Category Archives: Awards

Lauren Greenfield wins directing award for “Queen of Versailles”

. Congratulations to Lauren Greenfield, who at the Sundance Film Festival last night was presented with the U.S. Directing Award for Documentary for her film The Queen of Versailles. “I want to especially thank Jackie Segal and her family for bravely sticking with the story when it changed in unexpected ways,” Lauren said in her [...]

Lauren Greenfield photo on view in Newseum’s “Pictures of the Year” exhibition

. Lauren Greenfield‘s photo of models backstage at a 2010 Prada fashion show in Milan is on view through October 31 in the exhibit “Pictures of the Year,” at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The show, explains the museum’s site, celebrates “the year’s best news images.” Lauren’s photo is from her “Fashion Week” story, which [...]

John Midgley and Jan Steinhilber honored by AOP Photographers Awards

Britain’s AOP (Association of Photographers) announced the winners of its 28th annual Photographers Awards, and we’re pleased to congratulate honorees John Midgley and Jan Steinhilber. John was awarded in two categories: Commissioned Advertising Single, for his portrait of Oscar-winning actor John Lithgow, and Commissioned Editorial Series, for his portraits of NYC artisans for Men’s Journal. [...]

Communication Arts releases its 2011 Photography Annual

The competition was intense for Communication Arts‘ 2011 Photography Annual, with more than 5,000 entries vying for the approbation of the five-member jury. Among the 166 winners were three of our photographers: Nadav Kander, Art Streiber, and Liz Von Hoene, whose winning images are posted below. (Full gallery here.) We congratulate them and all of [...]

International Photography Awards winners announced

.The jurors of the 2011 International Photography Awards have named their selections for subcategory and category winners, and we’re ecstatic that Kwaku Alston, Matthias Clamer, Nadav Kander, and John Offenbach are among their favorites. Our congratulations to them and to their fellow winners. Well done! “Category winners,” the IPA’s site explains, “will move on as [...]

Corbis Silver Iris Competition honors John Midgley’s Brooklyn Circus project

. John Midgley and his Brooklyn Circus project were honored in the 2011 Silver Iris Competition, sponsored by Corbis and Creative Review. The brief for the contest was “Urbanization,” and the judges were looking for “imagery inspired by the common consciousness of urban dwellers” as well as “the personality of the city itself.” John was [...]

PromaxBDA honors NBC and Art Streiber for “30 Rock,” “UnderCovers,” and “Parenthood” campaigns

. PromaxBDA recently announced the winners of the 2011 PromaxBDA Promotion, Marketing and Design Awards, and we’re thrilled to report that three campaigns shot by Art Streiber for NBC were honored, receiving a gold and two bronze awards. Our congratulations to Art and to NBC senior art director Doug Vallim. Here’s a look… . . [...]

Doug Menuez and Matthias Clamer among the winners in PDN Faces contest

PDN has announced the winners of its 2011 Faces portrait competition with a big gallery section in the August issue. The contest is among the most popular sponsored by the magazine, so you can just imagine how many entries were competing for the admiration of the four judges: Jade-Snow Moy Joachim, who is a photo [...]

Call for entries: PDN’s The Look, the IPAs, and the APA/NY Photo Contest

. Several notable photo competitions, PDN‘s The Look, the IPAs, and the APA/NY Photo Contest, are accepting submissions, and the deadlines are drawing ever nearer. Read on for details… . . PDN‘s The Look: Where Fashion Meets Art Deadline: June 20. Categories: Advertising; Editorial/Celebrity; Still Life/Accessories; Personal Work/Fine Art; Runway/Street Scene; Beauty; Debut [Student/Emerging]. Prizes: [...]

Congratulations to the photography winners at last night’s National Magazine Awards

Last night was the big ASME ceremony here in New York announcing the winners of the 2011 National Magazine Awards. Some highlights: National Geographic was named Magazine of the Year; in the General Excellence category, Women’s Health won in Fashion, Service and Lifestyle Magazines, while Los Angeles emerged victorious among Special Interest Magazines and New [...]

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