Category: Contests
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Video: Adrian Seale on the Deutsche Börse photography prize shortlist
Adrian Searle dissects this year’s contenders for the biggest photography prize in the world
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Feature Single POYi winners are up
CLICK NOTE: Not that anyone is asking me to, but remind me never to agree to be a judge at POYi.
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Winners | POYi 66
As the judging of the Picture of the Year International contest is now ongoing, winners are now being announced and posted at the POYi site. Judging from some of the winning images so far, I’ll tell you that there will be a lot of discussion (as there is every year) about the state of contest judging. (And I didn’t enter, so no sour grapes here.)
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self-guided tour
Hey its mid-February so it must be time to check out the winners from World Press Photo.
I gotta say quite emphatically that this year’s choices are completely and utterly disappointing, especially in comparison to some really kick ass stuff from last year. And I’ve heard this feeling echoing thru discussions in many photo circles and message boards already.
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World Press Photo Winner: Anthony Suau
The 52nd Annual World Press Photo of the Year has been awarded to Anthony Suau for a photograph shot for Time magazine related to the economic crisis in the U.S. taken in Cleveland, Ohio.
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A Photo Editor – The Biggest Scam In Photography
What’s the biggest scam in photography? Judging purely on angry comments I get and see when the topic is raised, it’s photo contests with portfolio reviews running a close second.
It’s only fair to link to PDN’s response, “Rob Haggart Writes a Poor Headline.”
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PDNPulse: Time To Enter Your Best Work of 2008 in Photo Contests
This would be a perfect weekend to stay in and get your work in order for all the year-in-review contests, don’t you think? Many of the most noteworthy photo contests have deadlines this month. Here’s our roundup of them.
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International Photography Contest 2008 – National Geographic
Photo and caption by Shibnath Basu, India.
CLICK NOTE: I found a lot of these winners to appear highly ‘Shopped. Can someone please explain to me how the clouds in this National Geographic International Photography Contest winning photograph are true reflections? Sure looks like a hideous photoshop job to me.These shallow waters are mainly famous for flamingos at Nal Sarovar near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The picture shows the reflection of clouds on water.
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A Photo Editor – How to make a contest submission
I was talking with Heidi Volpe (former AD at LA Times Magazine) about some of the things she’s working on in the right now (we have projects we’re working on together so we talk a lot) and I asked if she would write about them from time to time to give people a different perspective on the industry. Here’s her first entry:
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International Photography Contest 2008 – Winners – National Geographic Magazine
View winners from the 2008 International Photography Contest, plus honorable mentions from each category.
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Video: World Press Photo 2008 Culture | guardian.co.uk
Some striking photos and a worthy winner to this year’s World Press Photo competition, but where’s the joy asks Guardian head of photography Roger Tooth
