Nikon’s image: 2013 CONTACT Photo Album

This video presents “Nikon Behind the Scenes at CONTACT”:

• A behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to recreate a historical photo

• This time-lapse video showcases the setup of a public installation in the Distillery Historic District in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Nikon Canada is pleased to announce its partnership with Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival for the third year in a row:

• CONTACT is an annual event for the entire month of May that features more than 1,500 Canadian and international artists and photographers exhibiting at more than 175 venues across the Greater Toronto Area

• Offering an extensive range of FREE exhibitions, public installations, films, lectures, and workshops, this premier cultural event attracts an audience of more than 1.8 million people

This year, Nikon Canada’s involvement with the Toronto-based festival has made possible three main events:

1. Nikon Lecture Series – featuring world-class authorities in the photographic arts who will share their worldly experiences

2. Field of Vision Photo Contest – encouraging submissions from photographers of all skill levels to submit photos based on weekly assignments for a chance to win prizes

   • Contest opens on May 1, 2013

   • Each weekly Field of Vision Photo Contest* winner will receive a Nikon COOLPIX P330 and a $50 gift certificate from Vistek

   • One grand prize winner will be selected by public community voting on the website – http://www.contactfestivalnikon.ca/contact-contest.html – (from June 7 to 14, 2013), and will receive a CONTACT Limited Edition Print (valued at $1,000)

     • The winning photo will also be featured on the www.contactfestivalnikon.ca website, on the Nikon Canada Facebook and Twitter pages, and on the CONTACT website and Facebook page

3. Nikon Scholarships 2013 — awarded to three Canadian photography students to attend the Magnum Photos Workshop in Toronto from May 13-17, 2013 (please note: deadline for submissions is April 26, 2013)

Nikon Canada Supports Artists as Official Camera Partner for Premier Photography Event

Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival offers Nikon Lecture Series, photo contest, student scholarships, free exhibitions and workshops

Mississauga, ON, April 25, 2013 – Nikon Canada is proud to announce its partnership with Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival for the third year in a row. Its involvement with the Toronto-based festival has made possible three main events: Nikon Lecture Series, featuring world-class authorities in the photographic arts who will share their worldly experiences, expertise, techniques, and the tips and tricks they’ve learned throughout their careers; Field of Vision photo contest, encouraging submissions from photographers of all skill levels to submit photos based on weekly assignments for a chance to win prizes; and Nikon Scholarships, awarded to three Canadian photography students to attend the Magnum Photos Workshop in Toronto from May 13-17, 2013.

“CONTACT 2013 is a marquee event in Canada’s arts and photography community, and Nikon Canada’s involvement demonstrates the company’s ongoing support of local, Canadian and international artists in their passion for photography,” said Gregory Flasch, National Advertising and Communications Manager at Nikon Canada. “This year’s theme focuses on the ‘Field of Vision,’ which establishes photography as an amplification of the sense of sight and the camera as a tool to extend vision and perception. The works presented in this year’s festival demonstrate this notion, and we hope it will inspire beginner and professional photographers to continue to broaden their horizons, share their perspectives and communicate their knowledge of themselves and the world around us through visual arts.”

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Syngenta Photography Award – Final Call for Entries

• International photography competition aims to stimulate dialogue on key global challenges
• $65,000 in prizes and professional commission
• Deadline for entries is January 15, 2013

Syngenta today issued a final call for entries for the Syngenta Photography Award 2012, an international competition that aims to stimulate dialogue around key global challenges.

The award offers a unique opportunity to explore the dynamics of the world we live in through compelling images. In its inaugural year, the theme is “Rural-Urban”, exploring the relationship and tensions between rural and urban environments. The deadline for entries is January 15, 2013.

Entries will be judged by a distinguished international panel chaired by the author and curator William A. Ewing. Speaking of his hopes for the award Ewing said “I am honored to be part of an award that seeks to use photography to stimulate global debate about critically important issues. Photography transcends language, and at its very best it can have far-reaching impact. This award offers an opportunity not only to celebrate great work by photographers who feel passionately about the issues they address, but also the real possibility that the ensuing dialogue will be a forceful agent for change.”

The Syngenta Photography Award is free to enter and has two categories: Professional Commission and Open Competition. Professional photographers are invited to compete for a commission by submitting an original proposal related to the rural-urban theme. The Open Competition welcomes all photographers of all levels. The Award offers prizes and a professional commission totaling $65,000.

The winners will be announced on May 15, 2013 at an awards ceremony and exhibition at Somerset House, London.

For full details of the Syngenta Photography Award, please visit www.syngentaphoto.com.

What would a polar bear risk to get some tasty eggs from nesting Brünnich’s Guillemots? The Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition held by the Natural History Museum in London shows you just that — and more amazing wildlife photod, chosen from more than 48,000 submissions from 98 countries around the world.

Read the article at: grindtv

View the photos at: National History Museum

PRESS RELEASE

“SOS !” Copyright: Anastasya Vorobko / Children’s Eyes on Earth 2012

THE CHILDREN’S EYES ON EARTH
International Youth Photography Contest, Festival and Exhibition 2012

Sponsored by IDEA campaign

2012 WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Six winners of the inaugural contest are announced
www.childrenseyesonearth.org

Today (Tuesday 2^nd October) the winners have been announced for the inaugural Children’s Eyes On Earth International Youth Photography Contest, with first prize going to eight-year-old Anastasya Vorobko from Saint Petersburg in Russia, for her image SOS!

The Children’s Eyes On Earth International Youth Photography Contest aims to raise awareness of environmental issues through the eyes of young people and their photographs.

Anastasya’s photograph was selected from thousands of entries from over 90 countries. Showing an artistic maturity beyond her years, the photograph depicts a bird flying over the thick smog being emitted from a factory funnel. Anastasya has only been taking photographs for a year but is keen to document the environment through photography. Upon finding out that she had won the contest, she said:

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Unlike Olympus which, in its PEN Campaign, gave away free cameras, Samsung is only loaning a NX1000 to all 20 selected UK residents named David Bailey.

Between 1 September 2012 and 31 December 2012 the Promoter shall be running a promotional campaign relating to the Samsung NX1000 model camera. Part of the campaign will involve individuals called David Bailey, some of whom will be selected as part of this Competition, taking photographs on Samsung NX1000 model cameras and uploading the same to a dedicated Samsung Facebook page for the opportunity to receive gifts from Samsung (the “Campaign”).

Why “David Bailey?” He just happens to be an incredibly talented and famous British photographer, and Samsung’s campaign plays on the name: “All David Baileys can take great photos with the right [read, Samsung] camera.”

The Competition is open from 14 September 2012 until 12 Midday (UK Time) on 27 September 2012. So, tomorrow is your last day to enter.

The prize? Why, a loaned Samsung NX1000!???!!!

Visit the Samsung UK “We are David Bailey“site.

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This video presents “Syngenta Photography Award: Rural-Urban”:

• The 2012/13 Syngenta Photography Award explores the relationship and tensions between rural and urban environments:
  • Over half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas.
  • Yet rural spaces provide the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat.
  • With competition for land, natural resources, and labor increasing, balancing these tensions is critical.

• Syngenta invites you to be part of a creative dialogue about our changing planet.
  • The competition opens for entries on September 6, 2012 and closes on January 15, 2013.
  • The competition is free to enter.
  • All images must have been taken in the last 10 years.

Picture “rural / urban” theme (500 kb), copyright Marcus Lyon

Basel, Switzerland, September 6, 2012

Syngenta launches international photography award

• Annual competition that provides an opportunity to explore global challenges through compelling images

• Open to professional and amateur photographers around the world

• US$65,000 in prizes and professional commission

The Syngenta Photography Award, a new international competition that aims to stimulate dialogue around key global challenges, was launched today. Open to professional and amateur photographers, the Award will explore a central theme each year. In its inaugural year, the theme is “rural-urban”, exploring the relationship and tensions between rural and urban environments.

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LAST CALL FOR ENTRIES

THE CHILDREN’S EYES ON EARTH

International Youth Photography Contest, Festival and Exhibition 2012

Inspiring young people to dream, achieve, discover and protect our world for a better future

Deadline for entries – Saturday 15 September 2012
www.childrenseyesonearth.org

Young photographers still have until Saturday 15 September to enter the contest for the chance to win professional camera equipment and a trip to Baku in Azerbaijan to participate in The Children’s Eyes On Earth Photography Festival And Exhibition. The winners will also have an exclusive photographic workshop in Baku with internationally-known photographer, Reza.

The Children’s Eyes On Earth International Youth Photography Contest, Festival And Exhibition 2012 aims to raise awareness of environmental issues through the eyes of young people and their photographs. This exciting global initiative will give children and teenagers a platform to show how they see the natural world, and the chance to discover some of the challenges currently facing our planet.

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CNN shows off 10 of the best photographs entered in The New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography contest, an Australian only affair. The winner will be announced on August 28.

View the photos at: CNN.

Lytro Light Field

Lytro, the light field camera that does not need to be focused (for you can focus at any point in the picture after the picture is taken), is running a Share The Fun photography contest. They’re giving away 3 cameras a week for 7 weeks. All you have to do is vote for a picture in the Voting Gallery. You can vote for a new picture every day.

View the gallery and vote at: Share The Fun.