Photography grants and awards 2008

For the attention of all photographers, incl. professionals and students :

Para la atención de todos los fotógrafos, incluyendo profesionales y estudiantes :

À l’attention de tous les photographes, y compris des professionnels et des étudiants :

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PHoto España Festival and Awards 2008

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The 2007 Hasselblad Award Winner video

The awarding of the prize to Nan Goldin took place at Göteborg City Theatre, Göteborg on November 10, 2007. The Award Winner’s exhibition opened at Hasselblad Center in conjunction with the ceremony and will continue until January 13, 2008.

Video and snapshots from the Award Ceremony.

BMW-Paris Photo Prize winner 2007

Winner 2007 : Jitka Hanzlová- Untitled (Hungry Fishes) from the series « The Cotton Rose »- 2004, Kicken, Berlin

The theme is “Water, Origin of Life”. All the short-listed works will be on view during Paris Photo.

A panel of prestigious international experts picked the winner of this 12,000-euro prize from among living artists represented by Paris Photo 2007 participating galleries.

BMW-Paris Photo Prize

Winner of the Photographic Portrait Prize 2007 = Jonathan Torgovnik

“The fifth annual Photographic Portrait Prize has been won by Jonathan Torgovnik, 38, for his powerful portrait of Joseline Ingabire, a victim of rape during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Photographed with her two children, born at the height of the conflict, the portrait explores the terrible impact of the atrocities of war and aims to raise awareness of the plight of thousands of women abused in Rwanda”.

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Backlight 2008 Award

“The central presentations of Backlight 2008 will be based on an International Call for Artists. The Call is focused on photography, but it also accepts photography-based projects that are combined with other media. Deadline for submissions will be 31st of January 2008. Award : Euro 5.000.The Title of Backlight 2008 is : Tickle Attack”.

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Shortlisted artists Portrait Prize 2007

The Photographic Portrait Prize 2007 Shortlisted Artists

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! Developing native eyes

An article in PopPhoto. National Geographic fights image discrimination by supporting non-Western photographers : developing native eyes.

“Emaciated African babies with flies in their eyes. Indian women picking through earthquake rubble. Israelis and Palestinians throwing rocks. These are the images that Westerners are used to seeing from these countries — and in many ways they have lost the ability to see anything else….”.

But now there’s an initiative that might help to turn that round. Indeed, this is a timely opportunity for talented indigenous photographers, who want/need to tell their own story from their own region and get it published in our media.

“The photographers are given a cash prize as well as cartloads of equipment and software from sponsors, which include Adobe, LiveBooks, Epson, Kingston, Lowepro, Manfrotto, and Olympus. But more importantly, they are brought to the United States and introduced to top editors, publishers, curators, and media sources around the country”.

All roads photography program

A very fine initiative! But I wonder if the cash prizes are similar to the western grants and awards? Maybe we should have more of these developing, southern grants and awards?

Congratulations to the photographers that are in the spotlight and given an opportunity here.

Stephen Dupont wins eugene smith grant 2007