Reflections on attending the Lishui International Photography Festival published in Fraction Magazine 

Lishui Oil Pump Factory during its hay-day.

Fraction Magazine has assembled a wonderful online group show featuring the work of many American and European photographers who exhibited as part of the 2009 Lishui International Photography Festival. Daylight Editor Taj Forer attended the festival as a curator and was invited by Fraction to write a piece about the experience. His article and snapshots from the trip can be found here: http://www.fractionmagazine.com/groupshow/taj-forer-on-lishui/

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Fraction Magazine 

David Maisel

Fraction Magazine relaunches with a new website and issue number 10. The magazine creates an alternative outlet for aspiring and established photographers to show there work outside of the gallery setting. Photography is a continually changing form, Fraction Magazine strives to vigorously examine the role that photography plays in society and how the medium is changing. To submit work to Fration Magazine, email webiste link to fractionmag@gmail.com.

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Khaled Hasan: Winner of the CDP Emerging Documentist Award 

Congratulations to Khaled Hasan as the winner of the first Center for Documentary Practices Emerging Documentist Award. Hasan's story, Living Stone, documents the lives of a community of stone laborers in Jaflong, in North Eastern Bangladesh.

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The WWP Project 

With the aspiration of using photography to promote international gay rights, the 14-month “Walk with Pride” project aims to document over 30 parades around the globe.  Developed by photographer Charles Meacham and blogger Sarah Baxter, “Walk with Pride” takes advantage of social media technologies to link viewers, and

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6th Annual powerHouse Portfolio Review 

Since 2005 powerHouse Books has organized a highly sought-after Portfolio Review and a series of Publishing Workshops.

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The Black Snapper 

The Black Snapper is a magazine website that showcases one photographer every single day in a dedicated slideshow. The magazine is curated by internationally renowned guest curators, such as Abbas of Magnum Photos, the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art, Bamako Encounters, FotoRio, the Photo Museum Antwerp, the Aperture Foundation and The Guardian Weekend Magazine, to name a few.ShareThis

POYi 67th Annual Competition 

With 45 categories and more than $11,000 in cash awards, the 67th annual Pictures of the Year International competition is now open for online registration and entry at www.poyi.org. The mission of the annual POYi competition is to extend the reach of photojournalists by providing educational public exhibitions that reflect the news events, social issues, and cultural trends of our time. The deadline for entries is Friday, January 15. 

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Magenta Foundation: Flash Forward 2010 

There are only a few more days left to submit to Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward competition for emerging photographers, which closes on December 31st 2009. This year's group exhibition will take place as part of the Flash Forward Festival's nightly events. With $5,000 in prizes, exhibition opportunities and a published catalogue, this is a great opportunity for emerging photographers.

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