NPPA
Marchetti, Santiago Win 2015 Alexia Foundation Grants The winners of the Alexia Foundation 2015 Grants were announced today, and Paolo Marchetti of Rome is the professional winner and Michael Santiago of the San Francisco Art Institute is the student winner. via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/marchetti-santiago-win-2015-alexia-foundation-grants The winners of the Alexia Foundation 2015 Grants were announced today, and…
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The 2015 Sony World Photography Awards – The Atlantic
The 2015 Sony World Photography Awards The Sony World Photography Awards, an annual competition hosted by the World Photography Organisation, just announced its shortlist of winners. This year's contest attracted 173,444 entries from 171 countries. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/ The Sony World Photography Awards, an annual competition hosted by the World Photography Organisation, just announced…
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See 30 of the Best Photos Short-Listed in the Sony World Photography Awards | TIME
See the 30 Best Photos Shortlisted in the Sony World Photography Awards More than 170,000 images compete for the ultimate award via Time: http://time.com/3718632/sony-world-photography-awards-shortlist/ Getty Images’ John Moore, Aristide Economopoulos, Lisa Krantz, Kerry Mansfield and Jassen Todorov are among the dozens of photographers to have been short-listed for the competition’s 2015 edition.
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Ed Kashi, Tim Matsui Win Top Multimedia Prizes at 2015 POYi
Ed Kashi, Tim Matsui Win Top Multimedia Prizes at 2015 POYi | PDNPulse Ed Kashi has won Multimedia Photographer of the Year honors at the 2015 Pictures of the Year International competition for his project called Syria’s Lost Generation, while Tim Matsui won Documentary Project of the Year for The Long Night, a film he…
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Melissa Lyttle reflects on judging POYi | dvafoto
Melissa Lyttle reflects on judging POYi Recently on tumblr, Melissa Lyttle reflected on her experience as a judge for this year’s POYi contest news division. She writes about the overall experience of judging the contest and gives more fine-grained observations about specific categories and trends in submissions. It’s well worth a read.
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Marcus Bleasdale Wins FotoEvidence Book Award for Central African Republic Coverage | American Photo
Marcus Bleasdale Wins FotoEvidence Book Award for Central African Republic Coverage The fifth annual contest highlights the photographer’s 18-month commitment to a horrific story forgotten by most media
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How a Chinese Organization is Helping Photographers Win Awards | TIME
See How a Chinese Organization is Helping Photographers Win Awards Li Qiang, a veteran Chinese photojournalist, helps the country score the photo industry’s most prestigious awards via Time: http://time.com/3713415/how-a-chinese-organization-is-helping-photographers-win-awards/ Li Qiang, a veteran Chinese photojournalist, helps his country score the photo industry’s most prestigious awards
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Announcing the Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Award Winners: Jiehao Su, Sebastian Collett and Ayumi Tanaka – Feature Shoot
Announcing the Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Award Winners: Jiehao Su, Sebastian Collett and Ayumi Tanaka – Feature Shoot Clockwise from left: Jiehao Su, Ayumi Tanaka, Sebastian Collett We are excited to announce the three winners of the inaugural Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards! We reviewed over 2,000 submissions… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2015/02/announcing-the-feature-shoot-emerging-photography-award-winners-jiehao-su-sebastian-collett-and-ayumi-tanaka/ We are excited to announce the three…
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WPP and The law of unintended consequences | duckrabbit
WPP and The law of unintended consequences — duckrabbit WPP. I’d decided to ignore it this year. Certainly I’d admire the winners, marvel at their abilities to wrestle an… via duckrabbit: http://www.duckrabbit.info/2015/02/wpp-and-the-law-of-unintended-consequences/ That’s a pretty serious offence. So it would appear that 20% of the cream of the crop of the world’s photojournalists who made…
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Should Photogs Disqualified from World Press Be Banned? Org Says No, For Now
Should Photogs Disqualified from World Press Be Banned? Org Says No, For Now | PDNPulse If World Press Photo is a reflection of the photojournalism industry, should photographers who attempted to deceive jurors be banned from the competition? via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2015/02/photogs-disqualified-world-press-banned-org-says-now.html According to World Press Photo managing director Lars Boering, the organization is not currently…
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Gerd Ludwig Wins POYi’s Best Photo Book of the Year Award
Gerd Ludwig Wins POYi’s Best Photo Book of the Year Award | PDNPulse Gerd Ludwig has won the 2015 POYi Best Photo Book of the Year honors for The Long Shadow of Chernobyl, his book about the lingering environmental, social, and economic consequences of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The award, part of the Reportage…
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World Press Photo Sets The Bar For Allowed Image Adjustments | A Photo Editor
World Press Photo Sets The Bar For Allowed Image Adjustments – A Photo Editor Bravo to World Press Photo for taking a leadership role in the debate of what levels of image enhancements, adjustments and manipulation are acceptable for photojournalism. As the winners of this years contest were announced the news that 20% of images…
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Daniel Berehulak Wins Reportage Photographer of the Year at 2015 POYi Competition
Daniel Berehulak Wins Reportage Photographer of the Year at 2015 POYi Competition | PDNPulse Australian photographer Daniel Berehulak of Getty Images has won Photographer of the Year honors in the Reportage Division of the 72nd annual Pictures of the Year International (POYi) competition, which is currently underway at the University of Missouri via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2015/02/daniel-berehulak-wins-reportage-photographer-year-2015-poyi-competition.html…
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World Press Photo: As Much About News as About the Human Condition? — BagNews
World Press Photo: As Much About News as About the Human Condition? – Reading The Pictures The picture of “Jon and Alex” seems to also be part of an emerging trend among the winning photographs of recent years: a cinematic aesthetics that combines artistic compositions with invitation to storytelling. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2015/02/world-press-photo-as-much-about-news-as-about-the-human-condition/ One…
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the life of m — Judging POYi is such a unique experience that I…
Judging POYi is such a unique experience that I… Judging POYi is such a unique experience that I wanted to share some thoughts and insights with you.
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LGBT Love … and Anxiety: On the Quiet/Not Quiet World Press Photo of the Year — BagNews
LGBT Love … and Anxiety: On the Quiet/Not Quiet World Press Photo of the Year You can talk about a photo in terms of what you believe it generally reflects or you can be more rigorous and address its content and nuances in a more specific way. In this case – and to the credit…
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World Press Photo Eliminates 20 Percent of Images for Manipulation | PhotoShelter Blog
World Press Photo Eliminates 20 Percent of Images for Manipulation – PhotoShelter Blog Along with the announcement of the World Press Photo winners, TIME reported that 20 percent of the images that reached the second-to-last round of judging were disqualified for “excessive post-processing.” Particularly problematic was the sports category. via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2015/02/world-press-photo-eliminates-20-percent-of-images-for-manipulation/ Given that the…
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world press photo rejects 20% of final-round entries due to manipulation
world press photo rejects 20% of final-round entries due to manipulation I think most would agree that “material addition or subtraction” from a still frame is a blatant affront to viewers and to the truth. We should all be alarmed that twenty percent of final-round images had some element of outright fabrication
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A Subtle Moment Becomes the World Press Photo of the Year – NYTimes.com
A Subtle Moment Becomes the World Press Photo of the Year World Press Photo has announced its 2014 contest winners, with judges giving top honors to quieter moments. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/12/a-subtle-moment-becomes-the-world-press-photo-of-the-year/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog For the second year in a row, World Press Photo’s judges gave their top prize to an image from the contemporary issues category,…
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How This Image Became the Best News Photo of the Year | TIME
How This Image Became the Best News Photo of the Year “You don’t have to go to Africa or Ukraine to take a great photo,” says the jury via Time: http://time.com/3706639/world-press-photo-of-the-year/ “You don’t have to go to Africa or Ukraine to take a great photo”