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International Photography Awards winners announced

Kristina Feliciano — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:53:10 +0000

.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 finalists competing for the Photographer of the Year (professional) and the Discovery of the Year (emerging) titles, as well as that of Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year.” Those winners will be announced at the Lucie Awards on October 24 at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Till then, here’s a look at the winning entries from our photographers. For the full winners’ gallery, go here.

Entry Title: " Volkslivin." Name: Kwaku Alston, United States. Category: Professional, Other_S, 2nd place.

Entry Title: "Rufus Wainright." Name: Matthias Clamer, United States. Category: Professional, Personality, 3rd place.

Entry Title: "Pet Circus." Name: Matthias Clamer, United States. Category: Professional, Portrait_P, 3rd place.

Entry Title: "Yangtze - The Long River." Name: Nadav Kander, United Kingdom. Category: Professional, Fine Art, 1st place.

Entry Title: "Jean Rochefort." Name: Nadav Kander, United Kingdom. Category: Professional, Personality, 1st place.

Entry Title: “Werner Herzog III.”  Name: Nadav Kander, United Kingdom.  Category: Professional, Personality, 2nd place.

Entry Title: " London Eye Pod 2" Name: John Offenbach, Category: Professional, Other_ARC, 3rd place.

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

Kristina Feliciano — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:46:26 +0000

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…

Anna Wintour, as photographed by Lauren Greenfield, who won the Grand Prize in last year's The Look contest. Click image to read more and to view the 2010 winners' gallery.

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: Grand Prize includes a Sony A850 DSLR ($1999.99 value), a SAL-2875 lens ($699.99 value), and a Milk Studios Prize package; six first-place winners receive a Sony NEX 3 camera and a $100 B&H gift card; all winners get a PDN Photoserve portfolio ($860 value); a page in the October 2011 issue of PDN, exposure in The Look contest online gallery, and a Clickbooq annual plan.

Details: http://pdnthelook.com

International Photography Awards, a.k.a. the IPAs

Deadline: June 24.

Categories and prizes: International Photographer of the Year Award, $10,000 cash prize; Discovery of the Year Award, $5,000 cash prize; Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year Award, $5,000 cash prize.

Details: http://www.photoawards.com/en/

APA/NY Photo Contest

Deadline: June 17

Professional categories: Action + Adventure + Sports; Fashion + Beauty; Landscape + Architecture
Still Life + Food; People + Lifestyle.

Prizes: Grand Prize winner receives Agency Access North American Standard Membership ($925 value), a PhotoServe Portfolio, $300 Asuka Book gift certificate, a Sony NEX-3 Camera, and a Drobo Hardrive; first-place winners in pro categories get Think Tank Photo digital holster camera bag, Blinkbid estimating and invoicing software, $50 Adorama gift certificate, and a $100 Asuka Book gift certificate.

Details: http://apany.com/photo-contest-2009/tell-us-a-story-2009.html

And just for fun…

La Lettre de la Photographie’s call for holiday photos

Technically, this is not a contest but rather an invitation to send your favorite holiday photos to this popular photo blog, which will post one from each person with a caption. The photos need to meet certain size requirements. For all the particulars, go here: http://www.lalettredelaphotographie.com/entries/la-lettre-wants-your-photos

More International Photography Awards: the Honorable Mentions

Kristina Feliciano — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:24:05 +0000

Last week, I wrote about the Stockland Martel photographers who took 1st Place at this year’s IPAs. This week, let’s take a look at the photographers from our roster who received Honorable Mentions: Fulvio Bonavia, David Drebin, Jim Fiscus, Rolph Gobits, Lauren Greenfield, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Nadav Kander, John Midgley, Michael Muller, John Offenbach, Martin Sigal, and Luca Zordan.

FULVIO BONAVIA

Category: Automotive. Client: Pirelli.

Category: Advertising. Client: Enel.

Category: Feature Story. Client: Le Figaro.

Category: Advertising. Client: Illy Cafe.

Category: Advertising. Client: React gum.

DAVID DREBIN

Category: Landscape. Title: "Monte Carlo."

JIM FISCUS

Category: Special Effects. Title: "Shot No. 10," from the digital novella "The Unfortunate Moment of Misunderstanding."

ROLPH GOBITS

Category: Portrait. Title: "Katya."

Category: Portrait. Title: "Fire Eaters."

LAUREN GREENFIELD

Category: Feature Story. Title: "VIP Host." (Click image to see all 5 photos.)

Category: Photo Essay. Title: "Dubai Crash." (Click image to see all 5 photos.)

Category: Deeper Perspective. Title: "Fashion Show." (Click image to see all 5 photos.)

Category: Personality. Title: "Billionaire Suzanne Rogers."

TIMOTHY GREENFIELD-SANDERS

Category: Fine-Art Portrait. Title: "Supermodels." (Click image to see all 5 photos.)

NADAV KANDER

Category: Personality. Title: "Spike Jonze (with Fennel)."

Category: Political. Title: "Tories." (Click image to see all 3 photos.)

Category: Advertising. Client: St. John Ambulance. (Click image to see all 5 photos.)

Category: Portrait. Title: "Johannesburg." (Click image to see all 3 photos.)

Category: Nudes. Title: "Elizabeth Lying I."

JOHN MIDGLEY

Category: Professional: Other. Title: "America." (Click image to see all 5 photos.)

Category: Portrait. Title: "Ben Kingsley."

MICHAEL MULLER

Category: Advertising. Title: "Movie and TV Posters." (Click image to see all 5 photos.)

Category: Advertising. Client: Von Zipper. (Click image to see all 5 photos.)

Category: Underwater. Title: "Sharks." (Click image to see all 5 photos.)

JOHN OFFENBACH

Category: Automotive. Title: "Car on Rooftop."

Category: Automotive. Title: "Car on Tracks."

Category: Advertising. Client: Travelers Insurance. (Click image to see all 4 photos.)

Category: Landscape. Title: "Perito Moreno."

Category: Nudes. Title: "70s Nudes." (Click image to see all 4 photos.)

Category: Nudes. Title: "Blue Nudes." (Click image to see all 3 photos.)

.LUCA ZORDAN

Category: Children. Title: "Children of China." (Click image to see all 5 photos.)

To view the entire IPA Honorable Mentions Gallery, click here.