Category: Contests

  • Upcoming Grant Application Deadlines: Alexia, Center, Light Work, The Documentary Project

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    Upcoming Grant Application Deadlines: Alexia, Center, Light Work, The Documentary Project | PDNPulse Application deadlines for photography grants worth between $1,000 and $5,000 are approaching. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2015/01/upcoming-grant-application-deadlines-alexia-foundation-center-choice-documentary-project-light-work.html Applications for grants worth between $1,000 and $5,000 are approaching.

  • dvafoto’s Deadline Calendar – photo contests and calls for entry | dvafoto

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    dvafoto’s Deadline Calendar – photo contests and calls for entry If you know of any upcoming deadlines not on the list, please send them to deadlines@dvafoto.com

  • Project on Ukraine Wins $20,000 2015 Aftermath Grant

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    Project on Ukraine Wins $20,000 2015 Aftermath Grant | PDNPulse Justyna Mielnikiewicz has won the 2015 Aftermath Project Grant for “A Ukraine Runs Through It,” a project exploring tensions in modern Ukraine using Dnieper River as a symbolic dividing line. The $20,000 grant, offered by the nonprofit Aftermath Project, via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/12/project-ukraine-wins-20000-2015-aftermath-grant.html Justyna Mielnikiewicz has…

  • Winners of the 2014 National Geographic Photo Contest – In Focus – The Atlantic

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    Winners of the 2014 National Geographic Photo Contest National Geographic Magazine just announced the winners of this year's photo contest. Gathered below are the winning images from the People, Nature, and Places categories, as well as honorable mentions. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/12/winners-of-the-2014-national-geographic-photo-contest/100875/ National Geographic Magazine just announce the winners of this year’s photo contest. The…

  • Matt Black Is TIME’s Pick for Instagram Photographer of the Year 2014 | TIME

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    Matt Black Is TIME’s Pick for Instagram Photographer of the Year 2014 The Californian photographer has spent the last year putting poverty on the map using Instagram via Time: http://time.com/3615902/matt-black-instagram-photographer-of-2014/ The Californian photographer has spent the last year putting poverty on the map using Instagram

  • The 2014 National Geographic Photography Contest Winners | PROOF

    The 2014 National Geographic Photography Contest Winners | PROOF

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    The 2014 National Geographic Photography Contest Winners National Geographic has long been associated with inspiring photography that tells us something about the world we live in. The grand prize-winning image of this year’s photo contest does just that. It captures a small moment in time that speaks to a much via Photography: http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/17/the-2014-national-geographic-photography-contest-winners/ Says the…

  • Confessions Of A Contest Judge · DEDPXL

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    Confessions Of A Contest Judge I’ve met photographers whose sole purpose in life were to win some of these contests. They wanted the plaques and the recognition. Some did well. They shot for the contests and they knew what kind of stuff generally placed. Many others never got so much as an honorable mention. It’s…

  • Titus Simoens at Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels – The Eye of Photography

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    Titus Simoens at Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels The Monography Series Award Nikon-Bozar recognizes the work of a Belgian photographer with a solo exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts. From the 120 submissions, the jury selected the work of Titus Simoens (b. 1985 in Gand). Simoens’ series Mount Song was shot in 2013 in a kung-fu academy in the…

  • Shortlist for Deutsche Börse $47,000 Prize Announced

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    Shortlist for Deutsche Börse $47,000 Prize Announced | PDNPulse The shortlist for the 2015 Deutsche Börse Prize was announced today.  The annual prize, which comes with 30,000 pound award (about $47,200 US), was established by The Photographers’ Gallery in London. It is given annually to a living photographer (or coll via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/12/shortlist-deutsche-borse-47000-prize-announced.html The shortlist…

  • 2014 Winners · Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

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    2014 Winners · Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar winners from the 2014 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Contest

  • Nicoló Degiorgis Wins $10k Paris Photo-Aperture First PhotoBook Award

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    Nicoló Degiorgis Wins $10k Paris Photo-Aperture First PhotoBook Award | PDNPulse Photographer Nicoló Degiorgis received the award for his book Hidden Islam, depicting Muslim places of worship in Europe that are makeshift or temporary. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/11/nicolo-degiorgis-wins-10k-paris-photo-aperture-first-photobook-award.html The book is made entirely of gatefold pages. Black and white depictions of unassuming buildings like garages, shops…

  • David Titlow wins Taylor Wessing portrait prize » British Journal of Photography

    David Titlow wins Taylor Wessing portrait prize » British Journal of Photography

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    David Titlow wins Taylor Wessing portrait prize This year I think the jurors got it right. The winner of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2014 goes to David Titlow for his picture of his baby son. Shot on the morning after a midsummer party in Sweden, little Konrad was introduced to a you via British Journal of…

  • New Guide: The 2015 Photographer’s Guide to Photo Contests | PhotoShelter Blog

    New Guide: The 2015 Photographer’s Guide to Photo Contests | PhotoShelter Blog

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    New Guide: The 2015 Photographer’s Guide to Photo Contests – PhotoShelter Blog In The 2015 Photographer’s Guide to Photo Contests, get a fresh look at over 25 photo competitions worldwide, including new insights on which photo contests are worth your time, and which you should skip. We award each contest a star rating based on facto…

  • 2014 National Geographic Photo Contest, Part II – In Focus – The Atlantic

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    2014 National Geographic Photo Contest, Part II via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/10/2014-national-geographic-photo-contest-part-ii/100840/ Azu Nwagbogu, the founder of the Lagos Photo Festival, is guided by a simple credo: He wants to exhibit everybody. Yes, that’s a big goal. But it’s an even bigger continent with a breathtaking range of people, stories and photographers who have been inspired…

  • Why a photo of Xi Jinping holding an umbrella won China’s top photojournalism prize – The Washington Post

    Why a photo of Xi Jinping holding an umbrella won China’s top photojournalism prize – The Washington Post

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    Why a photo of Xi Jinping holding an umbrella won China’s top photojournalism prize An unusually revealing prize for modern China. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/10/22/why-a-photo-of-xi-jinping-holding-an-umbrella-won-chinas-top-photojournalism-prize/ In the moment captured, one of the most important people in the world is looking decidedly like an average Joe.

  • Photojournalist Muhammed Muheisen awarded $10,000 Oliver S. Gramling Award for journalism – The Washington Post

    Photojournalist Muhammed Muheisen awarded $10,000 Oliver S. Gramling Award for journalism – The Washington Post

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    Photojournalist Muhammed Muheisen awarded $10,000 Oliver S. Gramling Award for journalism The AP photographer was awarded for exemplifying compassion in his photos of children in conflict zones. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2014/10/22/photjournalist-muhammed-muhesien-awarded-10000-oliver-s-gambling-award-for-journalism/ Chief photographer in Pakistan for the Associated Press Muhammed Muheisen was recently awarded the $10,000 Oliver S. Gramling award for journalism. His  stunning coverage…

  • MICHELE MCNALLY IS 2015 WORLD PRESS PHOTO CONTEST JURY CHAIR

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    MICHELE MCNALLY IS 2015 WORLD PRESS PHOTO CONTEST JURY CHAIR I feel I will see extraordinary pictures from the events of last year. I expect it will be a tough year to be a judge and make selections from the very worthy images that have been produced

  • LaToya Ruby Frazier Awarded United States Artists Fellowship

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    LaToya Ruby Frazier Awarded United States Artists Fellowship | PDNPulse 2012 PDN’s 30 selection LaToya Ruby Frazier is among the 34 people named United States Artists fellows for 2014. The unrestricted award is worth $50,000. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/10/latoya-ruby-frazier-awarded-united-states-artists-fellowship.html “If she [Branham] had bothered to discuss it with me, she would have known,” du Cille said.…

  • 2014 Eddie Adams Workshop Award Winners Announced

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    2014 Eddie Adams Workshop Award Winners Announced | PDNPulse The annual four-day Eddie Adams Workshop for emerging photographers ended Monday with presentations by students and announcements of awards. Winners included: Palestinian photojournalist Eman Mohammed, who received the $2,500 Chris Hondros Fund Award. Zac via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/10/2014-eddie-adams-workshop-award-winners-announced.html Photographer and educator Eliot Dudik has created a remarkable…

  • Joseph Sywenkyj Wins W. Eugene Smith Grant for Powerful Ukraine Work – LightBox

    Joseph Sywenkyj Wins W. Eugene Smith Grant for Powerful Ukraine Work – LightBox

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/10/15/ukraine-w-eugene-smith-grant/#1 American photographer Joseph Sywenkyj has won the the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his work documenting the lives of people affected by the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.