World Press Meeting to Focus on MM

The next meeting of the World Newspaper Congress will meet in Hyderbad, India between March 22 to 25 to focus on the growth of Multi Media in their sector. More than 2,000 editors, CEOS and others from the publishing industry are expected to attend to discuss the current threats to the industry.

The PGB Photo Award about to close

Now there is only 10 days left to the deadline of the photo contest The PGB
Photo Award. The contest close at the 4th of january. With a price pool of
US$30.000 and a charity projekt The PGB Photo Award is unique.
Be part of changing the world.
Submit your pictures know. www.thepgbphotoaward.com

The Girl Effect

This video uses type to play on western imaginations of poverty. Very clever stuff!

DJ Talks about challenges to Photojournalism

Photo MA Dalian cohort course leader D J Clark writes in the World Press Photo Newsletter about the future of photojournalism and the challenges to photography education ....more

Intimate China wins the Golden Mercur "Best Reportage"

The Golden Mercur is an annual prize for Dutch magazines. There are different categories. The China special, 35 pages of pictures and stories from Photo MA students based in Dalian published in Onze Wereld magazine in July 2008, was edited by Photo MA tutor Pieter Van der Houwen and designed by photo MA graduate Boris Austin won “Best Reportage 2008”.

The Netherlands is a small country , but has a strong documentary tradition. Think of the IDFA , International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, the biggest and most important documentary festival in the world. And of course the World Press Photo Awards which has been working with and for photojournalists for more that half a century. World Press Photo has already congratulated the editorial team.


JURY REPORT

It is an enormous achievement that a relatively small magazine like “Onze Wereld” could initiate such a large production. Thanks to the intensive cooperation with Dalian Image Art College in China and their partner the University of Bolton it was possible to work with photographers who live in China and who to some degree speak the language. This made it possible to photograph the daily life of the Chinese in the pre Olympic period. One very experienced member of the jury stated : “ I cant believe that Onze Wereld made this beautiful series. The quality of the photographs make this submission very special, showing this imitate unknown side of Chinese society. The organisation, production and design fitted seamlessly in the formula of Onze Wereld, resulting in a fantastic 35 pages. That’s why the Golden Mercur Goes to Onze Wereld.



As world eyes fall on China ahead of the upcoming Olympic games in 2008, how do you see China portrayed in the media? What types of stories do you hear? What do you know and what would you like to know?

A documentary film by Photo MA graduate Boris Austin about the making of a 30 Page "China Special" for Dutch Magazine Onze Wereld. The project, curated by Photo MA visiting lecturer Pieter vander Houwen and Boris, uses photo essays created by MA students and graduates to give a new perspective of China to a western audience.
See the anouncement on the Onze Wereld website ...here
See the film on the Onze Wereld website ...here
See the film on Vimeo ...here
See the slide show ...here
Download the magazine PDF ...here

D90 video

Some of the Nikon users on the PhotoMA have asked that i point out there an altenative to the Canon 5D MkII. Here is a video from the D90.



December Air from BUTTER FILMS on Vimeo.

Photography Post at Bolton being advertised

Part time lecturer post up for grabs at Bolton Uni ...more (deadline 18 December)

AP Photographer Follows a story of two girls in Congo

AP Photographer Jerome Delay who covers Africa, writes about a personal trip to find two girls he had photographed in the Congo...more

Red Camera Stills in NYT

"Images of kids playing video games were created by Robbie Cooper, a British photographer who employed a Red camera — a very-high-resolution video camera — and then took stills from the footage. Cooper, who says he was inspired by the camera technique that Errol Morris used to interview people in his documentaries, arranged his equipment so that the players were actually looking at a reflection of the game on a small pane of glass. He placed the camera behind the reflection so that it could look directly into their faces as they played. Cooper and his collaborators, Andrew Wiggins and Charly Smith, videotaped children in England and in New York."...more