A documentary by the photographer Miquel Dewever-Plana and Isabelle Fougère, produced by Arte, Upian and the Agence VU, was given the first prize at World Press Photo Multimedia Contest in the category Interactive Documentary, for their striking portrait of the young Alma. This was t...

04.02.2013[ read full story ]

For the first time ever, the New York Times is offering a free portfolio review, announced a few days ago by James Estrin, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper’s LENS blog. The two-day gathering will be held April 13 - 14, bringing together publishers, photo di...

01.02.2013[ read full story ]

Festival Images is launching another round of its project competition. Artists and photographers have until March 15th 2013 to enter the Vevey International Photo Award. The purpose of this award is to provide crucial assistance for projects that have not been produced, in the f...

01.02.2013[ read full story ]

Pierre-Alexis Dumas, President of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, has just announced the foundation’s support for the Prix Henri Carter-Bresson. This 35000€ prize was created in 2003 by Henri Cartier-Bresson’s late wife, Martine Fra...

28.01.2013[ read full story ]

On the 18 January 2013 London’s The Strand Gallery opened its doors to an exhibition of the ten shortlisted photographers for the acclaimed Terry O’Neill / TAG Award 2012. The Terry O’Neill / TAG Award is an international competition for contemporary photography founded in 2007 as...

28.01.2013[ read full story ]

The European Publishers Award for Photography (EPAP), created by the publishers Actes Sud (France), Blume (Spain), Dewi Lewis Publishing (UK), Kehrer Verlag (The European Publishers Award for Photography (EPAP), created by the publishers Actes Sud (France)...

25.01.2013[ read full story ]

Marion Gronier, 36, is a young Parisian photographer. We covered her work on child beauty pageants in the early days of Le Journal. Today, Gronier has just concluded her residency with the Musée Nicéphore Niépce de Chalon-sur-Saône in partnership with BMW. Like the ph...

24.01.2013[ read full story ]

For its second edition, the Prix Lucas Dolega was awarded on Friday, January 18, at the Hôtel de Ville de Paris, to the Italian photographer Alessio Romenzi for his work in Syria. “In 2012, I spent about six months in Syria over more than a h...

22.01.2013[ read full story ]

On January 14, 2013, at the Jeu de Paume in Paris, the Prix Roland Barthes 2012 was awarded to Elisa Baitelli for her Master’s thesis, “L'image du fait divers dans la revue "Détective" de 1928 à 1940.” A special mention was given to Nelly Taravel for her thesis, “La photogra...

17.01.2013[ read full story ]

For Cyril Duchêne, 24, each generation has its trinkets, and those trinkets are part of our cultural heritage. With a sociological approach, Duchêne photographed the trinkets and their owners, giving insight into their personalities. This required a certain level...

14.01.2013[ read full story ]