Project 5's Portfolio Review: Applications due November 3 

Project 5 is about to launch their second group Portfolio Review in New York City. Project 5 is a unique collaboration between Amador Gallery, ClampArt, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, Foley Gallery and Sasha Wolf Gallery that has grown out of years of friendship and shared ambitions in the photography market.
 
Project 5 hopes to foster a supportive environment for artists to receive constructive criticism and build an ongoing dialogue about their work with art world professionals.  

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duckrabbit: The Evolution of Photojournalism in the Digital Age 

With technology continually evolving, the rise of citizen journalism and the use of the internet to host and distribute images, the way we receive images has changed. What effect is this having on photo-journalism ad what is the impact on human rights reporting? In a panel discussion on the 29th of October at The Human Rights Action Centre in London, Camilla Brown, Sophie Batterbury, Benjamin Chesterton and Eulette Ewart will be debating these issues.

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Humble Arts Foundation: 31 Women in Art Photography 

Ahndraya Parlato

In March 2010, in honor of Women’s History Month, Humble Arts Foundation (hafny.org) will present its second edition of 31 Women in Art Photography, a six-week exhibition celebrating 31 of the most innovative women in emerging art photography. The exhibition will be co-curated by Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feinstein, and will take place at Affirmation Arts.

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Singapore International Photography Festival 

The SIPF is a worldwide biennial gathering of minds commonly pursuing the advancement and appreciation of photography. An arena for critical thought and academic discussion on photography in Southeast Asia, the festival also functions as a platform to nurture and propel photographers onto the international stage.

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The Prix Pictet photography prize goes to Nadav Kander 

Nadav Kander©Prix Pictet Ltd 2009


Kofi Annan, Nobel Laureate and former Secretary General of the United Nations, has awarded this year’s prestigious Prix Pictet photography prize for environmental sustainability to British based photographer Nadav Kander and a photography commission to American photographer Ed Kashi at the Passage de Retz, Paris.

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Lu Guang: 2009 Eugene Smith Fund Recipient 

Lu Guang

Lu Guang has been documenting the ecological disasters in China resulting from the rapid growth of the economy since 2005, focusing on environmental pollution and the problem of schistosomiasis (bilharzia). Over the last three decades, peoples' living standards have constantly been on the rise in the country. At the same time, industrial pollution has brought serious consequences for public health and for the environment at large.

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HOWARD CHAPNICK GRANT IS AWARDED TO Richard Steven Street 

Richard Steven Street of California was announced as the recipient of the 2009 Howard Chapnick Grant for the advancement of photojournalism. Richard Steven Street is a photographer/writer/historian who resides in San Anselmo,California specializing in agricultural photography.

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Brenda Ann Kenneally: Upstate Girls 

Brenda Ann Kenneally's documentary work about women in the once booming industrial city of Troy, NY can now be explored at UpstateGirls.org. Kenneally followed seven different women over a five year period, experiencing their struggles and attempts to overcome the generational poverty that has overtaken a large percent of Troy's female headed families.

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RENCONTRES D'ARLES 2009  

JH Engström

This year's Recontres D'Arles 2009: 40 years of the Rencontres, 40 years of Ruptures awards went to Lithuanian photographer Rimaldas Viksraitis with The 2009 Discovery Award, From Back Home by Anders Petersen and JH Engström with The Contemporary Book Award and In History by Susan Meiselas with The Historical Book Award. To learn more about Rencontres D'Arles, visit http://www.rencontres-arles.com/A09/C.aspx?VP3=CMS&ID=A09P770.

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