Los Angeles-based freelance photographer Dustin Snipes won the title of “2009 SportsShooter.com Photographer of the Year,” marking the third time he has won the title. His prize, a Canon EOS 1D Mark III.
Link: Snipes Wins Yet Again
Los Angeles-based freelance photographer Dustin Snipes won the title of “2009 SportsShooter.com Photographer of the Year,” marking the third time he has won the title. His prize, a Canon EOS 1D Mark III.
Link: Snipes Wins Yet Again
8×10 moonlight photograph by Alejandro Chaskielburg, 2009 EPF recipient, from his essay The High Tide DEADLINE EXTENDED to May 1st, 2010 We now announce on Burn our third annual Emerging Photo…
via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/dialogue/2010/01/emergin-photographers-fund-grant-2010/
A new grant for socially conscious photographers could make a dream documentary project a reality for one lucky applicant. As Erick Danzer was slogging through Indonesia covering illegal logging operations, an idea came to him. He would create a $5,000, o
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2010/01/get-5k-for-your-documentary-photo-project/
Just a reminder that the deadline for the Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest is approaching quickly: SUPER BOWL SUNDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2010.
Link: SPORTS SHOOTER NEWSLETTER ANNUAL CONTEST « Sports Shooter Academy
Here are some brief descriptions of popular photo contests with January Call for Entries deadlines:
too much chocolate Announces Winners of the First Ever TMC + Kodak Film Grant:
– Murray Ballard
– Anna Beeke
– Magda Biernat
– Phil Jung
– Collin LaFleche
– Molly Landreth
– Caitlin Price
– Andy Spyra
– Leah Tepper-Byrne
– Susan Worsham
Hearst Corporation’s history of working with photography’s pioneers and rule breakers continues with the 2nd Hearst 8×10 Photography Biennial – an international competition saluting the next generation of talent, which will play an important role in the future of magazines, media, the web, design and photography.
Link: Hearst 8×10
Earlier this month The Aftermath Project announced the winners of their two $20,000 grants for 2010, as well as the finalists. Polish-born, Italy-based photographer Monika Bulaj won for her project “Afghanistan: Not Only The War,”
As we all know – there are a LOT of film contests out there – but I believe this one is DIFFERENT.
a new $100,000 prize for artists under the age of 35.
All artists—no matter what medium they work in—who are under 35 may apply through the Prize’s web site. A panel of 100 curators, teachers, artists and critics will also be asked to make nominations.
Link: PDNPulse: Buyer of $3.3 Million Gursky Launches Artist Prize
Swedish photographer Johan Bävman is the winner of the international competition “UNICEF Photo of the Year”. His photo shows two schoolgirls playing in their classroom at a school in Northern Tanzania. The visual impairment of 10-year-old Mwanaidi is not obvious at first glance. Her best friend Selina, however, stands out immediately. She suffers from albinism
Press photographer Tomasz Tomaszewski took top honors for his series “Hades?” depicting how the economic crisis is affecting manual labor in heavy industry in Poland.
Link: PDNPulse: Tomaszewski Wins SocialDocumentary.net Photo Contest
Travel Photographer of the Year 2009
Winner
Akash – Bangladesh
The focus of the assignment was ritual. But ritualism on the water for these stoic men is not easily seen. It’s subtle. I found tidbits here and there.—a pirate tattoo that one man would add to on trips back to land, a man who would smoke a joint every time he docked and one fisherman who told me he’d rather die than not fish. “It’s like therapy,” he said. “It’s better than sex.” After those words of wisdom, I knew I had found something special. Photography, I thought, is the perfect medium to capture this subtle ritualistic nature of fishing.
Link: “Better than Sex” Receives CPOY Award | Pangea Photo Blog
Ok…I want to know why the World Press Foundation have not yet acknowledged the fact that multimedia is a huge…