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Andy Adams, a pioneer in new media social networking and photography (amongst other things) will be speaking at the Flash Forward Festival tomorrow on the future of photo books and publishing. If you would like to know more about Mr. Adams' project and are interested in sharing your thoughts on this hot topic, visit the links below:

http://AndyAdamsPhoto.com/photobooks

For Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/FlakPhoto/status/76607763203108864

For Facebook: http://facebook.com/groups/flakphotobooks

This is a very experimental forum and it is the responsibility of the photographic community to make it as intelligent, informative and interesting as possible, so go ahead and contribute your opinions.  

Médicos del Mundo presents the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award, established to raise awareness of the injustices experienced by millions worldwide and in the memory of humanitarian aid workers Luis Valtueña, Flors Sirera, Manuel Madrazo, and Mercedes Navarro, Médicos del Mundo. Let you camera lens become an extension of your heart and submit your work before October 15, 2011. 

For more information on this very important cause, visit: http://www.premioluisvaltuena.org/en

Ukranian-born photographer, Boris Mikhailov is heralded as being one of the most influential and signficant photographers to come out of the former Soviet Union and is currently gracing the walls of MoMa with work documenting the aftermath of the USSR's collapse. The body of work from his book, Case History, captures the lowest rung of Kharkov, Ukraine's society; the homeless. Mikhailov paid his subjects to pose for him, often nude and laying down, emphasizing the dilapidation of their conditions and the indifference they've experienced from the government. The work is beautiful, disturbing and powerful. 

"It is a disgraceful world, populated by some creatures that were once humans, but now these living beings are degraded, ghastly and appalling." - Boris Mikhailov

For more information about the exhibition, visit: http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1138

LOOK3 is 3 days of exhibitions, presentations, interviews, workshops, and outdoor projections in Charlottesville, Virginia. Guest curators Kathy Ryan and Scott Thode invited artists and created programs that focus on the theme of HOME. The Festival takes place this year June 9–11.

At the core of the LOOK3 Festival is the INsight Artist program, which celebrates the careers of the most influential photographers and features a special print exhibit and on-stage Conversations with each artist. The 2011 INsight Artists are Antonin Kratochvil, Massimo Vitali, and Nan Goldin.

The annual TREES exhibit this year will feature George Steinmetz's stunning aerial photographs of remote landscapes around the world. Other presenting artists include Mary Ellen Mark, Christopher Anderson, Alex Rebecca Webb, David Alan Harvey, and Steve McCurry.

Learn more and buy tickets at http://look3.org

If you have not submitted photos, this is the time for you to show your talent!

Please visit the YIPPA official website www.yippa.net for more information about the contest.

 

Entry Details: 

 

Entry Deadline: May 31, 2011 :::

Entry Categories: 3 categories on Single and Story

- Common Prosperity of Human Beings

- Enhancement of International Peace

- Environmental Protection, Measures against Climate Change :::

 

 

Prizes:

 -Grand Prize (1 from all categories): $30,000

 -Yonhap Media Group Prize in support of the UN MDGs (1 from all categories): $10,000

 -Gold Prize (6 from 3 Single and 3 Story categories): $5,000

 -Silver Prize (6 from 3 Single and 3 Story categories): $3,000

 -Bronze Prize (6 from 3 Single and 3 Story categories): $1,000

 -Merit Prize Honorable Mention: Some from each category :::

 

 

 

 

 

*Text and information taken from official Yippa newsletter.