Photojournalist Stephen Dupont is the first Australian to be awarded the prestigious Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography from Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
York Society Photographic Awards
Residents of Western Australia are invited to submit photographs to the annual York Photographic Awards, which offers cash prizes to winners.
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
The last Sunday in April has been declared Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day and photographers are encouraged to take photos using a camera they’ve built themselves.
“World’s Next Top Digital Photographer” Contest
The Pixel Place is scouring the world for digital photo submissions to its “World’s Next Top Digital Photographer” contest.
World Press Photo Winners on Show in May
Canon Australia will present an exhibition of the winners of the most prestigious international contest in professional press photography, World Press Photo, in Australia in May.
World Press Photo Winners Announced
Winners of the 2011 World Press Photo Awards were announced over the weekend, with Australian photographers taking out three major awards.
World Press Photo Winners on Show
Canon will sponsor an exhibition of the winners of the esteemed World Press Photo contest, which opens at the State Library of NSW on 8 May and then at the Brisbane Powerhouse on 12 June.
World Press Photo Launches Multimedia Contest
World Press Photo has added a competition for multimedia productions in visual journalism to its annual press photography contest, which has run since 1955.
World Press Photos on Show in Sydney
This year’s winner of the coveted World Press Photo of the Year award went to a colour image taken on 31 March, 2003, by French photographer Jean-Marc Bouju. The image depicts a hooded Iraqi war prisoner holding his 4-year-old son at a US detention camp in Iraq and portrays a rare moment of humanity in a war zone.
World Press Photo Exhibition Opens
The World Press Photo Exhibition opens in Sydney today at the State Library of NSW and moves to Brisbane in June.
