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

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)

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

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

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.

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

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."

Px3 Prix de la photographie Paris 2009 and ...

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WINNERS of the PX3 2009 photo competition : Erwin Olaf and Annett Reimer

"This book brings together for the first time three of the artist’s series—Rain, Hope, and Grief. Included is a first comprehensive look at his film work, through stills and an accompanying DVD that offers an overview of five of his movies, each related to the series featured in the book. In each series, Olaf creates his own enigmatic and enticing worlds, blending together a Norman Rockwell-style kitsch, a film noir intensity, and a strangeness reminiscent of the films of American filmmaker David Lynch. The work wryly celebrates America of the 1950s and 1960s with stereotypical characters, including cheerleaders, a boy scout, a housewife, a young couple, and a sailor. He explores issues of beauty, loneliness, and despair, expressed in an individual style that combines fashion, cinema, history and advertising".

"The Unhomely Stage addresses the relationship between body, place and memory. The location of the work holds high importance, as does the performance, the location used is of high personal value. I used the home of my grandmother as a Surrealist stage to explore femininity, sexuality and loss. The Unhomely Stage is set at a house that has not been lived in for almost a decade. The house has been left completely furnished and nothing has been removed since when it was lived in. There is a presence of memories colliding with the large uninhibited space. The female body is fragmented and dismembered, fracturing the power of the photographic gaze. The performances are quiet, yet powerful evocations of a hidden unknown".

Read more and see the work of the winners

The 2010 competition is open. Deadline : January 31, 2010
Furthermore there is the Aftermath competition : Deadline : July 15, 2009

05/06/09 PX3 seems to be evolving in a year round competition machine.

28/02/09. Another extended deadline and the names of the winners PX3 Water.

PX3 Photography Competition, The "Prix de la Photographie, Paris" : deadline: January 16, 2009 =>Extended Deadline: February 28, 2009 => Final deadline: 31 March. (Will it stay at three deadlines? Or will we soon see a final final deadline? I think this is bad communication and habit. You unnessecarily rush people to submit work and then you simply extend deadlines twice. I wonder why this is done. Not enough submissions (and fees) received? An explanation for extending twice would be nice for a change...).

Px3 Photographer of the Year
Both professional and non-professional photographers compete for the top award, the Px3 Photographer of the Year and 3,000 Euros. The winner’s work is publicized internationally, receives the spotlight at all events, is exhibited in Paris, and published in the Px3 Annual Book.

Px3 Best New Talent (Non-Professionals and Students Only)
Non-professional photographers compete for the Px3 Best New Talent Award and 2,000 Euros. The winner’s work is publicized and exhibited in Paris and published in the Px3 Annual Book.

Also honorable mentions and public choice awards....

Px3 Categories: Advertising, Photojournalism, Book, Book Proposals, Fine Art, Nature and Portraiture.

Winners 2008 :
Photojournalism | Balazs Gardi - The Valley
Advertising | Alex Telfer - Motorbikes
Fashion | Gustavo Marx - Essenciale
Beauty | Christoph Grothgar - Hannah
Architecture | Benjamin Antony Monn - A NOIRE

and many more : See the winners list 2008

Winners 2007 : Alex Telfer and ...

The "Prix de la Photographie, Paris" (Px3) strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris.

PHoto España Festival and Awards 2009

The PHotoEspaña Baume & Mercier 2009 Award has been granted to photographer Malick Sidibé (Mali, 1936). The Malian photographer receives this reward as recognition to his exceptional condition of portrait artist, his sensibility and personality. All that makes him one of the most renowned photographers of Africa. With pictures taken in its own study -Studio Malick- during the 50s and 60s, Sidibé has documented an important period of the history of Africa, a phase of emancipation, cultural changes, pride and hope in the future. His sensitive, enthusiastic, and compromised look has created simple, authentic, and full of truth images showing the special complicity between the photographer and its portrayed.

The Bartolome Ros Award, gifted with 12,000 €, has been granted to photographer Isabel Muñoz. In past editions the following artists have been awarded: Ricard Terre, Javier Vallhonrat, Marta Gili, Alejandro Castellote, Kowasa library, Joan Fontcuberta, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Ramon Masats, Cristina Garcia Rodero and Publio Lopez Mondejar.

The winner of the Prize Descubrimientos PHE Epson to the best portfolio of the Festival has been the Mexican photographer Alejandra Laviada (Mexico, 1980) for her work Photo Sculptures

Read more and see all the award winners

03/04/09
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Festival : from June 3 to July 26.

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, PHotoEspaña goes international. PHotoEspaña will organise exhibitions in Italy and Portugal and hold the portfolio review jointly in Peru, Mexico and Spain.

Workshops announed, check them out | Campus PHE Grandes Maestros :


More information on the website

Previous top award winners : PHE08 Martin Parr, PHE07 Robert Frank, PHE06 Hiroshi Sugimoto, PHE05 William Klein, PHE04 William Egglestone, PHE03 Helena Greek Almeida, PHE02 Nan Goldin, PHE01 Duane Michals, PHE00 Chema Madoz, PHE99 Luis González Palma and PHE98 Josef Koudelka.

Previous Bartolome Ros Award winners : Ricard Terre, Javier Vallhonrat, Marta Gili, Alejandro Castellote, Kowasa library, Joan Fontcuberta, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Ramon Masats, Cristina Garcia Rodero and Publio Lopez Mondejar.

Previous Descubrimientos (Discovery) award winners : PHE08 Yann Gross, PHE07 Harri Palviranta, PHE06 Stanislas Guigui, PHE05 Vesselina Nikolaeva, PHE04 Comeius Röthlisberger, PHE03 Pedro Alvarez, PHE02 Tanit Plana, PHE01 Sophie Dubosc, PHE00 Juan de la Cruz Megias, PHE99 Paula Luttringer, PHE98 Matias Costa.

When PHotoEspaña was founded in 1998 it was with a clear purpose: to show the public the work of the best international photographers and visual artists, to become an annual forum for professionals, and to provide a platform for young creators and projects. Twelve years on, PHotoEspaña is now a major event which has been attended by over 2,400 artists. The Festival is an exceptional occasion for discovering images, videos and installations created by outstanding national and international photographers and visual artists.

National Portrait Gallery | Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize

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Call for entries. Closing date for online registration: Monday 6 July 2009

Open to photographers from around the world, aged 18 and over.

The prizewinners and exhibition will be selected by a distinguished judging panel. The winner of the competition will receive £12,000. In addition the judges, at their discretion, will award one or more cash prizes to the shortlisted photographers.

Godfrey Argent Award. The winner of the Godfrey Argent Award receives £2,500. The prize is awarded to either the most outstanding black and white photograph or the best photographer aged twenty-five and under.

More on the website

07/11/08

The First Prize was awarded to Lottie Davies for Quints, 2008 from an ongoing project entitled Memories & Nightmares

Quints, shot on large format, was inspired by her friend Caroline’s nightmare in which she was pregnant with quintuplets.

Drawing on classical imagery of the Madonna and Child, Davies also took inspiration from several visits to the National Gallery, replicating the darkness and colours found in Caravaggio and Titian to portray the ‘calm and serenity of motherhood, as well as the feeling of imprisonment.’

The Second Prize 2008 was awarded to Hendrik Kerstens for Bag, 2007. Third Prize to Catherine Balet for Ines connected with Amina, 2007 from the series Connected. And the Fourth Prize went to Tom Stoddart for Murdoch Reflects, 2007 commissioned by Time magazine.

Godfrey Argent Award 2008 is for the photographer who submitted the best portrait in black and white : Vanessa Winship for Sweet Nothings, 2007 from the series Sweet Nothings.

The 2008 competition attracted over 2,500 photographers who together submitted more than 6,700 images. The resulting exhibition of sixty works, includes the four prize-winners and the winner of the Godfrey Argent Award, which this year goes to the photographer who submitted the best portrait in black and white.

?? Winner(s) 2008 info + link ?? (See more on BBC)

Winner 2007 : Jonathan Torgovnik - See all winners 2007

Winner 2006 : Richard Boll - See all winners 2006

Winner 2005 : Shara Henderson - See all winners 2005


"This prestigious international competition, has established a reputation for its diversity of photographic styles, encompassing editorial, reportage and fine art images submitted by a range of photographers, from gifted amateurs and photography students to professionals".

Emerging Photographer Grant

Burn - Emerging Photographer Grant : 2008 - 2012

The 2012 EPF submissions will open early 2012.

The Emerging Photographer Grant is designed to support continuation of a photographer’s personal project. This body of work may be of either journalistic mission or purely personal artistic imperatives. The primary intent is to support emerging photographers who will become the icons of tomorrow.

Anyone can enter the EPF Grant, there are no age restrictions… however, it is intended for  emerging photographers, who are the icons of tomorrow and not today…

http://www.burnmagazine.org/emerging-photographer-grant/

The 2011 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Irina Werning for her essay ‘Back to the Future’.

The 2010 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Davide Monteleone for his essay ‘Northern Caucasus’.

The 2009 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Alejandro Chaskielberg for his 8×10 format essay on the Parana River Delta.

The 2008 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Sean Gallagher for his essay on the environmental Desertification of China.