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Thursday, August 13, 2009
THE HUMPHREY SPENDER JOHN MARRIOT SCHOLARSHIP FOR SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY 2009
The Spender archive of photographs from Mass Observation’s Work Town project is regarded internationally as one of the most important archives in the development of British documentary photography. As part of the University of Bolton and Bolton Council’s initiative to develop a research centre based around the Spender archive, the University is proud to announce the launch of the Humphrey Spender John Marriot scholarship for social documentary photography.
The aim of the scholarship is to enable a recent postgraduate photography student to produce a sustained body of social documentary photography that re-interprets and contextualises some of the images/issues held within the Work Town archive.
Submissions for the scholarship 2009/10 are invited on the theme of ’”holidays”’ (Holidays in this context are defined as official or unofficial observances of religious, national, or cultural significance, often accompanied by celebrations or festivities and or a general leave of absence from a regular occupation for rest or recreation - but only within the area of Bolton).
Applicants must research the relevant Spender images held in the archive at Bolton Museum and Art Gallery. In addition they must submit a written proposal (one side of A4) for the re-interpretation and contextualisation of the theme holiday, along with a brief CV and a portfolio of no more than 8 images.
Criteria • Applicant must have studied at postgraduate level; • Must reside in the North West; • All the work produced MUST be within Bolton Council geographic boundaries that Humphrey Spender worked in.
Outcomes • An exhibition of the work; • Successful applicant to deliver a paper at the Spender conference; • Successful applicant to deliver a number of workshop or talks to current postgraduate and undergraduate students, Rotary Club Bolton Le Moors, Marriot Trust. All workshops will acknowledge the Marriot as the donor trust; • Keep a detailed journal of the project, again the photographer will acknowledge the donor trust. • Contacts of all the work and a selection of exhibition prints to be deposited in the Museum archive; • The photographer will retain the copyright, however the University of Bolton and Bolton Council will reserve the right of free access to publish any of the images in relation to the scholarship, the archive, the research centre and studying at the University.
Fee Photographers fee £3,000 plus £1,000 for materials
Deadline for Applications Applications must be received by Tuesday 1st September 2009
Please forward all applications to: Ian Beesley Programme leader MA Photography University of Bolton School of Arts, Media and Education Eagle Tower Deane Campus Bolton BL3 4AB
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The London School of Economics is commissioning photographers to shoot a story on issues around poverty and its representation, past and present. The photographers selected will be paid £2,000 for their work, which will be exhibited at the LSE next year. Applications are invited from photographers who are either from or living in the following cities:
London, Kinshasa, Mumbai, Istanbul, New York, Jakarta, Cairo and Shanghai.
Selection will be based on the best ideas/approaches submitted for any four of the eight cities highlighted above. The deadline for submission of ideas is 16 June 2008. Successful entrants will be contacted by 4 July. The deadline for final submission of all assignments is 29 August 2008.
Kick start your documentary career by going on assignment deep into the Mai Chau Valley with documentary producer Trent O'donnell(who filmed the Positive Footprints screened on Nat Geo Adventure Channel). Trekking with a team of 20 volunteer doctors who will be providing vital medical services to remote hill tribes, you will create your own short video documentary.
The lucky scholarship recipient will have their documentary considered for broadcast on Nat Geo Adventure! That's right - the holy grail that documentary makers work their whole lives to achieve, could be yours now!...more
freshfacedandwildeyed09 is the second in our annual exhibition open to recent visual arts graduates. Following an online submission process, up to 25 artists will be chosen by a jury to exhibit online and at The Photographers' Gallery from 24 June - 05 July 2009.
This exhibition will represent the most dynamic new photographic work from across the UK. If you would like to apply to take part through this micro-site, see more
The M.I.L.K competition got a lot of blogspace across t’interweb, with photographers worldwide salivating over a $50,000 jackpot for one lucky snapper, and 150 other photographers getting $500 and a share in royalties of subsequent sales of images…. sales of images you say? why yes! and lets just say the organisers are “M.I.L.King” (hahaha!) a great big cash cow!
Each year the Trust aims to award 100 Travelling Fellowships to British citizens. Each Fellow receives a grant to cover return and internal travel, daily living and travel insurance within the countries visited.
A Travelling Fellowship is a unique addition to your personal development and brings long-term benefits to you, your employer and your profession/community in the UK. For examples of Fellows` achievements see here.
For 2009 the average grant is £5,055 covering overseas visits of between 4-8 weeks.
To travel in 2010 click on one of the ten subject areas below and apply now with a relevant overseas project or go to the 2010 Categories page. No qualifications are required.
Deadline: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 5pm (EST) The OSI Documentary Photography Project offers grants to photographers and partner organizations to design innovative distribution strategies that promote social change. more
Production Grant for Photographers from Central Asia, the Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Pakistan
Deadline: Friday, March 20, 2009, at 5pm (EST)
The OSI Documentary Photography Project and Arts and Culture Program announce a grant opportunity for documentary photographers from Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. more
The scheme supports artists as research fellows within a UK higher education institution. Awards last two to three years in case of full-time, or up to five years in case of part-time fellowships. They provide a salary of between £27,000 and £45,000 pro-rata and other costs. Deadline: 4pm, 24 September 2009....more
Manchester Masters is a new initiative that aims to retain the top creative graduates in Manchester.
Despite being home to several world renowned universities, for too long Manchester has suffered from the best creative students migrating to London or New York after graduation.
Manchester Masters is working to change this by keeping the top talent here in our city, to become the advertising, design, PR, digital and marketing leaders of tomorrow - and to ensure that Manchester continues to develop through innovation.
Each year, 10 of the very best students will be selected (through a rigorous application exercise) to undertake 4 quarterly placements at top Manchester businesses.
The students will also have access to a personal mentor to further develop their business skills and to provide guidance during the year.
Each business is required to contribute just £1500 per quarter to the student's expenses.
Simply click here to register your initial interest and we'll then contact you to discuss your requirements.
At the WPP awards announced last Friday there was seven awards given to Chinese photographers throughout all the categories which made the country the second best represented after the USA. However all the awards were for photographs taken within the borders of mainland China. In contrast there was not one UK award this year....more
Px3 is coming to a close in 7 days! Don't miss the opportunity to have your work showcased at next year's exhibition in Paris, included in the annual book, and viewed by leaders in the photography industry and a large public audience. Over 39,481 votes were tallied to determine 2008's Px3 Public Choice Winners! Px3 awards incluce the "Photographer of the Year" and 3,000 Euros. Non-professional photographers compete for the "Best New Talent Award" and 2,000 Euros... more
From January 2009, as part of Images, the Festival of Visual Arts in Vevey, Switzerland, the Foundation Vevey: Ville d’Images is inviting entries for the 5th European First Film Awards and the 7th International Vevey Photo Awards. With complete freedom of choice as regards subject matter and genre, these bi-annual competitions provide precious support to contemporary creators....more
The Magnum Foundation and the Inge Morath Foundation announce the sixth annual Inge Morath Award. The annual prize of $5,000 is awarded by the Magnum Foundation to a female documentary photographer under the age of 30, to support the completion of a long-term project. One award winner and up to two finalists are selected by a jury composed of Magnum photographers....more
Source is interested in seeing new previously unpublished projects for publication and has an open and ongoing submissions policy. We publish a variety of work but we would encourage you to see what kind of material we publish by looking at the material available on our web site. ...more
An integral part of the Gordon Parks Celebration for Culture and Diversity will be the Gordon Parks International Photo Competition which has been conducted by Fort Scott Community College since 1990. More than 3,100 individuals from around the world have participated in this annual program that, inspired by the photography of Gordon Parks, reflects important themes in life such as social injustice, the suffering of others, and family values.
The Environmental Photographer of the Year shares images of environmental and social issues with international audiences, enhancing our understanding of the causes, consequences and solutions to climate change.
The competition encourages images of places and people that are benefitting from a changing climate, or vulnerable ecosystems and communities that are struggling with the effects. Images may examine the relationship between economic development, environmental degradation and social inequity, celebrate innovations helping us achieve environmental improvements, examine lifestyles, cultural traditions, spiritual activities and racial prejudices or celebrate the incredible variety and beauty that exists within our natural environment. They serve to remind us what we need to protect.
All winning and highly commended entries are displayed at the international Environmental Photographer of the Year exhibition, creating a legacy of informed individuals working to protect our environment. ...more
The European Publishers Award for Photography, now in its 16th year, is a major initiative to encourage the publication of contemporary photography.
We are delighted to announce that the 2009 European Publishers Award For Photography will be sponsored by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. The company is known world-wide for its Heidelberg printing presses which are recognised as being synomous with the highest quality of offset printing.
The 2009 Jury will be held in Rome. Peliti Associati will be the Project Leader.
Open to photographers worldwide, the competition is a unique collaboration between six European Publishers – Actes Sud (France), Apeiron (Greece), Dewi Lewis Publishing (United Kingdom), Edition Braus (Germany), Lunwerg Editores (Spain) and Peliti Associati (Italy).
The competition requires the submission of a substantial, completed and unpublished photographic book project. The winning project is then published in book form simultaneously by each of the publishers in their own country and in their own language, resulting in perhaps the most extensive cultural collaboration currently existing in Europe.
The winning book will be published in autumn 2009. ...more
The Photography Development Fund (Yekaterinburg) and The Museum of Photography Metenkov House invite professional photographers and amateur to take part in the International Photography Contest "Europe and Asia - Dialogue of Cultures".
The Organizing Committee of the China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP)is calling for entries from photojournalists from worldwide to participate the coming 5th. CHIPP contest. The judging process will take place in late March of 2009 in Songjiang District of Shanghai.
Since 2005, China Photojournalists Society started a yearly international press photo contest which called CHIPP in China. Having held the contest for 4 years, the CHIPP contest has become a platform for photojournalists form all over the world and attracted thousands of participants. Each year, the entries from worldwide are over 20,000.
The CHIPP Organizing Committee invites 13 prestigious jury members from the photojournalistic circles in different continents to work together and judge the contest. The winning photos they picked up are highly regarded in the photo circle both in China and around the world. Among our Picture of the Year winners, you can find the name like Paula Bronstein, Brent Stirton and Marco DeLauro. Together with John Moore, Christopher Morris, Tod Hessler, Christian Als, Manish Swarup, Saurabh Das, Christian Ziegler and many other gold medalists in the past four years, the CHIPP contest has celebrate the greatness of the high-level in photojournalism and encourage photographers in the world to pave their ways in this profession.
Now, it is the time to show your works taken in 2008, a big year in journalism. We warmly welcome all of you to send your photos to us and take part in the contest. Each of our gold medalists will be awarded a cash prize of about 1500 US dollars (pre-tax) while the Picture of the Year will be awarded 10,000 US dollars. Each of the prize winners will get a certificate as well as a copy of the CHIPP year book. And the Pictures of the Year and Gold，Silver and Bronze medalist will also have a trophy with them.
Please visit our official website http://www.chipp.cn (in both Chinese and English) for detailed information and try to upload your photos via internet. You may also send an email to our mail box office@chipp.cn for registration and follow the indication to send your works. The working languages for entering the contest are Chinese and English. The deadline for the entries will be Feb. 15. Please spread this message among your photographers colleagues and friends.
As has sometimes happened in previous years, so many people tried to submit at once on the day of the deadline that some of them could not get through, or experienced random errors. In order to ease the crunch and allow everyone who has been trying to submit to get their work in, the deadline has been extended to January 17, 2009. This should allow the remaining submissions to be spread over a longer time and ease the load on the server, but if you still encounter any sort of trouble, please e-mail support@magentafoundation.org and let us know...more
2009 REVIEW SANTA FE, PROJECT COMPETITION, AND THE SINGULAR IMAGE AWARDS Prizes include exhibition at the Photographic Center Northwest, $5,000, complimentary participation in Review Santa Fe and more! Click on the links below for further...more
Rising Voices, the outreach arm of Global Voices, is now accepting project proposals for microgrant funding of up to $5,000 for new media outreach projects. Ideal applicants will present innovative and detailed proposals to teach citizen media techniques to communities that are poorly positioned to discover and take advantage of tools like blogging, video-blogging, and podcasting on their own. Applications are due no later than Sunday, January 18, 2009. The five selected grantees will be announced in early February. ...more
Applications are invited for a 3-year full-time PhD studentship to be held at University College London in the field of Museum Studies / Museum Anthropology / Digital Heritage. The studentship is associated with a large project funded under the Arts & Humanities Research Council’s ‘Beyond Text’ programme, which is concerned with innovating ‘digital curatorship’ in relation to Sierra Leonean collections dispersed in the global museumscape. The project considers how objects that have become isolated from the oral and performative contexts that originally animated them can be reanimated in digital space alongside associated images, video clips, sounds, texts and other media. In partnership with the Department of Informatics at Sussex University, as well as the British Museum, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Glasgow Museums and collaborating institutions in Sierra Leone, a digital heritage resource will be created that utilizes social networking technologies to reconnect objects with disparate communities and foster reciprocal knowledge exchange across boundaries. Whereas the practice of ‘digital repatriation’ has become increasingly popular with museums, the reception of such initiatives by source communities has not been critically assessed. Thus, a crucial part of the project will be to employ innovative participatory methods to pilot and evaluate the digital resource in Sierra Leone. ...more
Now there is only 10 days left to the deadline of the photo contest The PGB Photo Award. The contest close at the 4th of january. With a price pool of US$30.000 and a charity projekt The PGB Photo Award is unique. Be part of changing the world. Submit your pictures know. www.thepgbphotoaward.com
We are now only six weeks out from the closing date of the Fresh M.I.L.K. photography competition. We have been excited, amused, moved and inspired by many of the wonderful images from great photographers we have received from around the world, and we would still dearly love to receive an entry from you!
This is a $125,000 international competition to find photographs that capture and celebrate spontaneous and humorous moments shared between friends, families and lovers.
We are inviting both professional and gifted amateur photographers to submit their images now with a free online entry. 150 images will be chosen as finalists and the overall winner, chosen by Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt, will receive $50,000.
This is a chance to have your photograph become part of a world-renowned collection and be published (under non-exclusive license) in a prestigious international book.
For more information regarding M.I.L.K. and full details of how to enter please visit:
Young Photographers United (YPU) was created in 2001 as an organisation with the aim of promoting young photographers around the world. As an international platform, the organisation supports young blood flowing into the photography world.
In every continent, our members strive to become leading professional photographers and express their vision of the world. They stand together as a group united by a common aim and show exceptional talent. The management team shares a commitment to quality and operates under an international outlook.
Each year we select 50 of the most exceptional new talents from more than 2,000 applicants around the world. Photographers remain with the foundation for three years; YPU therefore has a constant and regularly updated pool of 150 creative talents....more
The Saatchi Gallery would like to invite you to join Saatchi Online Student Artists – the world’s largest free online Student Art gallery www.saatchigallery.com/stuart Following the success of Saatchi Online – our online exhibition space for professional artists with over 110,000 registered artists - we have launched this new section of the site dedicated to Art Students from around the world. The Saatchi Student Artists site, which already has profiles of 35,000 art students from around the world, allows each individual to have their own page to display their work. The aim is provide a free forum for you to showcase your art and make connections with other students, dealers, curators and collectors from around the world.
The British Journal of Photography is calling for entries to its fourth International Photography Awards – a juried competition with a total prize fund worth more than £13,000 ($25,000/€16,500).
This year photographers have TWO chances to win a Canon EOS 5D camera kit – worth £3250 – because we have TWO separate categories.
As in previous years, we are calling on photographers with A SUBSTANTIAL BODY OF WORK to enter their series. This winner will stage a solo show, printed by Spectrum Photographic, at a leading London gallery, plus the Canon EOS 5D camera kit.
But in addition, we’ve added a SINGLE IMAGE CATEGORY. The winner will show their image, also printed by Spectrum Photographic, at the same London gallery, and pick up a Canon EOS 5D camera kit.
Anyone of any country or any age can enter. We don’t dictate a theme. Entry is £20 (or $40 or €27) for the series category, and £5 (or $10 or €7) per single image. Deadline is 25 September 2008....more
Violent events caused by businesses and the state; hidden violence against women, children and the elderly; the way in which poverty hurts injures, hurts and kills; the impact of environmental pollution – all of these rarely attract the same level of political and public concern as ‘conventional’ crime.
In September 2008 a national photography competition will be launched by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King’s College London as part of our ‘What is crime?’ project. The competition will invite images which confront and challenge the different contexts in which the powerful inflict violence and harm upon the powerless and challenge popular ideas about what crime is, who commits it and who gets harmed....more
We are looking to reward photographers who not only provide top-quality, outstanding images but who also manage to capture the essence of a destination. We are looking for a great photograph that comes under the theme of "water". The competition is open to any UK-based photographer, professional or amateur.
The first prize is a unique commission, worth £3,000, to photograph a travel destination for a future Insight Guide. Second and third prizes will be £1,000 and £500 worth of photographic equipment....more
2007 Photo MA graduate Grace Gelder has been selected for a 2 month residency in the Mediterranean Institute of Photography in Corsica as part of the art4eu scheme. She gets paid £1000 a month to do a project based in disadvantaged communities.
Grace won the residency out of 1800 people who applied, judged by an international panel judged. Tough place to spend next winter Grace!
Two Photo MA graduates have won grants from The London School of Economics photography initiative on poverty and its representation, past and present. Bolton graduate Miskka Henner and Dalian graduate Sharron Lovell were two of the three professional photographers who won grants of £2,000 to produce new work. The third award went to Jessica Dimmock, from the VII network based in New York. The pictures will be exhibited publicly at LSE and published in Global Civil Society 2009....more
Panos photographer Carolyn Drake and writer Ilan Greenberg have been awarded the Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize for their project on China's Uighurs. The $20,000 award is given annually by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University....more
Congratulations to Philippine photographer Vicente Jaime Villafranca for winning this year's Ian Parry Scholarship. VJ was a student of Dalian Photo MA course leader D J Clark in the second batch of the World Press Photo seminar programme in Manila. VJ wins £2,500 towards an on going project and a final place in the World Press Photo Masterclass nominees....more
"Photo competition on harm, injustice and crime launching soon!!
Violent events caused by businesses and the state; hidden violence against women, children and the elderly; the way in which poverty hurts injures, hurts and kills; the impact of environmental pollution - all of these rarely attract the same level of political and public concern as `conventional' crime." ...more
With a 25% increase in the entries this year, the jury spent two long days working through the 7,500 photographs, both in slideshow form, and as C-type prints, laid out on the huge Olivier foyer floor at the National Theatre....more
NEON RESEARCH GRANT FOR YOUNG JOURNALISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS 2008
NEON supports journalistic work with a yearly research grant for journalists and photographers younger than 40 years. In difference to the existing journalists awards that reward finished stories, the NEON research grant aimes at stories and ideas that have not yet been investigated/written/photographed, and couldnt be realised without financial aid.
The grant for the five best ideas/stories is 10 000 Euro each.
THE PRIZE The five best ideas will be funded with 10 000 Euro each. Enough money to pay research costs for a great journalistic story or research and production costs for a fantastic photographic reportage. The usage of the money has to be verified with receipts.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION Send in your Research-Exposé for a specific story by the 31st of August 2008. by post:
NEON Magazin GmbH Manuela Orth Weihenstephaner Straße 7 D - 81673 München
by email: recherchestipendium@neon.de
The benefitting journalists/photographers will have to offer their finished work exclusively to NEON at first. Publication will be paid additionally according to the usual publication rates. If the result does not lead to a publication in NEON magazine, the journalist/photographer may offer their story to other medias.
THE JURY The NEON reserach grant will be awarded by NEON-editors-in-chief Timm Klotzek and Michael Ebert, as well as NEON-publishers Thomas Osterkorn and Andreas Petzold. They decide by September the 22nd, 2008. The results will be communicated to the applicants the following week.
"It’s become a tradition at the annual Webby Film and Video Awards, which honor the Web’s best videos, for winners to accept their prize with a speech of five words or less." Read the best speeches...more
"shots is proud to announce the third annual competition for photography students worldwide. The theme of this year's competition is 'INSTINCT'.
We are looking for a short related series of work (3-10 images) that responds to, and reflects this theme in an original and dynamic way....The competition is open to all current photography students. The closing date for entries is Friday 11 July 2008....more
The 2009 Winston Churchill Trust grants are now available for application. "If awarded a Fellowship, you will receive a grant that will cover all your relevant expenses. In 2008 the average grant was £5300, covering a stay of between 4-8 weeks (minimum of 4 weeks) but can be longer. The grant includes return travel, daily living, internal travel and appropriate insurance within the countries visited." Follow the link for a list of categories and how to apply ...more
"LSE Photography Initiative Exploring Representations of Poverty Expressions of interest are invited for an LSE photography initiative on poverty and its representation, past and present. Ideas are welcome from photographers in the following cities: London, Kinshasa, Mumbai, Istanbul, New York, Jakarta, Cairo and Shanghai. Your work will be exhibited publicly at LSE and published in Global Civil Society 2009.
The total fee for each city assignment will be £2,000. Selection will be based on the best ideas/approaches submitted for any four of the eight cities highlighted above. The deadline for submission of ideas is 16 June 2008. Successful entrants will be contacted by 4 July. The deadline for final submission of all assignments is 29 August 2008." ...more
"The PierreandAlexandraBoulatAssociation has been established and launched by the VII agency has announced. A grant will be awarded for a photography project that "seeks to keep the spirit of the father and daughter alive."
The deadline for applying for the first Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Grant is July 1...more
"The Foto8 Awards and Summer Show is open to all photographers. We’d like to see your personal or political work from the past 18 months.
Those familiar with Foto8 and 8 magazine will know that we are interested in photography which challenges and engages the viewer, conveys stories and raises questions rather than answers. We encourage free expression, new ways of seeing and telling and photography that conveys feelings as much as facts." ...more
The Ian Parry Scholarship 2008 deadline is Friday 20th June 2008. All applications must be digital. Our FTP instructions and the application form will be available from www.ianparry.org shortly. If you have any questions please email becky@ianparry.org
"Traditional media offer limited opportunities for presenting documentary photographs in a way that creates a meaningful and lasting impact on the communities or issues addressed in the images. The Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Project is offering a grant to documentary photographers who have already completed a significant body of work on issues of social justice to collaborate with a partner organization and propose new ways of using photography as a tool for positive social change.
Deadline: June 20, 2008
Grants of $5,000 to $30,000 each will be awarded. ...more
Adam Dean misses out again to John Moore in the next round of awards but Andrew Biraj, graduate from the Bolton BA Programme and Pathshala wins a first prize...more
"Following an outstanding response to the inaugural award in 2007 we are proud to announce details of the award for 2008. The competition forms a showcase for both established and new photographers, providing valuable exposure of their work and a prestigeous opportunity to enhance their careers."...more
"Your chance to have your photographs exhibited in London’s prestigious HOST Gallery, seen and judged by respected industry professionals from the media and art worlds and of course to win the first annual Foto8 Award for Best in Show." ...more
Applications are now invited for the next Eddie Adams Workshop. "The Eddie Adams Workshop is an intense four-day gathering of the top professionals in photojournalism, along with 100 carefully selected students. The Workshop's purpose is to create a forum in which an exchange of ideas, techniques, and philosophies can be shared between both established members and newcomers of the profession of picture journalism. The Workshop is tuition-free, and the 100 students are chosen based on the merit of their portfolios." ...more
The Premio de Fotografía Humanitaria Luis Valtueña photography competition that includes images from Adam Dean's Mongolia children's project are now online...more
Journalism.co.uk website is launching a multimedia competition for travel related multimedia journalism. Deadline is 18th January and the prize is a nice bag?...more
Images from Adam Dean's final project in Mongolia has been selected for the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award Exhibition and will be touring Spain and Europe over the next two years. The Awards Ceremony and exhibition opening will take place in Naves del Barranco, Calle Arjona nº 28, 41001 Sevilla, on the 14th of January 2008.
The China Internaitonal Press Photo Contest (CHIPP2007) is now calling for entries. Entry forms and more information at http://www.chipp.cn with a top prize of 10,000 US Dollars.
Entries can now be submitted online for the 2007 First ScotRail Press Photography Awards.
Categories include Photographer of the Year, Picture Essay of the Year, Features Photographer of the Year, Sports Photographer of the Year, Local Photographer of the Year, Young Photographer of the Year with a total prize fund of almost £5,000....more
Dalian MA Photography graduate Markel Redondo has been awarded a £3,000 commission as part of the British Council Open Cities project. On the next few months he will be working on a project on immigration in his home region of Spain.
Photographers are invited to enter the inaugural World Photography Awards, a competition which will award a $25,000 top prize to the best professional. More HERE
From 1900 - 1937 the European Avant Garde embraced the spirit of revolt, challenge and change brought about by industrialisation and the decline of traditional hierarchies, particularly after the 1914-18 war. It represents a pushing back of the boundaries of what is acceptable as the cultural norm in society.
The brief We challenge you to design a piece of work which embraces the spirit of the avant garde, exploring whether its philosophy is relevant to you and the world today.
The prize The winning entry will be displayed at the British Library flagship building in London and showcased on our website.
The judges Graphic designer Peter Saville; typography expert Professor Phil Baines, Central Saint Martins; Madeleine Holt, culture correspondent, BBC Newsnight; leading authority on innovation and creativity, Charles Leadbeater; and Caryl Harris, Creativeinterpartners.
Three MA Photography students based in China were invited by the government on a tour of Inner Mongolia recently. Their work has since been selected for an exhibition in Beijing, China.
The exhibition is at the National Art Museum and runs for a week from 21st September and is called 'Prettiness Inner Mongolia' and celebrates 60 years of Inner Mongolia as an autonomous region.
The Editor and Publisher’s 8th annual Newspaper Photos of the Year contest closes it’s registration on September 14. They are accepting photos published in a newspaper or web site since Oct. 1, 2006. For details about the contest and registration please check here.
The Ian Parry Scholarship 2007 exhibition runs from the 3rd August to the 11th August at the Getty Images Gallery, London.
You can see Ivor Prickett's winning portfolio as well as the other finalist's work and a selection of single images from other entrants including Photography MA graduate Adam Dean's image from Mongolia below.
"Almost all of the work entered was very political but when I was a young photographer I was told to shut my mouth about the political side. Now, people are more aware, they are communicating more and these photographers are sending us work of real concern" Don McCullin, Patron
WINNER OF THE IAN PARRY SCHOLARSHIP 2007: Ivor Prickett Highly Commended: Liz Rubincam Commended: Gareth Phillips Commended: Liz Hingley Honorable Mention: Dominic Nahr
UPDATE: You can read the article about the Awards and winning images in The Sunday Times Magazine and view a selection of images in a multimedia slideshow.
Following his exhibition at Photo Espana this year, photography MA graduate Markel Redondo has had a series of good news. Firstly he was accepted on to the prestigious Eddie Adams workshop in New York, then he heard his exhibition was accepted at next year's Ankor festival in Cambodia and finally he was offered a paid internship at Spanish national paper El Mundo.
Image by Markel Redondo from series Chinese Tourists
James Nachtwey recently won a TED award for his work and a project he is working on. Have a look at the video here of his acceptance speech and presentation of some of his work over the years.
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