Prix Photographique Ville de Levallois - Epson

Prix Photographique Ville de Levallois : 2008 - present

Another upcoming festival, 4 November - 17 December, celebrating photography and putting a good spotlight on its Prix winner Alexander Gronsky. After seeing his work/website, I'm a fan of his series and wishing to visit the exposition...

"Le Jury du Prix Photographique Ville de Levallois-Epson 2011, réuni mercredi 7 septembre à Levallois, a décidé à l’unanimité de décerner le quatrième Prix Photographique Ville de Levallois – Epson à Alexander Gronsky (Estonie, 1980), pour sa série Mountains & Waters.
Le Prix consiste en une bourse de 10 000 euros assortie de la production d'une exposition dans le cadre de la quatrième édition du festival.
Fidèle à la vocation internationale du Prix, le jury 2011 a rassemblé des professionnels venus d'Europe et d'Asie, qui ont élu son travail parmi 239 dossiers, en provenance de 41 pays".

http://www.photo-levallois.org/fr/

Lauréates

2011 : Alexander Gronsky
2010 : Virginie Terrasse
2009 : Shira Igell
2008 : Marvi Lacar

Lancé en 2008 à l'initiative de la Ville de Levallois, Photo Levallois revient en novembre 2011 pour sa quatrième édition, confirmant son engagement envers la photographie contemporaine sous toutes ses formes. Depuis ses débuts, le festival se veut ouvert aux évolutions de la photographie sans privilégier une tendance particulière, afin d'en restituer la pluralité et la richesse, en faisant la part belle aux jeunes générations et aux échanges avec les autres domaines de création. Des artistes reconnus internationalement ou émergents aux photographes amateurs, tous trouvent leur place dans un événement qui rassemble les grands courants de la photographie contemporaine.

Communication Arts : Photography Competition

Communication Arts Photography Competition : 2004 - present

(First) Deadline: March 16, 2012.  Photography Competition Categories/Fees $35- $70

This is a prestigious competition.

"Any photograph first printed or produced within the last twelve months prior to the deadline is eligible. Selected by a nationally representative jury of distinguished designers, art directors and photographers, the winning entries will be distributed worldwide in the Communication Arts Photography Annual and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work".

http://www.commarts.com/Competitions/photography

the Annual Gallery - all categories

Winners editorial category

2011 : Erik Almås, photographer, Stephen Kamifuji, art director
2010 : Antonio Bolfo, photographer, Karen Frank, photo editor
2009 : Dan Burn-Forti, photographer,David Curcurito, design director
2008 : Mattias Olsson, photographer, Alexander Duckworth, creative director
2007 : Russ Quackenbush, photographer, Tina Casey, QAS Productions, producer
2006 : Antonin Kratochvil, photographer, Hannu Laakso, design director
2005 : Craig Cutler, photographer, Scott Brown, art director
2004 : Diana Koenigsberg, photographer, Alicia Jylkka, Julia Moburg, art directors

Rencontres de Bamako

Rencontres; of Bamako 2011, african biennial of photography - Festival from 1 November - 1 January 2012

 I can't find information on 2011 prizes and jury. No prizes this time? I did see an Appel à candidatures pour la sélection des artistes présentés dans l’exposition panafricaine, but I can't download/open the documents. Should you be interested, there is a downloadable press kit on the 9th edition of Recontres de Bamako.  Download dossier de press.

"This African Photography Biennial, which is now recognised around the world, has been a key event for the last 17 years in the African and Caribbean artistic programme supported by the Institut français. Through the Bamako Encounters, we have supported African artistic creation around three major themes: supporting creation -by producing prints of the photos in the exhibition, which belong to the artists and provide them with a source of revenues – supporting training –through photography workshops organised in Africa between biennials – supporting visibility –in venues devoted to contemporary art or art marketplaces. Here in Bamako, the World can discover and recognise the creativity of African artists. Bamako is also where artists can meet with professionals to discuss new projects that will allow them to show their work in London, Sao Paulo or Tokyo. And in France, during Paris Photo, we can find the young artists discovered at the Bamako Encounters in recent years. " Read more.

http://www.rencontres-bamako.com/

? Lauréats 2011

Lauréats 2009

Prix Seydou Keïta, récompensant la meilleure création photographique : • Uche Okpa Iroha / Nigéria

Prix de l’Union européenne, distinguant le meilleur photographe de presse ou de reportage : • Jodie Bieber / Afrique du sud 

Prix Jeune Talent de Bolloré Africa Logistics, décerné au meilleur jeune photographe : • Baudouin Mouanda / Congo-Brazzaville

Prix spécial du jury, attribué au photographe « coup de coeur » : • Berry Bickle / Zimbabwe - Mozambique & Abdoulaye Barry / Tchad 

Prix de l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, récompensant le meilleur jeune photographe francophone : • Guy Wouete / Cameroun

Prix Elan de l’Agence Française de Développement (AFD) : • Salif Traoré / Mali

Prix Casa Africa : • Zanele Muholi / Afrique du sud

Les Lauréats 2007

DONDO Calvin (Zimbabwe), Prix Seydou KEITA, Grand Prix de la Biennale (3000 Euros)

MANGSTU Aïda ou Aïda MULUNEH ( Ethiopie), Prix de l’Union Européenne (3000 Euros)

DICKO Saïdou (Burkina Faso), Prix de l’Organisation International de la Francophonie du Meilleur photographe francophone (1500 Euros)

CAMARA Mohamed (Mali), Prix Elan (édition d’une monographie de l’auteur)

BALOJI Kambamby Samuel ou Sammy Baloji ( RD. Congo), Prix Afrique en créations, Travail de création du jeune photographe (2000 Euros et la production de l’exposition de 15 images par Culturesfrance)

KENAWY Amal (Egypte), Prix de l’image, Artiste de la section Nouvelles images (1500Euros)

VELEKO Nontsikelelo ou Lolo Veleko (Afrique du Sud), Prix du Jury, Photographe « coup de cœur » (2000 Euros et achat d’une œuvre)

Les Lauréats 2005

Rana El Nemr, Egypte

Zohra Bensemra, Algérie

Ulrich-Rodney Mahoungou, Congo

Uchechukwu James Iroha, Nigéria

Mamadou Konaté, Mali

Mikhael Subotzky, Afrique du Sud

Les Lauréats 2003

Youssef Nabil (Egypte)

Pape Seydi (Sénégal)

Roberto Stephenson (Haïti)

Emeka Okereke (Nigeria)

Fatimah Tuggar (Nigeria)

Cirenaica Moreira (Cuba)

Jorge luis Alvarez Pupo (Cuba)

Rencontres de Bamako 2009

Photography contest "Lens on development"

Photography contest "Lens on development" : Water, Education and entrepreneurship, The influence of the natural environment on human life.

"According to the World Food Programme, more than 1 billion people worldwide suffer from hunger and malnutrition, with the vast majority (98%) living in developing countries.

We invite you to submit your photo to the contest and participate in raising awareness of the challenges the developing countries are facing".

Deadline :  1 november 2011

•    Grand Prix of the Contest of 2 500 EUR gross value;
•    I prize in each of the 4 categories of  1 000 EUR gross value;
•    II prize  in each of the 4 categories of 500 EUR gross value;
•    Internauts’ prize in each of the 4 categories of  400 EUR gross value.

http://www.photo2011.eu/en/

WPO : Facebook Monthly Photo Competition

For those of you that live with seasons or currently able to enjoy an 'indian summer', here's a "enter-one-image-for-free-competition" at WPO.

Facebook Monthly Photo Competition - October 2011

"Enter our Facebook Monthly Photo Competition for your chance to win prizes for sharing in WPO's passion for photography. Each month we give you a different theme, ask you to take an original and inspiring photo that fits the theme, then enter it!

The theme for October is 'Autumnal Colours', draw inspiration from the rich colours of Autumn and be as creative as you like in interpreting this theme!" 

Entry Start: 1st October 2011 Entry Close: 31st October 2011

http://www.worldphoto.org/competitions/facebook-monthly-photo-competition-october-2011/

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© Judith den Hollander - Dutch autumn stuff from 2009. No, I won't submit one. Yes, I just felt like sharing today.

Documentary Photography Projects

Documentary Photography Projects : 2009 - present

Inspirational and very compelling, so totally different from my previous post, are the works or rather stories of these photographers. Have a look yourselves.

Through grantmaking, exhibitions, and training workshops, the Documentary Photography Project supports photographers whose work addresses social justice and human rights issues that coincide with the mission of the Open Society Foundations.

http://www.soros.org/initiatives/photography/multimedia/2009-production-grants-20110511

Production Grants to Photographers from Central Asia, the Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Pakistan, 2009–2010

2009–2010 Production Grantees
Mery Agakhanyan (Armenia): Village Life in Armenia
Barat Ali Batoor (Afghanistan): The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
Hayk Bianjyan (Armenia): Forced Evictions: Property Violations in Armenia
Rena Effendi (Azerbaijan): Oil Village: Baku, Azerbaijan
Valeriy Kaliyev (Kazakhstan): Migrant Workers in Kazakhstan
Justyna Mielnikiewicz (Georgia): Old Rules, New Realities
Karen Mirzoyan (Armenia): Suicide in Armenia
Akhtar Soomro (Pakistan): Sheedi Community in Karachi
Farzana Wahidy (Afghanistan): Life for Women in Afghanistan

2011 Production Grantees
Abdujalil Abdurasulov (Kazakhstan), Project: Ethnic Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan
Tahmina Ahmadova (Azerbaijan), Project: Arranged Family Marriages in Azerbaijan
Zturgan Aldauyev (Kazakhstan), Project: Shanyrak in Kazakhstan
Nazik Armenakian (Armenia), Project: LGBT community in Armenia
Davaanyam Delgerjargal (Mongolia), Project: Illegal Logging in Mongolia
Natela Grigalashvili (Georgia), Project: Rural Schools and Social Conditions in Villages in Georgia
Anahit Hayrapetyan (Armenia), Project: Violence Against Women in Armenia
Mehman Huseynov (Azerbaijan), Project: Freedom of Speech in Azerbaijan.

Hasselblad Masters

Hasselblad Masters Awards : 2001 - present

Truly a great source of inspiration to me : the work of the Hasselblad Masters!

Check out who made it to the finals this year and bring out your vote(s).

To all photographers listed = I'm sure you must be excited to be among the finalists = I say congratulations.

"Hasselblad is proud to introduce the 110 Masters Finalists for the Hasselblad Masters Awards 2012 and invites you to view the work of these exceptional photographers and vote until October 31, 2011 for your favorite images".

http://www.hasselblad.com/masters/masters-finalists.aspx

Black and White Spider Awards

Black and White Spider Awards : 2004 - present

"Black and White Spider Awards is open to professional and amateur photographers shooting in all forms of black and white photography, using traditional or digital methods.  We encourage classic styles, new creative ideas and photographers who are driven by their artistic eye and a desire to excel in this classic art form.

Last days to save – All Specials End Oct. 21st.  Final Deadline - December 16, 2011

Professional	USA	UK	Europe
Single Entry	$35	£20	€30

Don't miss the opportunity to save up to 50% when submitting multiple images before Friday, Oct. 21st.

Get exposure and put your work in front of the greatest names in photography from Sotheby’s, The Armory Show, Magnum to the Tate in London and more".

www.thespiderawards.com

Winners

6th  George Mayer - Russia, Marc Montmeat - France 
5th  Shane Van Boxtel - USA, Maciej Duczynski - Poland
4th  Maleonn MA - China (PRC), Salih Guler - Turkey
3rd  Michele Clement - USA, Julio Hardy - Spain
2nd 2006  Jeff Zaruba - USA, Sheila Smart - Australia
1st  2004  Mark Edward Harris - USA, David Burdeny - Canada


p.s. site administrator, please fix/finish the winners gallery...

International Garden Photographer of the Year

International Garden Photographer of the Year : 2008 - present

Deadline : 30th November 2011

"The competition is open to everyone anywhere in the world. Images do not have to be taken in a specified year. There is no distinction drawn between professional and amateur photographers. There are eight categories to enter and a special section for people under 16 years of age. There is a fee for entering the competition which helps to cover the expense of mounting and touring the exhibition. This fee is £10 for 4 single images, or £25 for a portfolio. Under 16s can enter for free. A book of the exhibition is normally produced each year".

Prizes for Competition 5 - 2011/2012
- Single image (International Garden Photographer of the Year) £5000
- Portfolio: Royal Photographic society Gold Medal Plus £2000

http://www.igpoty.com/

Winners

Colin Roberts
Marianne Majerus
Jonathan Berman
Claire Takacs

Prix Pictet

Prix Pictet : 2008 - present

Since my last post on this award, things have evolved. I agree that the Prix Pictet is now one of the leading prizes in photography. Prize money, recognition, publicity for the laureates and short listed photographers are quite epic. Awareness for sustainability is well raised.

Exhibition of photographs made by Chris Jordan 

"Launched in 2008 by the Geneva-based private bank Pictet & Cie, the Prix Pictet has rapidly established itself as the world’s leading prize in photography and sustainability. It has a unique mandate – to use the power of photography to communicate vital messages to a global audience. The goal is to uncover art of the highest order, applied to confront the pressing social and environmental challenges of the new millennium.

The Prix Pictet has two elements: the prize of CHF 100,000 awarded to the photographer who, in the opinion of the independent jury, has produced a series of work that speaks most powerfully to the theme of the award; and the Commission, awarded by the Partners of Pictet & Cie, in which a shortlisted photographer is invited to undertake a field trip to a region where the Bank is supporting a sustainability project.

American photographer Chris Jordan was invited to undertake the third Price Pictet Commission.

The fourth theme of the Prix will be Power.  

Between now and January 2012 a network of 180 experts from five continents, acting as nominators for the prize, will scan the globe in search of images that are both of the highest artistic merit and have the narrative power to provoke and disturb, but also to inspire".

The Shortlist will be announced at the festival Les Rencontres d’Arles in July 2012.

http://www.prixpictet.com/

Winners

Power :
Growth : Mitch Epstein - USA, Chris Jordan - USA (Commission)
Earth : Nadav Kander - Britain, Ed Kashi - USA (Commission)
Water : Benoit Aquin - Canada, Munem Wasif - Bangladesh (Commission)

APO Photo Contest

APO Photo Contest : 2001 - present

Deadline : 29 February 2012

I came across a photo contest that I had not seen before. The APO contest however has been around :  six competitions since 2001.

I read through the rules and could not find anything unusual with regard to photo rights.  "APO-Asian photographers", you might want to check it out. BTW, should one of you have had experiences with the APO Photo Contest, don't hesitate to share them over here.

"Photos must show scenes from everyday life reflecting either productivity, sustainable development, or both. Productivity means “improved or better ways of doing things,” while sustainable development means “progress with due regard for environmental protection.” This photo contest is intended to depict only positive aspects related to the theme".

http://www.apo-tokyo.org/wp/news/apo-2012-photo-contest.html

Winners

2010 Dang Thi Huong Hoa(Vietnam)
2008  Subin Pumsom (Thailand)
2006  Hoang Thach Van (Vietnam)
2004  Chawalit Pumpo (Thailand)
2002  Lai Dien Dam (Vietnam)
2001  Hoang Kim Thanh (Vietnam)

International Street Photography Award

The Street Photography Awards : 2011 - 2012

People,  browse your photo files or get your camera to wander the streets; submit a work that is unique in style and depth :

Deadline : Thursday 5 January 2012

"The International Street Photography Award is looking for exceptional, international photographers that display a unique style and depth of work in the genre of street photography. The genre crosses over into portraiture, documentary and art photography.

The International Awards are open to photographers from anywhere in the world and photographs may be taken anywhere in the last 10 years. 

The international winner receives:

• Solo exhibition in London including: working with a festival curator, gallery hire, printing & framing solution, PR and your own private view. Venue TBC, 2011's exhibition was alongside Vivian Maier at the German Gymnasium

• £2,000 cash

• All-expenses-paid trip to the exhibition launch in London*

• An Olympus PEN camera

• An Award catalogue is produced including all finalists through Blurb. The winner receives an Awards catalogue and £100 book voucher from Blurb to print their own photo-book.

• A Crumpler Muffin Top camera bag

• A Thames & Hudson photo-book"

TOTAL VALUE: £10,000

http://www.londonstreetphotographyfestival.org/

Winners

2011 Jesse Marlow and Philip Cheung.

Winners galleries

Fujifilm Student Awards

Fujifilm Student Awards : 2008 - present

I am quite curious to see what students will make out of the 2012 theme :  'Extreme' on F-I-L-M.  Must be fun such a challenge...  (Although this tends to be a 'national' competition, I thought I should flag it).

Deadline :  29 February 2012.

"The overall winning photographer will win: £200 worth of Fujifilm film, a Trophy and the title 'Fujifilm Student Photographer of the Year 2012'. Up to 30 Merit runner-up winners will each receive 10 rolls of Fujifilm film. We hope to announce further prizes shortly. College Prize: Certificate and £200 worth of Fujifilm film".

http://www.fujifilmstudentawards.co.uk/

"Shooting on film encourages a 'quality not quantity' mind set. Aim to get everything right before pressing the shutter; to achieve the perfect image that doesn't require post production".

A silver halide is one of the compounds formed between silver and one of the halogens — silver bromide (AgBr), chloride (AgCl), iodide (AgI), and three forms of silver fluorides. As a group, they are often referred to as the silver halides, and are often given the pseudo-chemical notation AgX. Although most silver halides involve silver atoms with oxidation states of +1 (Ag⁺), silver halides in which the silver atoms have oxidation states of +2 (Ag²⁺) are known, of which silver(II) fluoride is the only known stable one.

The light-sensitive chemicals used in photographic film and paper are silver halides. Read more : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_halide

Winners

2011  Clélia Maumene
2010  Anne Marie Atkinson
2009  Andrew Partner
2008  David Wala

Previous merit winners

Raymond Weil International Photography Prize

"The 6th edition of the Raymond Weil International Photography Competition is now open!

Registration deadline: November 30th 2011, 11:00 GMT

Seize your chance to express your talent and win a US $10.000 cash prize!

The Raymond Weil International Photography Prize will be awarded by the jury:
- US $ 10,000
- Exhibition in a recognized art gallery, in an international artistic capital city
- Exhibition on the RW booth during BASELWORLD 2012 - the world's leading Watch & Jewellery Show
- Raymond Weil will support the artist by communicating on him/her and his/her works

The Public's Choice Awards:
These prizes will be awarded by RW fans after the first selection made by the jury. The vote will held online on Facebook from December 17th 2011 to January 17th 2012, 11:00 GMT. A fan can only vote once for her/his favourite artist.
- US $ 1,500
- Exhibition of the awarded pictures in a RW boutique
- Raymond Weil will support the artist by communicating on him/her and his/her works".

http://www.raymond-weil.com/EN/Club-and-Community/Community/RW-Talents/photography-competition-2011-all-about.html

Winners RW International Photography Competition

2010  Elena Rendina - Louise te Poele, Members' Award
2009  Nicolas Delaroche - Cyril Porchet, Members' Award
2008  Carlo Gianferro - Richard Hines, Members'Award
2007  Catherine Leutenegger - Nicolas Dhervillers, Members'Award

BJP International Photography Award

BJP International Photography Award : 2005 - 2011

6 October 2011 -

Chloe Dewe Mathews wins BJP's International Photography Award  2011

Deadline : September

The BJP International Photography Award has no theme. Photographs can be captured in any format, film or digital, and can be of any style or genre. Anyone can enter, amateur or professional, from the UK or abroad.
The Award consists of two separate categories - one recognising a coherent series, the other a stunning single image. Photographers are welcome to enter both categories and to enter more than one series or image to win photographic kit and a framed, printed exhibition at London's Host Gallery.

http://ev956.eventive.incisivecms.co.uk/static/home

2010  Peter diCampo, series - Michelle Sank, single image
2009  Edmund Clark, series - Giulio di Sturco, single image
2008  Beso Uznadze, series- Walter Astrada, single image
2007  Carla Verea
2006  Charlie Crane
2005  Frank Herfort

Paris Photo Book Prize

 Paris Photo 2011

This year I should visit Paris Photo fair again. Because Paris Photo will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a theme/exhibition that has my interest : African photography from Bamako to Cape Town, "unveiling the creative wealth of historic and contemporary African artists". Also I'm quite curious to see the four programmes are about that will "articulate Paris Photo’s new identity".

One of which is the “Paris Photo Book Prize” :

For its first edition, the Paris Photo Book Prize will reward a reference photographic book that has marked the past 15 years. The Prize is made with the Aperture Foundation and benefits from the support of Leica. The Paris Photo Photo Book Prize – will be announced on Thursday 10th November, 2011.

http://www.parisphoto.fr/

Archieved : BMW Paris Photo Prize

Bayeux Calvados Award

Prix Bayeux-Calvados award for war correspondents

Photo Trophy – Prize awarded by Nikon - €7,000
Selections for the 18th edition

A week of events open to the public

Besides the work of the jury and the awards ceremony, the Bayeux-Calvados Awards is a week of events and debates about international news: exhibitions, evening debates, screenings, book fair, media forums, meetings with schoolchildren...

Come and join us from 3 to 9 October to meet these war correspondents, men and women who, thanks to their testimony, awaken our consciences and confront us with the pain of the world.

More on the website

Previous winners

2010  Véronique De Viguerie
2009  Walter Astrada
2008  Balazs Gardi
2007  Mahmud Hams
2006  Jaafar Ashtiyeh
2005  Jim MacMillan
2004  Karim Sahib
2003  Georges Gobet
2002  Luc Delahaye
2001  Enric Marti
2000  Eric Bouvet
1999  James Nachtwey
1998  Achmad Ibrahim
1997  Santiago Lyon
1996  James Nachtwey
1995  Laurent Van der Stockt
1994  André Soloviev

So, which new grants and awards since 2009?

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Do you still consult the PGA blog?
Would you like me to revive it?
How about making it a combined effort?
Would you be interested in writing blog articles? 

Let's give co-production / co-creation a try. Help to complete the below list and contribute in making this a up-to-date-resource.  Send in information on grants and awards that should be included here.

Looking forward to receiving your comments and/or emails.

2011 Photocrati Fund Competition

Tim Hetherington grant

The International Street Photography Award 2012

Fujifilm Student Awards 2012

Dr. Erich Salomon Award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh)

The Dr. Erich Salomon Award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh) was established in 1971 to honor outstanding use of photography in press. It celebrates the memory of the great photographer of the Weimar Republic, Dr. Erich Salomon, whom many regard as the principal founder of modern photojournalism.

The award comprises a certificate and a Leica M Camera, engraved with the name of the recipient. It is presented every year, alongside the Cultural Award, as the highest distinction of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh). Among the award winners are magazines, organizations and television as well as persons who have done photography a great service in publications or who have excelled as photojournalists.

Yearly. No public application.

The award comprises a certificate and a Leica M Camera, engraved with the name of the recipient. It is presented every year, alongside the Cultural Award, as the highest distinction of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh).

Among the award winners are magazines, organizations and television as well as persons who have done photography a great service in publications or who have excelled as photojournalists.

More on the website

2010	Michael von Graffenried, Paris (Frankreich)
2009	Sylvia Plachy, New York (USA)
2008	Anders Petersen, Stockholm (Schweden)
2007	Letizia Battaglia, Palermo (Italien)
2006	Martin Parr, Bristol (Großbritannien)
2005	Horst Faas, London (Großbritannien)
2004	Will McBride, Berlin (Deutschland)
2003	John G. Morris, Paris (Frankreich)
2002	Menschenrechtsorganisation „Reporters sans frontières“, Paris (Frankreich)
2001	Herlinde Koelbl, Neuried (Deutschland)
2000	Arno Fischer, Berlin (Deutschland)
1999	Eva Besnyö, Amsterdam (Niederlande)
1998	René Burri, Paris (Frankreich)
1997	Peter Hunter, Den Haag (Niederlande)
1996	Regina Schmeken, München (Deutschland)
1995	Gilles Peress, New York (USA)
1994	Mary Ellen Mark, New York (USA)
1992/3	Don McCullin, Batcombe, Somerset (Großbritannien)
1991	Robert Lebeck, Hamburg (Deutschland)
1990	Cristina García Rodero, Madrid (Spanien)
1989	Barbara Klemm, Frankfurt (Deutschland)
1988	Sebastiao Salgado, Aimores (Brasilien)
1987	Josef H. Darchinger, Bonn (Deutschland)
1986	Peter Magubane, Johannesburg (Südafrika)
1985	Robert Frank, New York (USA)
1984	Zeitschrift "Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin", Frankfurt (Deutschland)
1983	Dr. Lotte Jacobi, Deering, New Hampshire (USA)
	Dr. Tim Gidal, Jerusalem (Israel)
1982	Stiftung "World Press Photo", Amsterdam (Niederlande)
1981	Bilderdienst der Deutschen Presse-Agentur (DPA), Hamburg/Frankfurt (Deutschland)
1980	Zeitschrift "GEO", Hamburg (Deutschland)
1979	WDR Fernsehreihe "Der 7.Sinn", Köln (Deutschland)
1978	Zeitschrift "National Geographic Magazin", Washington (USA)
1977	Zeitschrift "Bild der Wissenschaft", Stuttgart (Deutschland)
1976	Zeitschrift "Zeitmagazin", Hamburg (Deutschland)
1975	ZDF-Fernsehreihe "Personenbeschreibung" von Georg Stefan Troller (Deutschland)
1974	Zeitschrift "EPOCA", Mailand (Italien)
1973	Zeitschrift "Avenue", Amsterdam (Niederlande)
1972	Kulturelle Monatszeitschrift "du", Zürich (Schweiz)
1971	Zeitschrift "Stern", Hamburg (Deutschland)

Aftermath Project grant

2012 Aftermath Project grant. Deadline : November 1, 2011

Submissions for the 2012 Aftermath Project grant cycle are now open. Thanks to the ongoing generous support of the Foundation to Promote Open Society, we will be giving one $20,000 grant, as well as naming four finalists. The work of our grant winner and finalists will be published in “War is Only Half
the Story, Vol Six.” 

More information on the website
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The 2011 winner :
David Monteleone

The 2010 winners :
Monika Bulaj, Italy: “Afghanistan: not the war only”
Danny Wilcox Frazier, US: “Wounded Knee: generations endure a massacre”

The 2009 winners :
Asim Rafiqui (Sweden/US) - $25,000 grant, for his project, “The Idea of India: Religious and Cultural Pluralism as Resistance to Sectarian Conflict,” an exploration of the aftermath of religious conflict in India through documenting pluralist landscapes, shared sacred sites, shared cultural traditions and efforts at reconciliation within divided communities.
Louie Palu (Canada) - $15,000 grant, for his project, “Home Front,” which explores and compares the experiences of American Vietnam War veterans, and returning soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Palu’s project focuses on the emotional and psychological issues faced by soldiers who return from war and the long-term effects they deal with as they try to reintegrate into their families and society.

2008 : Kathryn Cook and Natela Grigalashvili

2007 : Jim Goldberg and Wolf Böwig
The Aftermath Project is a non-profit organization committed to telling the other half of the story of conflict — the story of what it takes for individuals to learn to live again, to rebuild destroyed lives and homes, to restore civil societies, to address the lingering wounds of war while struggling to create new avenues for peace.

Alexia foundation grant

Deadline : January 17, 2012.

The professional Alexia Grant recipient will receive $15,000 for the production of the proposed project. See the student rules for information about the student competition.
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More on the website

Previous winners and photo gallery (a good new feature on the new website) :

(www.walterastrada.com)

Bharat Choudhary and Amanda Berg, Bob Miller (2011)
Louie Palu and Juliette Lynch (2010)
Walter Astrada and Carl Kiilsgaard (2009)
Stephanie Sinclair and Matt Eich (2008)
("The professional winner for personal reasons relinquished the award") - Jeffrey Fehder (2007)
Balazs Gardi and Melanie Blanding (2006)
Marcus Bleasdale and Erika Schultz (2005)
Roger Lemoyne and Marie Arago (2004)
Matt Black and Christopher Capozziello (2003)
Kai Wiedenhoefer and Justin J. Yurkanin (2002)
Jan Dago and Tom Mason (2001)

The Alexia Foundation promotes the power of photojournalism to give voice to social injustice, to respect history lest we forget it and to understand cultural difference as our strength — not our weakness. Through grants and scholarships, The Alexia Foundation supports photographers as agents for change.

Unicef Photo of the Year

ARCHIVED : Unicef Photo of the Year International Award 2008, 2009

Contest for photojournalists and fine art photographers

2009

Johan Bävman, Sweden, Freelance Photographer / Moment

The UNICEF Photo of the Year 2009 is part Johan Bävman’s series “Albino – In the shadow of the sun”. Ten-year-old Selina is one of about 150,000 albinos in Tanzania. Her body does not produce enough melanin. Her skin, hair and eyes therefore need special protection against the sun. Many people with albinism suffer from skin cancer or severe visual impairment. Their average life expectancy in countries such as Tanzania is 30 years. Due to the light color of their skin, they are stared at, ridiculed and ostracized. They are called “zeru zeru” – the children of the devil. The boarding school in Mwanza, Northern Tanzania, where the UNICEF Photo of the Year was taken, is surrounded by a 2m fence. Originally built for visually impaired children, the school has become a sanctuary for more than 100 albino children. Here they are protected by the police who patrol the area also at night. This became necessary since albinos in the region near Lake Victoria became target of unprecedented brutality about three years ago. They are mutilated and killed because their body parts are traditionally regarded and sold as talismans. Superstitious locals think they will help them to catch more fish in Lake Victoria or find gold and diamonds. According to official sources, more than 40 albinos have been murdered in Tanzania; the real numbers are likely to be higher, as many cases go unreported. Meanwhile the government started taking stronger action and it now looks as if violence against albinos is declining.  Read more

2008



Alice Smeets : Surviving in Haiti

Her winning picture shows a girl in the largest slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. Although she has to live between dirt and rubbish, the girl is wearing a clean white dress with matching ribbons in her hair whilst walking barefoot through the mud. “The photo shows us the courage and energy of a little girl who is growing up in the face of adversity. Children from the poorest backgrounds often demonstrate great strength” said UNICEF patroness Eva Luise Köhler at the award ceremony on Thursday in Berlin. “The UNICEF-Photo of the Year is a plea to heed and support these children”.

International experts of photography are asked by UNICEF Germany to encourage young photographers to make a submission. The photographers submit five to ten photos that demonstrate a high level of photography and visually interpret living situations of children.
The first prize: a photo assignment from German GEO magazine and Leica camera equipment.
There is no possibility to enter the contest without nomination.


More on the website

See also Spiegel Online International : Walking Barefoot through Misery
"I Couldn't Believe It Was True"."Actually, the picture is a snapshot," Smeets told Spiegel Online. She took the picture of the girl and then told her she could run back to her friends. "That's how the picture came about. As a portrait it wasn't even particularly good."

Visa pour l'image Perpignan - Visa d'Or Award

International festival of photojournalism

For the Visa d’or awards for news reporting and feature reporting, and the City of Perpignan award for the Best Young Reporter, picture editors select a shortlist from all reports seen over the past year (both published and unpublished), choosing four nominees per category. A second jury meets in Perpignan to choose the winners for each Visa d’or award (News, Feature and Daily Press).

No applications are needed for these categories.

The Languedoc-Roussillon Region is sponsoring the prize of €8000 for the Visa d’or Feature award winner. Paris Match will be giving a prize of 8000 euros to the Visa d’or News award winner

How to participate | the awards webpage

http://www.visapourlimage.com/

2011

Visa d'or Feature award winner : Olivier Jobard/Sipa Press for Paris Match. From Zarzis to Lampedusa, an odyssey of hope.
News award winner : Yuri : Kozyrev/NOOR for Time The Arab Spring - On Revolution Road
Daily Press award winner : Shiho Fukada for International Herald Tribune. Tsunami in Japan

2010

• Visa d’or News award: Damon Winter / The New York Times: Haiti
• Visa d’or Feature award: Stephanie Sinclair / VII for National Geographic and The New York Times Magazine: Polygamy in America
• Visa d’or Daily Press award: La Croix, Frédéric Sautereau
• City of Perpignan Young Reporter’s Award: Corentin Fohlen
• Canon Female Photojournalist Award 2010: Martina Bacigalupo
• The 2010 CARE Award for Humanitarian Reportage: Carsten Snejbjerg
• Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Photography Grant: Lizzie Sadin
• FRANCE24-RFI Web Documentary Award 2010: Prison Valley by Philippe Brault & David Dufresnes
• Award ANI - PixPalace 2009: Katie Orlinsky
• Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography : Stefano de Luigi, Miquel Dewever-Plana, Edwin Koo, Darcy Padilla & Jérôme Sessini.

2009

• News : Wojtek Grzedzinski
• Magazine : Zalmaï
• Daily press: Los Angeles Times , report by Barbara Davidson
• City of Perpignan Young Reporter Award: Massimo Berruti
• Canon Female Photojournalist Award: Justyna Mielnikiewicz
• The 2009 CARE Award for Humanitarian Reportage: Luca Catalano Gonzaga
• Pierre & Alexandra Photography Grant: Margaret Crow
• FRANCE24-RFI Web Documentary Award: Imprisoned Body by Collective Work / Le Monde Interactif

2008

• News: Philip Blenkinsop / NOOR : China Earthquake
• Magazine: Brent Stirton / Reportage by Getty Images for Newsweek and National Geographic Magazine : Virunga National Park, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, July 2007
• Daily press: Dallas Morning News : Mona Reeder
• City of Perpignan Young Reporter Award: Munem Wasif / Vu: Bangladesh, standing on the edge
• Canon Female Photojournalist Award: Brenda Ann Kenneally on the harshness of daily life for America’s most disadvantaged families.
• The 2008 CARE International Award for Humanitarian Reportage: Stephanie Sinclair: excision in Indonesia
• Pierre & Alexandra Photography Grant: Jean Chung

2007

• News: Kadir van Lohuizen / Noor pour Le Monde - Tchad
• Magazine: Lizzie Sadin for her report Juvenile Suffering
• Daily press : Reforma, Israel Rosas, Luis Castillo, Jorge Luis Plata, Julio
• Candelaria - riots in Oaxaca, from September to November 2006.
• City of Perpignan Young Reporter Award: Mikhael Subotzky / Magnum Photos - crime and prisons in South Africa
• Canon Female Photojournalist Award: Axelle de Russé / Abaca for - the new concubines in China.
• The 2007 CARE International Award for Humanitarian Reportage: Jean Chung / World Picture Network - maternal mortality in Afghanistan

2006

• News: Shaul Schwartz / Getty Images : Gaza
• Magazine: Todd Heisler / Rocky Mountain News / Polaris / Deadline: Final Salute
• Daily Press: A Sergio Caro "el Periodico de catalunya"
• City of Perpignan Young Reporter Award 2006: Tomas van Houtryve: The Fall of a God King
• Canon Female Photojournalist Award: Véronique de Viguerie (World Picture News)
• Care International Award of Humanitarium Report: Hazel Thompson (Eyevine) for her report on children in prison in the Philippines

2005

• News: Philip Blenkinsop / Vu – Tsunami
• Magazine: James HILL (New York Times) - Beslan.
• Daily Press: Jan Grarup for his coverage of the Darfour events for "Politiken".
• Fujifilm Young Photographer Award: Lynsey Addario - the medical treatment of American soldiers - Iraq.
• Canon Female Photojournalist Award: Claudia Guadarrama
• Care International Award of Humanitarium Report : Juan Medina - African immigrant in the Canary Islands

2004

• News: Olivier Jobard / Sipa Press - Sudan, the forgotten war.
• Magazine: Stéphanie Sinclair / Corbis - Autoimmolation of women in Afghanistan
• Daily Press: Daniel Silva / Daily Press Peruvian newspaper El Comercio - Footballers, Andes, Peru
• Fujifilm Young Reporter 's award: Karim Ben Khelifa - One way Babylon
• Canon Female Photojournalist Prize: Kristen Ashburn / Contact Press Images
• The 2004 Care International Award for humanitarian reporting: Olivier Jobard / Sipa Press - Sudan, the forgotten war.

2003

• News: Georges Gobet / AFP - Ivory Coast
• Magazine: Philip Blenkinsop / Vu - Laos: the secret war continues
• Daily Press: Cheryl Diaz Meyer / The Dallas Morning News - Operation Iraqi freedom
• Kodak Young Reporter's award: Pep Bonet / Grazia Neri / Vu - Faith in chaos
• Canon Female Photojournalist Prize: Ami Vitale
• The 2003 Care International Grand Price for humanitarian reporting: Florence Gaty

2002

• News: Tyler Hicks / Getty-Sipa Press - Afghanistan
• Magazine: Felicia Webb / I.P.G. - Nil by mouth
• Daily Press: Thierry Bordas / La dépêche du Midi
• KODAK YOUNG Reporter's award: Ziyah Gafic / Grazia Neri - Aftermath or instead of introduction
• CANON Female Photojournalist Prize: Sophia Evans /nb pictures
• The 2001 CARE International Grand Price for humanitarian reporting: Anne-Laure Detilleux

2001

• News: Chris Anderson / Aurora / Cosmos –Afghan refugees in Pakistan
• Magazine: Ad Van Denderen / Vu - The Schengen Area: asylum-seekers and immigrants in Europe
• Daily Press: Erik Refner for Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende
• Kodak Young Photographer Award: Chris Anderson/ Aurora / Cosmos - The Stone Throwers
• Canon Female Photojournalist Prize: Magali Delporte: Unseen... Sport without sight
• The 2001 Care International Grand Price for humanitarian reporting: Ad Van Denderen - The Schengen Area: asylum-seekers and immigrants in Europe

2000

• News: Eric BOUVET / Gamma - Chechnya
• Feature: Raphaël GAILLARDE / Gamma - "People with third degree burns saved!"
• Daily Press: Dudley M. BROOKS - WASHINGTON POST
• The Kodak Young Photographer Award 2000: Thomas DWORZAK - Tchéchénie
• The Canon Award for best Picture Editor of the Year: Sarah HARBUTT NEWSWEEK
• The CARE International Award for the Best Humanitarian Reportage: Yoav LEMMER / AFP

1999

1998

• News: Alexandra Boulat / Sipa - Kosovo
• Magazine: Zed Nelson - Gun Nation
• Daily Press: la Vanguardia - Kim Manresa / Spain - Excision in Africa
• Kodak Price: Marie Dorigny - Aids, children work, slavery
• Care International: Lizzie Sadin / Rapho - Battered women in France
• Canon Best Picture Editor of the Year: Aïdan Sullivan / Sunday Times Magazine

1997

• News: Yunghi Kim - Rwanda
• Magazine: Jillian Edelstein - Apartheid
• Daily Press: Clarin / Argentina - Cabezas
• Kodak Price: Rip Hopkins - Aids
• Award of Hope, Corbis: Stan Grossfeld
• Care International: Tom Stoddart / IPG
• Canon Best Picture Editor of the Year: Kathy Ryan / New York Times Magazine

1996

• News: Patrick Robert -Liberia
• Magazine: Jean-Paul Goude / 2eBureau - Olympic games
• Daily Press: The Herald / Ecosse - Dunblane
• Kodak Price: Paolo Pellegrin - Aids
• Award of Hope, Corbis: Reza - Unicef

1995

• News: Carol Guzy / Washington Post / Reuters
• Magazine: Francesco Zizola / Contrasto
• Daily Press: l'Humanité
• Kodak Price: Lise Sarfati
• Crédit Foncier Price: Tom Stoddart

1994

• News: Nadia Benchallal - Algeria
• Magazine: Tom Stoddart / IPG
• Daily Press: Detroit Free Press

1993

• News: Luc Delahaye / Sipa - Yugoslavia
• Magazine: Dario Mitidieri / Select - Bombay's street children
• Daily Press: Diario 16

1992

• News: Chris Morris / Black Star - Yugoslavia
• Magazine: David Turnley / Black Star - Soviet Saga
• Daily Press: Midi-Libre -Pierre Anisset - French soldiers back from Gulf war

1991

• News: Patrick Robert / Sygma - Kurdistan
• Magazine: Philippe Bourseiller - Pinatubo's volcano
• Daily Press: Courrier de l'Ouest

1990

• News: Pascal / Vu - Executions in China
• Magazine: Diane Summers & Eric Valli - Honey's hunters
• Sebastiao Salgado / Magnum - Cambodia's children
• Daily Press : Progres de Lyon

Take a View - Landscape photographer of the year

Take a view - Landscape photographer of the year

The competition opened on 15th April 2011 and closed at 15th July 2011.  (Expect a similar timeline for 2012)

‘Take a view’ is an annual photographic competition open to everyone except employees of Lightworx Ltd or Light & Land Ltd, their families and relatives, and (except as set out below in this paragraph) anyone else connected with this competition. Top prize of £10,000 for the Landscape Photographer of the Year 2011. Entries must be of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands. Entries must have been taken within the five years immediately prior to the closing date.


The judges will choose the single best image from all four Adult categories. The photographer of this image will be awarded the prestigious title, ‘Landscape Photographer of the Year 2011’ and £10,000.
For the images judged to be the best in each of the four categories, there will be a prize of £1000.
For the images judged second in each of the four adult categories, there will be prizes of £500.

http://www.take-a-view.co.uk/

The exhibition of winning & commended entries will be at the National Theatre in London from: 5th December 2011 until 28th January 2012 and entry is free.


2010
Antony Spencer - Winter mist at Corfe Castle, Dorset, England

2009
Emmanuel Coupe - Sunrise over the Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye, Scotland

2008
Gary Eastwood  - Barney on a jetty in December, Hove beach, East Sussex, England

2007
Jon Gibbs - Storm over Scroby Sands wind farm, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Association Grant

The Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Association, created to promote the work of Pierre & Alexandra Boulat and encourage the work of photojournalists has created an award, supported by a Canon Europe endowment of 8 000 euros which will be given to a photo- journalist.

The award is presented to a professional photographer of any age, sex or nationality who wishes to cover a social, economic, political or cultural issue in a journalistic manner. The Award is given in order to allow the winner to produce a story that has never been told but that the photographer cannot find support for within the media. The work has to be completed only by a photographer alone.

http://www.viiphoto.com/association.html 

2010

Winner : Lizzie Sadin

For her project "Promised Land, Promised Women." The grant, supported by Canon Europe for an amount of 8,000 euros, will help Lizzie Sadin investigate and document the traffic of women in Israel,
"imported" to work primarily in the sex industry.

2009

Winner : Margaret Crow

2008
The first Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Association Grant, has been attributed to Jean Chung.

For a proposal on « Tears in Congo ». Jean has already worked in the various hospitals and clinics in Congo. She plans to complete the story in showing the women in their environment both before and after; and to further document their lives after the hospitals to see how they re-integrate into the society they used to belong to. The 8.000 € grant is supported by Canon Europe and the pictures should be presented next year in the 21st Visa pour l'Image - Perpignan.

RW club international photography prize

RW club international photography prize 2009

For your information. The Paris Photo (Photo fair and exhibition) website is flagging a USD 15.000 prize award. But to see the information one has to register and become a member of a club! It would make sense to register if one participates, but to see the info...

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22.02.2009
The winner of the RW Club 2008 International Photography Prize is Carlo Gianferro from Italy.
The Jury has selected 20 pictures among which the RW Club members have voted for their favorite one. The RW Club is happy to announce that the winner of the 2008 RW Club members’ special award is : Richard Hines from Canada.

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The 2008 RW Club International Photography Prize will take place from 29 September 2008 until 28 November 2008, 11h00 GMT.

This third edition is open to all photographers (professionals and amateurs) members of the RW Club who wish to use photography as a mean of artistic expression.

Competition planning:
Start of the competition: 29 September 2008
The inscription to the competition will be open from the above mentioned deadline.

Inscription deadline: 28 November 2008, 11:00 GMT
The member wishing to take part to the competition will have to upload his/her pictures from September 29th until November 28th.

Competition selection: December 2008
The RW Club Photography competition jury will make an official selection among all pictures received. The jury will select one picture per photographer.

Online voting: 19 December 2008 to 19 January 2009, 11:00 GMT
The official selection will be available online for the members to see and vote for their favourite picture.

Awards: 20 January 2009
The RW Club Photography competition jury will announce the winner of “The RW Club prize” and the winner of “The RW Club members’ special prize”.

Baselworld production: 21 January 2009 to 04 February, 2009
The winner of the RW Club Photography competition will create an exclusive production for the exhibit in the RAYMOND WEIL booth in BASELWORLD 2009 - The World's Leading Watch & Jewellery Show.

Baselworld: 26 March to 02 April 2009
The RW Club Photography competition winner’s exhibit will take place in the RAYMOND WEIL booth. During Baselworld, a vernissage of the winner’s artworks will take place on RAYMOND WEIL’s booth, with the presence of the artist and international journalists.

Theme:
Independence

Requirements:
- Number of photos: 3
- Format: JPG or GIF only
- Size: 600 x 600 pixels maximum
- Resolution: 72 dpi (smaller resolution will not be accepted)
- A high resolution copy (300 dpi) of each picture submitted for the later stage of the competition as the winning picture will be printed in a large format.

Awards & Prizes:
There will be two awards:
- The RW Club International Photography Prize
- The RW Club members' special award

The RW Club International Photography Prize will be awarded by the jury:
- US $ 15,000
- Exhibit in the Aperture Gallery – New York City
- Exhibition on the RAYMOND WEIL’s booth during BASELWORLD 2009 / The World's Leading Watch & Jewellery Show
- Exclusive interview with the international press
- Entire webpage

The RW Club members’ special award:
This prize will be awarded by the RW Club members after the first selection made by the jury. The vote will be available online from the 19 December 2008 to 19 January 2009, 11:00 GMT. A member can vote only once for her/his favourite artist.
- Entire webpage
- Exhibition of the awarded picture on the RAYMOND WEIL’s booth during BASELWORLD 2009 / The World's Leading Watch & Jewellery Show
- RAYMOND WEIL will support the artist by communicating the artist information to the press, professionals or potential clients.

The official jury:
The official jury is selected from professional of the branch and RAYMOND WEIL officials. The official jury is composed of:
- Pierre Keller: Photographer & Director of the District Art School, Lausanne
- Yves Aupetitallot: Director of National Centre for Contemporary Art, Grenoble
- Bruno Delavallade: Gallery owner in Paris and Berlin
- Olivier Bernheim: RAYMOND WEIL President & CEO

The Photography competition will be under the legal supervision of Mr Afshin Salamian, official attorney of the RW Club, from the law firm of Cramer-Salamian, Avocats in Geneva.

RW Club International Photography Prize 2007 was awarded to Swiss photographer Catherine Leutenegger. The 1st RW Club International Photography Prize was awarded in 2006 to French photographer Aurélien Couput.

BMW-Paris Photo Prize

ARCHIVED : BMW-Paris Photo Prize

Le Prix BMW –Paris Photo 2008, a été décerné à l’artiste Yao Lu : “New landscape part I – Ancient Spring Time Fey”.

Réservé aux photographes représentés par les galeries participant à Paris Photo, le Prix BMW – Paris Photo célèbre sa cinquième édition. Lancé en 2004 pour soutenir la création contemporaine, il est devenu une véritable référence internationale, contribuant par une dotation financière versée à l’artiste primé à la réalisation d’un projet, tout en offrant aux visiteurs de Paris Photo un aperçu des tendances de la photographie contemporaine internationale présentées au coeur même du Salon, au sein d’une exposition réunissant les oeuvres des candidats finalistes du Prix.
Sur le thème « Never Stand Still » (« toujours en mouvement, jamais immobile ») en relation avec la campagne de communication de nouvelle BMW Série 7, un jury international prestigieux a décerné jeudi 13 novembre une mention spéciale à trois artistes, Andrew Bush, J.H. Engström et Nobuhiro Fukui, et le Prix BMW-Paris Photo 2008, d’une dotation de 12 000 euros, à l’artiste chinois Yao Lu, représenté par 798 Photo Gallery, Beijing.

29/09/08

Launched to support contemporary photography.

A panel of prestigious international experts will select the winner of this €12,000 prize from among the living artists represented by the Paris Photo 2008 participating galleries. The theme for 2008 is “Never Stand Still”. The short-listed works will be on view during Paris Photo and the awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, November 13, 2008.

2008 short-listed artists :
Jeff Brouws (Robert Klein Gallery, Boston), Andrew Bush (Rose Gallery, Santa Monica), Clark & Pougnaud (Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris), Gerardo Custance (Polaris, Paris), J.H. Engström (VU’ la Galerie, Paris), Martine Fougeron (Esther Woerdehoff Galerie, Paris), Nobuhiro Fukui (Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo), Jim Goldberg (Magnum Gallery, Paris), Dionisio Gonzalez (Max Estrella, Madrid), Miyako Ishiuchi (Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo), Syoin Kajii (Foil Gallery, Tokyo), Atta Kim (Keumsan Gallery, Seoul), Ken Kitano (MEM Gallery, Osaka), Janne Lehtinen (Taik Gallery, Helsinki), Yao Lu (798 Photo Gallery, Beijing), Akira Mitamura (The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka), Keisuke Shirota (Base Gallery, Tokyo), Yuki Tawada (Taro Nasu, Tokyo), Nao Tsuda (Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo), Ofer Wolberger (Michael Hoppen Gallery, London).

Paris Photo : 13-16 November 2008

More on the website
Past winners
The theme for 2007 is "Water, Origin of Life".
Winner 2007 : Jitka Hanzlová - Untitled (Hungry Fishes) from the series « The Cotton Rose »- 2004, Kicken, Berlin

Winner 2006 : Mathieu Bernard-Reymond

ITS Photo Competition

ITS# Photo Competition

Deadline : 12 April 2011

The photo competition of International Talent Support is an important observatory to find talented, creative and highly prepared young photographers, able to shoot images that can easily find their place in the most important lifestyle and photography magazines as well as in renowned art galleries.

PRIZES

• DISARONNO Photography Award € 5000 + special communication project
• SVA Photoglobal Award

http://www.itsweb.org/jsp/en/index/index.jsp

ITS#8

• Saana Wang MINI CLUBMAN Photo Award (€10.000 + photoshoot with photographer Ari Marcopulos, with dedicated exhibition and publication in GQ Italy magazine) offered by MINI
• Monica Lozano Red Air Dolomiti Photo Award (Photo Exhibition at "Spazio Italia", Munich International Airport) offered by Air Dolomiti
• Silvia Noferi and Noemie GoudalPitti Immagine Photo Award (advertising campaign of the Pitti immagine fairs in Milan - Touch, Neozone and Cloudnine) offered by Pitti Immagine
• Clare Bottomley SVA Photoglobal Award (scholarship to the one-year intensive PhotoGlobal photography course at School of Visual Arts in New York City) offered by SVA

ITS#7

• Kazutaka Nagashima MINI CLUBMAN Photo Award (€10.000 + publication in MINIInternational magazine + professional shoot with Sarah Moon published in GQ Italy) offered by MINI
• Mashid Mohadjerin ITS#PhotoWeb Award (the online contest winner bacame one of ITS#PHOTO finalists)
• Debora Vrizzi and Martine FougeronPITTI IMMAGINE Photo Award (advertising campaign of the following seasons of PITTI IMMAGINE fairs in Milan) offered by PITTI IMMAGINE
• Matthieu Lavanchy SVA Photoglobal Award (one year photography course at School of Visual Arts - NY, full scholarship) offered by SVA School of Visual Arts
• Venetia Dearden Air Dolomiti Photo Award (dedicated exhibition at Spazio Italia at Munich airport) offered by Air Dolomiti

More information on the website.

Here's one of the winning 2008 photographs

Kazutaka Nagashima © winner of ITS#SEVEN Photo competition

 ITS#6

• Jing Quek MINIInternational Photo Award (€10.000 +publication of photo shoot in MINIInternational magazine)
• Maria Giulia Giorgiani and Jing Quek PITTI IMMAGINE Photo Award (adverising campaign of the Pitti Immagine Fairs in Milan - Touch, Neozone and Cloudnine)
• May Heek SVA Photoglobal Award (one year photography course at School of Visual Arts - NY, full scholarship + housing arrangements)

ITS#5

• Remigiusz Pyrdol American from the School of Visual Arts, New YorkMINIInternational Photo Award (€10.000 + publication of photo shoot in MINIInternational magazine)
• Catherine Sundqvist Swedish Visionaire Special Prize (publication of photo shoot in Vmagazine or Vman)
• Remigiusz Pyrdol American from the School of Visual Arts, New YorkLe Book Prize (publication of photo in Le Book Paris and Le Book.com)

ITS#4

•  Danielle Mourning from The Royal College of ArtMINIInternational Photo Award

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I like the creative look and feel of the website, yet I also find it hard to browse... Here are the names (with link) of the finalists. Congratulations to all. 

23/01/09. I received an email with information about a competition for (young) photographers that I'm gladly adding to this blog :

"CALL FOR ENTRIES : ITS#PHOTO – International Photography Competition. First Prize € 10.000,00 + travelling exhibition. There is no entry fee, no money to pay. DEADLINE : 25 March 2009.

ITS, International Talent Support is a platform to give exposure and support to young creativity.

ITS#PHOTO, the photography competition of ITS, is in its fifth year now and has become a renowned and important international contest organised in partnership with car brand MINI. Last year’s winner had the chance to spend a week shooting together with photographer Sarah Moon, and their pictures became an exhibition presented by GQ Magazine with a special event in Milan. The exhibiton will also travel around the world to New York, Tokyo, Paris and many other cities during 2009."