AI-AP Friday December 8, 2023
Want some inspirational imagery? The American Photography Open 2023 shortlist is now available as a free downloadable pdf. Hit the link to access it. In addition, the American Photography Annual competition is now also on the Award Force platform, and you can access it here with the same user email and password as you use for the Open. Go here for more information about the AP 40 annual. Once again, thanks to everyone who has participated with us this year.
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David Schonauer Friday December 8, 2023
It was the worst day of violence against the press in Mexico in more than 10 years, noted The Guardian: On Nov. 28, five Mexican journalists, four of them photojournalists, were shot and wounded by
unidentified assailants. The photographers were shot near a military barracks in the southern Guerrero state after they returned from covering one of the many homicides in the city of … Read the full Story >>
Fstoppers Thursday December 7, 2023
The Sony World Photography Awards has come under scrutiny for its age limit policies within its Student award category, notes Fstoppers. The contest’s rules exclude photography students over the age of 30 from entering. “The crux of the issue is that not all students are recent high school graduates or young adults starting their academic journeys. It is common for creatives of all types to change careers and pursue their passions after trying to fit into working in a more traditional career,” notes writer Kim Simpson.
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TIME Thursday December 7, 2023
Taylor Swift is Time’s Person of the Year, and the magazine has published a behind-the-scenes look at the cover shoot of the cultural icon by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. “First of all, we went to see The Eras Tour movie—it's just incredible. And then we did a deep dive into all her different personifications and the way she expressed her feelings over the years of her career to form a concept. We were mostly struck by watching her perform her lyrics,” says van Lamsweerde.
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