Category Archives: Awards

Gearing up for PhotoPlus and the Lucies

.. PDN’s PhotoPlus Expo kicks off on Thursday. On that day, Vincent Laforet will be teaching a hands-on workshop titled “Cinematography With a DSLR.” .. .. And on Friday, Lauren Greenfield will present a seminar on photography and filmmaking: … … I’ll be taking in all the seminars that I can, wandering the trade-show floor, [...]

CNN builds anticipation for the Prix Pictet award

… As CNN notes in a story posted here, the winner of the prestigious Prix Pictet will be announced on October 22. This year’s theme is “Earth,” and a dozen photographers have been nominated, including Ed Kashi (for “Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta”), Sammy Bajoli (who combines [...]

Communication Arts 2009 Photography Annual

… Each year, Communication Arts selects the finest photography in the industry for special recognition. This year, we’re pleased to announce that four of our photographers are among the winners: … Vincent Laforet… … .. Craig Cutler… … … Jan Steinhilber… … … And Nadav Kander… … The jurors were Frank Dattalo, group creative director [...]

Campaign Photo Awards winners

… Campaign, a British advertising-industry magazine “dedicated to celebrating creative excellence in the communications industry whilst putting creativity firmly in a business context,” held its annual Campaign Photo Awards this week. Among the big winners were Stuart Hall, whose work for Cazadores Tequila (the agency was TBWA\Chiat\Day) earned him two golds; Alex Telfer, whose three [...]

The International Photography Awards winners and finalists

…. The winners and finalists for this year’s International Photo Awards were announced yesterday, and I’ll admit I had a chuckle when I read that the assessing process was a bit of a white-knuckled ride for the jurors. “We have just barely met the deadline of the 18th to announce to you the winners and [...]

Nadav Kander’s Powerade photos power into Campaign Photo Awards

… There are people who enjoy being athletes, and then there are people who enjoying looking at athletes. The needs of both constituencies have been taken into account in Nadav Kander’s campaign for Powerade, which celebrates the magnificence of the well-toned human form. …. … The reasons to admire Nadav’s photos—like the one you see [...]

Martin Sigal’s sexy Axe campaign picks up two awards

Martin’s “Day & Night” trio of ads for Axe recently won a Gold award at Cannes and a Silver for Print at the Clio Awards. Congratulations, Martin! ………. ………. ………. ………. ……….

Nadav Kander chosen for the Prix Pictet 2009 Shortlist

At an opening event for Les Rencontres d’Arles Photography Festival in France yesterday, the shortlist for the Prix Pictet—the world’s first prize dedicated to photography and sustainability—was announced. Nadav Kander is one of 12 artists to be selected for this prestigious honor. Congratulations, Nadav! A nice space hereA nice space hereA nice space hereA nice [...]

“Dexter” kills ’em at the BDA Design Awards

Jim Fiscus’ photography for Dexter proved to be a big hit at the Promax/BDA Design Awards in New York last week. The Showtime series, in which Michael C. Hall stars as a morally stringent serial killer, took home one silver award and five golds, including one in the “Photography for Print” category. “But, of course, [...]

On the agenda for tonight: the PDN Photo Annual awards party

Bill and Maureen will be attending the PDN Photo Annual awards celebration tonight, where seven of our photographers are being honored. (Stockland Martel also won in the Corporate Design/Photo Products category for our SMart Book photo annual, which was written by yours truly.) Images from all over the world were submitted to the annual competition, [...]