Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2021 Thursday January 13, 2022
Photography went to extremes in 2021. By way of proof, look at the winners of the the Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2021, which humbly calls itself “the world’s greatest adventure and action sports imagery.” The overall winner is U.S. photographer Will Saunders for his photo “Dirtbag Superhero,” which features rock climber Jake Talley “striking a pose” as he ascends a rock tower in Indian Creek, Utah. “I asked Jake to really shape his body into more of a powerful movement rather than the classic falling position,” notes Saunders. Read the full Story >>
World Press Photo Thursday January 13, 2022
As we reported previously, this year’s World Press Photo contest is adopting a new model in which regional juries will first make a selection of entries per category. The regional juries are composed of professionals from and/or working in that area, with a range of expertise. Once the regional juries have made their selection, a global jury will decide on the regional winners and from those, the global winners. Now World Press Photo has announced the names of those on the regional juries and global juries. The chair of this year’s global jury is Rena Effendi, a documentary photographer from Baku, Azerbaijan. Read the full Story >>
npr Thursday January 13, 2022
Kazakhstan has seen some of its largest public protests since gaining independence from the Soviet Union over 30 years ago — and a deadly crackdown by its authoritarian government in response. The president said on Friday he has authorized security forces to shoot to kill, notes NPR, which features images from news service photographers covering the eruption, including Vladimir Tretyakov (AP); Valery Sharifulin (TASS via Getty Images); Abduaziz Madyarov (AFP via Getty Images) and Mariya Gordeyeva (Reuters). Read the full Story >>
CNET Thursday January 13, 2022
The Associated Press has announced that will launch an NFT marketplace for collectors to purchase AP photojournalists' images. Beginning on Jan. 31, the initial collection of photographs, including Pulitzer Prize-winning images, will start being released over a period of weeks. With each NFT purchase, collectors will have access to the metadata associated with each photograph, including the time, date, location, equipment and technical settings used, notes CNET. AP isn’t the first journalistic enterprise to use or express interest in NFTs. Quartz and The New York Times have sold copies of their articles as NFTs, and Getty Images’ CEO Craig Peters said in December that there’s “a real opportunity” for the company when it comes to NFTs, adds The Verge. Read the full Story >>
