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Award-Winning Innovative And Interactive Book for Photographers Released
Professional photographer and author Shaun Hines today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of Unravelling the Mysteries of the Little Black Box, his new photo graphic novel available for download on iPad devices. Named both an Editor’s Choice Award winner and the 2014 runner-up in The Most Innovative App category by The Phoblographer, Unravelling the Mysteries of the Little Black Box provides users with an innovative and interactive tool for learning the ins and outs of their camera. “It’s not very often that an innovative book for photographers makes a splash, but Unravelling the Mysteries of the Little Black Box is an eBook that will turn heads…
MIRA Mobile Prize 2014 – Book Available Of The Winning Images
After a hugely successful exhibition, of which I was very proud to have been included within the Jury, the organisers have created a book including an editorial about mobile photography authored by Manuela Matos Monterio and inclusive of the fifty shortlisted images as well as some images from the jury. This is a Blurb book and you can preview the first 15 pages here, or place an order, in the UK it retails for £31.57, in the US it’s available for $48.56.
William Daniels Receives 2014 Tim Hetherington Grant – World Press Photo
World Press Photo and Human Rights Watch are pleased to announce that the French photographer William Daniels has been awarded the fourth annual Tim Hetherington Grant. Daniels, represented by the London-based agency Panos Pictures, was selected for his work on the Central African Republic, a project entitled ‘Roots of Africa’s Unholy War’. He will receive a grant worth 20,000 euros to complete the project. The jury, meeting in New York on 10 December, selected the winner from among 198 applications. Read more here
2015 Sony World Photography Awards – Call for Entries – Enter For Free Today!
Select your best images of 2014 and submit them for free for your chance to win up to US$25,000, international press and exhibition opportunities, new Sony camera equipment, and much, much more. Click here for more information
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 Call for Entries…With Mobile Category WILD-I
The 51st Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition launches for entries on Monday 5 January 2015 for eight weeks until 26 February 2015. Critiquing the many tens of thousands of submissions to find the winning 101 will be an international jury of experts including National Geographic Senior Editor Kathy Moran, master of nature photographer, Tom Mangelsen, French aerial photographer, Thierry Vezon, and underwater photographer, Dr Alex Mustard. Sir David Attenborough, who has presented the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards on many occasions, says: ‘Great pictures of nature have one thing in common – they are unforgettable. They can also be a profound source of beauty, wonder and joy.’ Truly…
Illuminating Lyon with the Festival of Lights – Instagram – 2014
Oh, how I would’ve loved to of been here, every year at the beginning of December, the Fête des Lumières (Festival of Lights) takes place in the French city of Lyon (@villedelyon), illuminating the city’s parks and building facades with 75 light installations set to music. The festival now attracts huge crowds from all over the world, but began as a Lyonnaise tradition. When plans to unveil a new religious statue in 1852 were thwarted by bad weather, residents placed candles in jars on windowsills as a tribute. Lyon’s inhabitants still decorate their windows today, but lighting techniques have somewhat advanced since the 19th century. The festival spans four days,…
Call for Entries: The 2015 Alexia Foundation Grants
The Alexia Foundation is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for its 2015 Professional and Student Grants. The deadline for submissions for the Professional Grant is 2 p.m. Jan. 29, 2015. The deadline for the Student Grant is 2 p.m. on Feb. 2, 2015. The goal of The Alexia Foundation Grants is to give voice to those who go unheard, foster cultural understanding and expose social injustice. The strength of the proposal will be judged equally to photographic skills. The grants go to those who clearly and concisely propose significant projects that share in the Foundation’s mission and who also submit photographic or motion materials that reflect…
Creation (Photographie) Mobile – 4 -5 December 2014 – Live Stream Now Available – TheAppWhisperer
Between October 21st and November 23rd, 2014, a call for entries was organized: focusing on Mobile (Photographic) Creation, the initiative was the result of a partnership between the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, and the blog Photophores, dedicated to the promotion of emerging photography. The organisers received 125 applications demonstrating ‘an immense array of creative work done with mobile technology, from smartphones, tablets, and even drones’. The Jury of Mobile (Photographic) Creation would like to thank all of the participants for their propositions and their interpretation of the guideline: “three photographs, without any specific subject, dealing with mobile creation”. This curatorship is being presented today – December…
Mobile Photo Awards 2014 – Only Four More Days Left To Enter!
If you haven’t entered the Mobile Photo Awards (MPAs), there are only four more days left to do so. The Mobile Photography Awards is the world’s longest running annual event and international competition promoting mobile phone art and photography. The MPA was founded in 2011 to recognize and celebrate the talent and imagery of the mobile phone photography & art communities. Alongside the annual competition (October-December), the MPA produces themed gallery exhibits with international open calls throughout the year. The MPA Grand Prize winner is awarded $3000 and the winner of the MPA Photo Essay is awarded $500. Open to all mobile phones and tablets, the MPA has seen a steady increase…
Microsoft Hires Photographer To Travel The World via Instagram
It’s taken some time, but Microsoft have now joined Instagram and have hired photographer Justin Bastien as well as financing his travel to capture images and post stories about people in various careers using Microsoft in their work. The Microsoft Instagram account currently has 14,537 followers but we are expecting this grow very quickly. Go here to follow them.
