Category: Contests

National Geographic's Photography Contest 2010 – The Big Picture

National Geographic’s Photography Contest 2010

National Geographic is once again holding their annual Photo Contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30th. For the past eight weeks, they have been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to rate the

via Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/national_geographics_photograp.html

National Geographic is once again holding their annual Photo Contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30th. For the past eight weeks, they have been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to rate them as well. National Geographic was again kind enough to let me choose some of their entries from 2010 for display here on The Big Picture. Collected below are 47 images from the three categories of People, Places and Nature. Captions were written by the individual photographers. (47 photos total)

November 19, 2010
National Geographic's Photography Contest 2010 – The Big Picture

National Geographic’s Photography Contest 2010

National Geographic is once again holding their annual Photo Contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30th. For the past eight weeks, they have been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to rate the

via Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/national_geographics_photograp.html

National Geographic is once again holding their annual Photo Contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30th. For the past eight weeks, they have been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to rate them as well. National Geographic was again kind enough to let me choose some of their entries from 2010 for display here on The Big Picture. Collected below are 47 images from the three categories of People, Places and Nature. Captions were written by the individual photographers. (47 photos total)

November 19, 2010
PDN Pulse » Open Society Announces 2010 Audience Engagement Grant Winners

Open Society Announces 2010 Audience Engagement Grant Winners | PDNPulse

The Open Society Documentary Photography Project yesterday announced the winners of this year’s Audience Engagement Grants. Founded in 2005 with the name “the Distribution Grant,” the grant seeks to engage communities and decision makers in human rights a

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2010/11/open-society-announces-2010-audience-engagement-grant-winners.html

The Open Society Documentary Photography Project yesterday announced the winners of this year’s Audience Engagement Grants. Founded in 2005 with the name “the Distribution Grant,” the grant seeks to engage communities and decision makers in human rights and social justice issues. Each year, five to eight grants ranging from $5,000 to $30,000 are awarded to photographers who have partnered with individuals or organizations to disseminate their finished photography projects to the public.

November 19, 2010
Ohio University's Rachel Mummey Wins College Photographer Of The Year

The runner-up College Photographer of the Year is Ty Cacek of Western Kentucky University.

Link: Ohio University’s Rachel Mummey Wins College Photographer Of The Year

November 15, 2010
Video Interview with Ryan Henriksen, 64th College Photographer of the Year

Video Interview with Ryan Henriksen
64th College Photographer of the Year

Link: 65th College Photographer of the Year | Blog

November 14, 2010
Linda Forsell is Surely the Magnum Expressions Award Winner-Elect « Prison Photography

Linda Forsell is Surely the Magnum Expressions Award Winner-Elect

UPDATE 11.12.2010, 12.30pm PST: Forsell didn’t win. Announced 11.12.2010 in Bristol, UK Yvonne Venegas won for her portrayal of Maria Elvia de Hank, millionaire wife of an eccentric former ma…

via Prison Photography: http://prisonphotography.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/linda-forsell-is-surely-the-magnum-expressions-award-winner-elect/

Forsell’s Life’s a Blast is the sweetest, never-escaping-bitter view of Palestine, Gaza & Israel I’ve ever clapped my eyes on. It’s about family more than ideology, but it is never glib. It is work as conscious of history as it is the mores of fashion photography. It’s a slow-ride through the lives of people associated by a larger conflict but not solely defined by it; a stunning presentation of gazes drenched in humanity.

November 12, 2010
A Photo Editor – Hearst 8×10 Award Winners

Hearst 8×10 Award Winners – A Photo Editor

2011 Award Recipients Nicholas Mendise (New York, NY) Devin Tepleski (Victoria, Canada) Christoph Engel (Karlsruhe, Germany) Jonathan Smith (Brooklyn, NY) Gareth Kingdon (Cardiff, Wales, UK) Victor Yuliev (Saint Petersburg, Russia) Rena Effendi (Baku, Aze

via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/11/08/hearst-8×10-award-winners/

Hearst Corporation today announced the winners of the second Hearst 8 X 10 Photography Biennial, an international competition that recognizes the work of talented young photographers

November 9, 2010
Judging for 65th College Photographer of the Year

Judging to begin Monday at 9am:

If you are unable to be with us in person, please keep an eye on the judging via the podcasts on the cpoy.org website. We will be updating this blog with behind-the-scenes content from the contest judging period. Check back soon for more updates and make sure to follow @CollegePhoto on Twitter for updates during the judging week.

Link: 65th College Photographer of the Year | Blog

November 6, 2010
Is this photo worth $80,000 « snapshots

There’s been a bit of chatter about town debating the winning image (above) in the 2010 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize worth $80,000. There’s universal agreement that the winner, Dean Sewell is an exceptional photographer and that the sole judge, Stephen Dupont is also extremely well credentialed both as a photographer and as someone suitable to judge this kind of award.

Link: Is this photo worth $80,000 « snapshots

October 27, 2010
A prize-winning image? – British Journal of Photography

The single image winner of BJP’s International Photography Award generated an unprecedented response this year, much of it questioning why the shot was chosen. Here Nick Galvin, archive manager of Magnum London and one of the judges, gives his thoughts

Link: A prize-winning image? – British Journal of Photography

October 27, 2010
A Desperate Lifetime, a Caring Photographer: Darcy Padilla wins the W. Eugene Smith grant – NYTimes.com

In February 1993, Darcy Padilla was photographing a team of doctors and social workers in San Francisco who cared for people with AIDS who were too sick to make it to a clinic. She envisioned the story as an updated urban version of W. Eugene Smith’s epic 1948 photo essay “Country Doctor.”

Link: A Desperate Lifetime, a Caring Photographer: Darcy Padilla wins the W. Eugene Smith grant – NYTimes.com

October 21, 2010
TED Prize Goes to J R, Who Gives Slums a Human Face – NYTimes.com

Award to Artist Who Gives Slums a Human Face

The TED prize for 2011 will go to J R, who plasters colossal photos in downtrodden neighborhoods around the world.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/arts/design/20ted.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

the TED conference, the California lecture series named for its roots in technology, entertainment and design, said on Tuesday that it planned to give its annual $100,000 prize for 2011 — awarded in the past to figures like Bill Clinton, Bono and the biologist E. O. Wilson — to the Parisian street artist known as J R, a shadowy figure who has made a name for himself by plastering colossal photographs in downtrodden neighborhoods around the world. The images usually extol local residents, to whom he has become a Robin Hood-like hero.

October 20, 2010
lens culture: International Exposure Awards 2010 Winners

We’re thrilled to present the winners of the 2010 Lens Culture International Exposure Awards.

Link: lens culture: International Exposure Awards 2010 Winners

October 19, 2010
On contests and the passing of years – Picture Editor Mike Davis

If your goal now is to be able to enter a portfolio of work in a contest, here are some thoughts on what tends to get recognized. These impressions come from weeks of sitting on judging panels of a great range of contests. I love to judge contests.

Link: On contests and the passing of years – Blog – Picture Editor : Photography Consultant : Mentor : Mike Davis

October 6, 2010
An Emmy Award for One in 8 Million – NYTimes.com

The New York Times’ multimedia series One in 8 Million won an Emmy Award in the “new approaches to documentary” category on Monday night. The series is a collection of stories told with audio and photography that portray everyday New Yorkers.

James Estrin talked with three of the series’ producers : the staff photographer Todd Heisler, the senior multimedia producer Sarah Kramer, and the photo editor Meghan Looram.

Link: An Emmy Award for One in 8 Million – NYTimes.com

September 29, 2010
James Balog Receives $100k Heinz Award for Climate Photo Project

Balog compares his drive to document this conflict to the one combat photographers feel. “The biggest [motivation] is the sense of being at this decisive moment of earth history and human history, and having the capabilities to bear witness to that. I’m very much motivated by that same ‘I’m here to bear witness’ impulse that moves guys like James Nachtwey.”

Link: James Balog Receives $100k Heinz Award for Climate Photo Project

September 27, 2010
Aeriel Image of Devil Rays on the Move Takes First Prize in Environmental Photo Contest

Aeriel Image of Devil Rays on the Move Takes First Prize in Environmental Photo Contest

September 26, 2010
Association of Photographers cancels Awards ceremony – British Journal of Photography

The Association of Photographers, which has just announced its 2010 Photographers Awards winners, has been forced to cancel its ceremony as its members “continue to suffer from the economic downturn”

Link: Association of Photographers cancels Awards ceremony – British Journal of Photography

September 14, 2010
Top Award Winners at Perpignan Festival – NYTimes.com

Top Award Winners at Perpignan Festival

Frédéric Sautereau, Stephanie Sinclair and Damon Winter were among the top award winners at a photojournalism festival in France.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/top-award-winners-at-perpignan-festival/

Frédéric Sautereau, Stephanie Sinclair and Damon Winter were among the top award winners at the annual Visa Pour l’Image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France, last week.

September 7, 2010
MAGNUM EXPRESSION AWARD – DEADLINE 8/31/10 – A Picture's Worth

A panel of four Magnum photographers — Jim Goldberg, Martin Parr, Trent Parke, and Mark Power — and one HP Large Format Printing representative will select 20 finalists. One chosen winner will receive a $10,000 grant to support the continuation of his/her work, HP’s Large Format Designjet Z3200 Photo printer for fine art printing, archival pigment inks, fine art paper and additional prizes from contributing partners Blurb and PhotoShelter. Two honorable mentions and the remaining 17 finalists will also receive awards to support and encourage their photographic work. Participation is at no cost and photographers worldwide are encouraged to submit.

Link: MAGNUM EXPRESSION AWARD – DEADLINE 8/31/10 – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter

August 26, 2010