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.
Just a whole lot of redundancy and cliche
Category: Contests
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self-guided tour
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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
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State of the Art: Subotzky Wins Eugene Smith Grant
South African photographer Mikhael Subotzky has been awarded the 2008 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography. Subotzky received the grant, worth $30,000, for his project “Crime, Punishment and Security in Post-Apartheid South Africa.”
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2008 Photos of the Year – EditorandPublisher.com
E&P announced today the winners in its 9th annual Newspaper Photos of the Year competition. The grand prizerwinner is freelancer Shiho Fukada, who is based in New York City and China, for her remarkable series of photographs following last spring’s tragic earthquake in China.
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PDNPulse: Perpignan News: Visa d'Or Feature Announcement and More
Brent Stirton has won the Visa d’Or Feature Award for his work on the slaughter of gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Check it out here.
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PDNPulse: Perpignan Awards: Getty Grants, Visa d'or Daily Press
Mona Reeder of the The Dallas Morning News has won the Visa d’or International Daily Press Award.
Check it out here.
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The Great Outdoors 2008 Gallery
As we face the continued effects of global warming, pollution and industrialization, it is important to show just how precious our planet is and why we need to preserve it. It was with this thought in mind that Photo District News once again teamed up with National Geographic Traveler to introduce the first annual The Great Outdoors photo contest—a photographic competition that was deliberately created to celebrate the beauty of nature and humanity’s place in it, whether braving deadly waterfalls in a kayak or simply enjoying the breathtaking view of a garden from a nearby window.
Check it out here.
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VJ Villafranca Wins Ian Parry Scholarship
Photographer Vicente Jaime “VJ” Villafranca has won the 2008 Ian Parry Scholarship.
Check it out here.
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Kathryn Cook Wins Inge Morath Award
The 2008 Inge Morath has been awarded to Kathryn Cook for her project “Memory Denied: Turkey and the Armenian Genocide.”
Check it out here.
