CONTACT is an annual festival of photography in Toronto, during the month of May, with over 1000 local, national and international artists exhibiting at almost 200 venues. Founded as a not-for-profit organization 16 years ago, and now a charitable organization, the festival is devoted to celebrating, and fostering the art and profession of photography. It stimulates excitement and discussion among a diverse audience that has grown to over 1.8 million. CONTACT is the largest photography event in the world, and a premiere cultural event in Canada.

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Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS20

“The [Panasonic] Lumix DMC-ZS20 is arguably the most full-featured travel zoom on the market [though] its image quality is not as good as the rest of the package, and enthusiasts may miss things like RAW and manual focus.“

We have added another Panasonic Lumix ZS20 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

DPReview has posted their review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20 / TZ30, a compact ultra zoom digital camera with 14.1 MP resolution (on a 1/2.33-in. MOS), 20x wide-angle optical zoom (24-480mm equiv.), Optical Image Stabilization, 3.0-in. (460k-dot) Touch LCD, 10 fps burst mode at full resolution, Intelligent Scene Selector, Intelligent AUTO (iA) mode, GPS, and Full 1080p HD movie 1920 x 1080/60p.

You can read the Panasonic ZS20 / TZ30 Review @ DPReview.

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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX150

“A capable, no-nonsense point-and-shoot for casual photographers.“

We’ve added another Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX150 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

DigitalCameraInfo has published their review of the Sony WX150, a 18.2MP resolution (1/2.3-in. Exmor R CMOS) ultra compact digital camera with 10x optical zoom (25-250mm equiv.), Optical Image Stabilization, 3.0-in. (460k-dot) LCD, Continuous Shooting 10fps, Histogram display, Sweep Panorama, Background Defocus, Natural Flash, and Full HD Movie 1920×1080/60i.

Read the Sony WX150 Review @ DigitalCameraInfo.

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Canadian photographer triumphs at Sony World Photography Awards 2012

Donald Weber wins Current Affairs category
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©Donald Weber (VII Photo), Canada, Professional Category Winner, Current Affairs, Sony World Photography Awards 2012

• American photographer Mitch Dobrowner wins the prestigious L’Iris d’Or Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year 2012

• Tobias Bräuning from Germany announced as overall Open winner

• William Klein receives the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award

• Asef Ali Mohammad from Middlesex University, UK, wins Student Focus Award

Canadian photographer Donald Weber, has tonight, Thursday 26 April, been announced as a winner at the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards. Weber was crowned as the Sony World Photography Awards Current Affairs Photographer of the Year for his series Life in the Exclusion Zone.

Donald Weber’s series was taken in Odaka, which lies on the northeastern coast of Japan. It was once home to 13,000 people, but today it is almost a ghost town. When the earthquake and tsunami of March 11 triggered blasts at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a 20 km radius exclusion zone was imposed by the Japanese government. Within this zone, radiation emissions have been registered at four times the level considered safe for humans. Odaka is only 15 km north of the plant. A few days after the Exclusion Zone was created, Donald was one of the first photographers to document life inside the zone.

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Mitch Dobrowner, USA, L’Iris d’Or, Professional Winner, Landscape, Sony World Photography Awards 2012

Sony World Photography Awards 2012

L’Iris d’Or and winners announced

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• American photographer Mitch Dobrowner wins the prestigious L’Iris d’Or Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year 2012
• Tobias Bräuning from Germany announced as overall Open winner
• William Klein receives the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award
• Asef Ali Mohammad from Middlesex University, UK, wins Student Focus Award

American photographer Mitch Dobrowner has tonight, Thursday 26 April, been announced as this year’s winner of the coveted L’Iris d’Or – the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year.

Dobrowner was presented with the award during the Sony World Photography Awards Gala ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in London’s Park Lane for his extraordinary series of images, Storms.  This is the second year in which the awards have been held in London having previously been held at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. Over 112,000 images were entered into the 2012 competition from 171 countries – the largest number of entries to date.

Dobrowner said at the awards, ‘In landscape photography, there is one moment that will never be the same again. I want my images to do the speaking. That’s what photography is all about’.

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PRESS RELEASE

GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY FOR NEW LEICA CAMERA AG HEADQUARTERS IN WETZLAR

Solms, Germany (April 26, 2012) – Leica Camera AG commenced ground-breaking on a new headquarters at the Leitz Park in Wetzlar on April 25, 2012. Once complete, the new Schanzenfeld site will mark the company’s relocation from Solms. Attending the celebration were dignitaries from Salzburg’s ACM Projektentwicklung GmbH, the majority shareholder of the company, the board of Leica Camera AG and representatives from Leitz-Park GmbH, the project’s developers, in addition to Volker Bouffier (CDU), Prime Minister of the state of Hesse, members of the media and invited guests.

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