Travel Photographer of the Year 2008
The winners of the 2008 Travel Photographer of the Year competition have been announced and my hearty congratulations go to Canada’s Darwin Wiggett who wins a trip to Everest and a Linhof large-format panoramic camera as well as some other tantalising prizes. I had a couple of portfolios shortlisted, one of which is Commended in [...]
Prix Pictet contest looks at issues of sustainability
Benoit Aquin has been awarded the first prize of 100,000 Swiss Francs (about $US85,000) as winner of the 2008 Prix Pictet. It is, as far as I know, the largest financial prize in any photographic competition. The competition aims to highlight environmental issues and this year’s theme asked contestants to focus on “water”. Photographers can [...]
Deutsche Borse Photography Prize
Before the Royal Photographic Society headquarters was moved from the atmospheric Octagon Gallery in central Bath to the anonymous and characterless office on the outskirts of the city it was a magical place to visit. It was a big deal to take the train for a day out in Bath. There was a real sense [...]
The 2007 EPUK Golden Cameraphone Awards
If you’re looking for a slightly cynical and tongue-in-cheek, yet often worryingly incisive, review of the Commercial Photography year in 2007, then the EPUK Golden Cameraphone Awards are for you.
Photoblog of the Year 2007
Congratulations to Wink, winner of the 2007 Photoblog awards. Congratulations too to our friends at Chromasia for making it to the final ten and for scooping the title of Best European Photoblog. Taking a look through the finalists’ web sites will give you a real treat, there is some really creative and quirky work being [...]
Travel Photographer of the Year 2007
The winners of the 2007 Travel Photographer of the Year competition have been announced at Cat Vinton is the lucky winner of a £2,500 Bursary and an opportunity to photograph the Dalai Lama. Looking at Cat’s winning images, I’m sure she’ll do justice to the opportunity and I really look forward to seeing her pictures [...]
Hands
I’ve been putting together a selection of images for a themed competition. These five images showing people’s hands won’t be in the final selection but I do like them and so thought they were worth posting to the blog. The theme of the competition is, loosely, “people”. You can tell a lot about a person [...]
National Geographic Best Mountain Photos
The photo above was taken three years ago on the descent from Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal. I’ve posted it here to introduce the 2007 National Geographic Best Mountain Photos competition, the winners of which were announced this month. The seven photos you can see on the National Geographic site were all taken in the [...]
