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

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2008 – Shortlist

The four shortlisted photographers for this annual award are: John Davies, Jacob Holdt, Esko Männikkö and Fazal Sheikh.

More on :

The Photographers’ Gallery

The official website

The Sony World Photography awards 2008

“Held at the prestigious Palais des Festivals, Cannes, between the 21st and 25th April 2008, The Sony World Photography Awards proudly give tribute to photographers around the globe in all categories. From landscape to music, photojournalism to fashion, the Sony World Photography Awards showcases the world’s best images taken by the most renowned photographers as well as the yet undiscovered.”

More on the official website