Sixteen finalists have been announced for the 2008 Nikon-Walkley Photographic Awards for press photography.

Vivid Sydney is Coming
Vivid Sydney, the largest festival of light, music and ideas in the Southern Hemisphere, will once again light up the city each night from 27 May to 13 June.
Walkley Awards Winners
David Gray of Reuters Wire has been announced as winner of the Nikon Walkley Press Photographer of the Year in the 53rd Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
Vertical World Photography Competition
The Lowe-Pro Vertical World Photography Competition is open to Australian and New Zealand adventure photographers.
Vanessa Kyle Exhibition
“Lit by the Dark of the Shadow” is the title of the second exhibition of ‘photographic arrangements’ by Sydney photographer, Vanessa Kyle.
Vale Monte Zucker
Celebrated wedding and portrait photographer and photographic educator, Monte Zucker, has died on 15 March at the age of 78.
Vale John Hedgecoe
Students of photography everywhere will be familiar with the name, John Hedgecoe, the award-winning photographer and best-selling author of more than 30 books on photography, who died on 3 June at the age of 73.
Vale Cornell Capa
According to a report in The New York Times, photojournalist, Cornell Capa, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan at the age of 90.
Vale Bob Carlos Clarke
Well-known British fashion photographer, Bob Carlos Clarke died on 25 March after being hit by a train on a level crossing in southwest London.
Vale Arnold Newman
Noted portrait photographer, Arnold Newman, died of heart failure in New York on 6 June at the age of 88.

