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Scholarship: $4K for Photojs Returning to School

New Scholarships Available For Photojournalists Returning To School

The National Press Photographers Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of new scholarship money for photojournalists who have returned to school.

NPPF president Mike Smith said the funds are being made available through the Foundation, the National Press Photographers Association, and a grant from the Author’s Coalition of America.

“If you are a photojournalist with three years experience and your work has been published in newspapers, magazines or through agencies, and if you have returned to school in the past year, you are eligible to apply,” Smith said.

“These scholarships are particularly important now when so many photographers have been forced to learn new skills just to keep their jobs, much less find a new one. We are fortunate to have some money to support photographers who are trying to keep up with the head-spinning changes in their industry.”

Six grants of $4,000 each, called the NPPF-NPPA Career Expansion Scholarships, will be awarded this year.

The application deadline is November 15, 2011. Applicants must include a resume, completed application forms (which can be downloaded at http://nppf.org ) and recommendation letters from their instructors.

Send your application materials to: Tom Hardin, NPPF vice president, 1622 Forest Hill Drive, Louisville, KY, 40205. Hardin can be contacted by eMail to answer questions about applying, and his eMail address is hardin@aye.net.

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Atlanta Photoj Seminar & Contest Info

39th Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

Early Registration & Contest Opens

The 39^th Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar will be held Friday & Saturday December 2-3, 2011 at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North Hotel.  The annual seminar – which draws attendees from the U.S. and Canada – features Friday workshops, our Saturday speaker series, our print auction, a Saturday trade show and a photojournalism print and multimedia contest. Each evening, we’ll hold portfolio reviews where you’ll interact with our speakers, workshop leaders and peers.

First – about our contest. This year, we’ve made entering our photojournalism contest easier for you and eliminating that last minute dash to FedEx. Now all entries will be submitted via our FTP server through our partnership with our friends at US Presswire. Contest rules and information may be found at  http://www.photojournalism.org/contest/rules

Early registration opens today. We’re already the best value in pj education and networking, but early registration will save you even more! Find out more at   http://www.photojournalism.org/registration

Our Friday, December 2nd workshops are being finalized now.  Here’s a partial list of confirmed workshops…

Rich Addicks / “Producing DSLR Video Projects”

Deb Pang Davis / Cococella / “Branding Strategies & Marketing Yourself“

Tom Kennedy / ASMP, Nat. Geo., Wash. Post, Newhouse Faculty / “Understanding the Changing Media Landscape“

- Additional workshops will be announced on Monday October 17th -

Here’s this year’s all-star lineup of our Saturday, December 3rd featured speakers…

David Burnett / Contact Press Images

 Mary F. Calvert / ZUMAPress

 Barbara Davidson / The Los Angeles Times

 Mike Davis  /  Nat. Geo., Oregonian, White House, Picture Editor At Large

 Julie Jacobson / The Associated Press

 Greg Kahn / The Naples (FL) Daily News

We have a new hotel! This year we’ve moved to The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North Hotel where we’ve held the line on room rates to just $87 per night (plus tax). This is an extraordinary value and the offer is limited to the first 100 rooms – so make your reservations now at  http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/photojournalismseminar

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DCFoto Contest: 1st Deadline TODAY

2010 FotoWeek DC International Awards Competition – DEADLINE SEPT 20
The submission deadline is coming up for the Annual International Awards Competition

The 2010 FotoWeek DC International Awards Competition is looking for your best work. And there’s no time to delay: the last deadline for submission is September 20, 2010…and it will be here in a flash.
· Cash prizes totaling $23,450
· Invitation-only Awards Ceremony for winners at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
· Winning images exhibited in the Corcoran Atrium during FotoWeek festival, November 6-13
· Exposure through outdoor/indoor projections and our on-line gallery visited by thousands each month
· Exposure to curators, museums, collectors, and media

Our team of world-renowned judges are eager to see your work. This year’s panel includes Jean-Francois Leroy, Founder of the Visa Pour l’Image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France; David Scull of the New York Times; Nick Nichols of National Geographic; Jose Azel of Aurora Images, and many more.

Entries may be made in any of 12 categories, including Multimedia and the new Mobile Phone category. We’ll be awarding 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place cash prizes. The special Spirit of Washington category — with its $5000 cash prize — will recognize images that capture the true essence of the Nation’s Capital.

Enter the International Awards Competition today. For more information and to register for the competition visit www.FotoWeekDCAwards.org

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PDN Photo Annual

Deadline extended to Jan. 25th: http://www.pdnphotoannual.com/

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WHNPA Student POY Winners portfolios online!

A big thanks to web designer David Wright of NPR for doing the WHNPA websites every year for WHNPA. He diligently worked this weekend to get the Student Photographer of the Year winners up online.

You can see the award winning work of the White House News Photographers Association’s Student Photographer of the Year at http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2009/students/. Congratulations to  winner Michael Mullady of SFSU and Award of Excellence winners Matt Eich of OU and John Adkisson of UNC!

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Uganda Workshop – March ’09: Scholarships now available.

Momenta Workshops (www.momentaworkshops.com) is teaching another Uganda workshop this coming Spring in Northern Uganda! It’s going to be really exciting since we’re getting out of the big city of Kampala and going to the cities of Lira and Gulu, which were major epicenters of the war but are now peaceful located in the Northern areas of rebuilding and reconciliation.

Students will be working directly with NGOs who are helping repair the damages of 22 years of civil war. We’re teaching audio and multimedia packaging as well as nonprofit documentary skills. It’s a really great workshop for those of you who want to do more with your photography and learn how to work with NGOs!

Special scholarship opportunities for a percentage off the workshop fees are being offered for a select group of qualified applicants. If you’re interested, you can email me at jamie@momentaworkshops.com.

Please feel free to visit the Project Uganda Workshop webpage at http://momentaworkshops.com/uganda09.php or read about it here:

Project Uganda: Photography as a Force of Change
Lira & Gulu, Uganda

Level Three Advanced:Working with Non-Profits
Classroom: 15 Students/3 Instructors/Digital Only
Dates: March 1 – March 15, 2009

* Work one-on-one with instructors to develop a logistical and photographic plan to document a working NGO in an area of need.

* Gain rare access to these projects and forge relationships to last into the future. Benefit NGOs in their need to publicize and project their activities to new audiences.

* Panel discussions with local journalists on relevant topics related to working in the region and local issues.

* Explore, discuss, and examine the different types of outreach and aid programs in a given region. Relate this, with the benefit of mentors, to your own personal mission and develop a more broad approach to your own work.

* Students hone their ability to craft a rich and moving visual narrative about an important topic.

So, you want to do more with photography than simply show friends and family about your world travels? Perhaps you’ve even thought about working either alongside or in the employ of an NGO to assist them in their mission and gain access to their projects. Maybe you’ve begun to work as a professional or citizen journalist and want to take that mission to the next level, to a region and country out of the comfort zone.

If any of these things sounds familiar, then Project Uganda will be your ideal workshop. The centerpiece of your experience will be working with directly with one of our NGO partner’s in a real world, extended documentary environment. Workshop attendees will be assigned with an NGO that has a mission complementary to the photographer’s own goals for their work. Each student then covers the daily activities of the organization. Your visual product will be provided to the organization as a thank you for allowing access to their programs and will be used to further the cause of NGO’s in areas such as HIV/AIDS outreach, vocational training, orphanages and general healthcare.

Truth be told, Uganda will be so very close to the real thing, many students will come back with work that will be published. In addition, they will have the benefit of logistical support, editing, instruction, and personal mentoring during this process of creation. Finally, they will have honed their own craft while benefiting exactly the type of groups that need visual help the most. Every photo on this project will go towards documenting the work NGO’s do in the region, and the people who work so hard to make a difference.

Project Uganda allows for freedom in scheduling based on the photographer’s and NGOs’ vision. Upon arrival in Uganda, each student will meet with the instructors on a one-on-one basis to discuss their photography, their assigned NGOs and develop a strategy based on the student’s goals for the workshop. We want this workshop to be tailored to each student on a personal level so that you leave with the best experience possible.

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FotoWeek’s Election/Inauguration Contest!

Dear Friend of FotoWeek DC,

In keeping with our mission to bring you the best of all things photographic, FotoWeek DC and The Newseum proudly announce fotobamaweek, an international photography contest celebrating the Presidential campaign and the Inauguration of Barack Obama.

Take that amazing image during Inauguration week, or find one you have already shot that captures the spirit of the Presidential Campaign, and the Election. Amateur and professional photographers anywhere in the world are invited to enter the fotobamaweek contest.

You may not have a front row seat to the Swearing-In Ceremony, but what about that impromptu moment captured at a campaign rally, or election night at your own private party? Iconic impressions are yours for the taking, wherever you are, here in Washington or abroad. Enter photos taken with digital, film or even cell phone cameras, but please submit them electronically.

* Top 100 winning images, selected by The Newseum’s panel of judges, will be exhibited at The Newseum

* All 100 winning images will be published in a limited edition book sponsored by FotoWeek DC

* Grand prize winners will be announced at a reception at The Newseum.

* Cash prizes totaling $5,000

* All images submitted will be on display at FotoWeek DC’s on-line gallery, along with People’s Choice winners

The fotobamaweek contest opens January 15, 2009 and closes March 15, 2009.

REGISTER NOW: http://www.fotoweekdc.org

Proceeds from the fotobamaweek contest will help continue to fund FotoWeek DC’s nonprofit core activities, including community programs shared with visitors from around the world. Good luck with the contest!

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