UK Photographer Wins Sony $25,000 Award

"UK photographer Vanessa Winship has stormed to victory in the Sony World Photography Awards, bagging a $25,000 cash prize.

Vanessa was named the overall winner of the award's professional category at a ceremony held in Cannes, France.

She beat thousands of entries worldwide, receiving the Photographer of the Year title from legend Elliott Erwitt, one of the judges" ...more

UK Photographer Wins Sony $25,000 Award

"UK photographer Vanessa Winship has stormed to victory in the Sony World Photography Awards, bagging a $25,000 cash prize.

Vanessa was named the overall winner of the award's professional category at a ceremony held in Cannes, France.

She beat thousands of entries worldwide, receiving the Photographer of the Year title from legend Elliott Erwitt, one of the judges" ...more

John Moore Podcast

John Moore, from Getty Images talks about his award winning pictures over the last year...more

Grants for Distribution of Photography Projects

"Traditional media offer limited opportunities for presenting documentary photographs in a way that creates a meaningful and lasting impact on the communities or issues addressed in the images. The Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Project is offering a grant to documentary photographers who have already completed a significant body of work on issues of social justice to collaborate with a partner organization and propose new ways of using photography as a tool for positive social change.

Deadline: June 20, 2008

Grants of $5,000 to $30,000 each will be awarded. ...more

Diageo Africa Publishing Awards

Created to reward journalists reporting positive stories about African Business the awards are now open for new entries, deadline 1 May ...more

New Video on China's Youth

Dalian MA Cohort student Patrick Carr has released a new short documentary film on youth culture in China see it ...HERE

New Evidence on Capa Picture

"The negative of Capa's 1936 image, 'The Falling Soldier', which has never been seen, is thought to be contained in a suitcase whose discovery in Mexico was announced earlier this year" ...more

Photographer's Accussed of Terrorism

"Misplaced fears about terror, privacy and child protection are preventing amateur photographers from enjoying their hobby, say campaigners"...more

New Camcorder for Still Pictures

Red have been developing a full frame video camera capable of capturing still images at the same resolution as current DSLRS
...more

Reuters Take Over

Reuters has been taken over and now sports a new name ...more

Robert Frank in Pingyao

Vanity Fair has published a slightly negative account of Robert Frank visit and exhibition in Pingyao last September. ...more

Cover Girls

It appears, according to new research, that men's titles newsstand magazine sales are still determined by who appears on the cover. An aging De Niro had the lowest sales whereas a scantily clad Angelina Jolie was the highest ...more

Free China Art Journal Download

"A special issue published in partnership with the Chelsea Programme, Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London in anticipation of China Now, Britain’s largest festival of Chinese arts. A survey issue it asks: what place is there for critical voices within current hegemonic interests in China and contemporary Chinese Art?" ...more