The World Photography Organisation has revealed the National & Regional Award winners for the Sony World Photography Awards 2024. The National & Regional Awards program is an initiative set up by the World Photography Organisation and Sony to support local photographic communities around the world, with 54 countries taking part this year. Over 395,000 images from over 220 countries and territories were submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards 2024. All National and Regional Award...
JG Contemporary has unveiled its latest exhibition, #MadeBritainGreat by Derrick Santini, featuring portraits that pay homage to influential figures in British arts and humanities. The exhibition will be open to the public from November 10th to December 3rd. Curated and photographed by Derrick Santini, #MadeBritainGreat takes a nuanced approach to the notion of “Made in Great Britain,” offering a visual narrative that honours progressive, humanist, and unique individuals who have contributed significantly to British culture....
The winners of the 2023 Epson International Pano landscape photography awards have been announced. The overall winner of the 2023 Open Photographer of the Year and also the Nature/Landscape category is José D. Riquelme from Spain for his entries The Bridge, Alone in the Dark and Ghost Cave. Describing The Bridge, Riquelme said, “After over a dozen visits to Iceland, exploring its majestic lands, during a rest stop, I decided to change my perspective and...
Professional and amateur photographers worldwide were invited to enter the third International Portrait Photographer of the Year competition for a chance to share in the prize pool of US$10,000 cash, and make it into the top 101 images to be included in the Awards Book. The winner of the International Portrait Photographer of the Year has been announced as Forough Yavari of Australia. Forough Yavari is an award-winning fine art portrait and fashion photographer based...
The new exhibition Alice Springs. Retrospective opens at the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin on 2nd June 2023. In celebration of the 100th birthday of June Newton aka Alice Springs, over 200 photographs will be displayed throughout the entire exhibition space of the foundation. While major Alice Springs exhibitions were already hosted at HNF in 2010 and 2016, many of the photographs in this new retrospective have never been seen by the public. Extensive research...
The World Photography Organisation has announced the overall winners in the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards 2023 at a special gala ceremony in London, hosted by broadcaster and art historian Kate Bryan. The acclaimed photographer Edgar Martins (Portugal) has won the Photographer of the Year title, the accompanying $25,000 (USD) cash prize, and a range of Sony digital imaging equipment. Additionally, Martins receives a solo presentation of his work as part of next year’s Sony...
On 25th March 2023, renowned mixed media photographer and NFT photography advocate Justin Aversano will debut the latest iteration of his acclaimed series Smoke and Mirrors at Gabba Gallery, Los Angeles. The exhibition will feature 78 limited edition silkscreen prints attached to NFTs that reimagine a tarot deck through the medium of photography. The 22 major arcana (gold) and 56 minor arcana (silver) portraits printed on papyrus capture Aversano’s local healers, spiritualists, creatives and family...
World-famous photographer David Bailey is presenting a rare series of his private Polaroids at Dellasposa Gallery in London, the first chance collectors will have to acquire them. With subjects from Princess Diana to Cara Delevingne – and Bailey himself – the renowned photographer opens up his rare archive of Polaroids for collectors and art lovers alike in a tantalizing visual diary of Bailey’s life and work over the decades, spanning his 63-year career. The collection...
On 2nd December 2022, the new exhibition HELMUT NEWTON. BRANDS opens at the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin. With over 200 photographs, the show features many unknown motifs from Newton’s collaborations with internationally renowned brands, such as Swarovski, Saint Laurent, Wolford, Blumarine, and Lavazza. When it came to composition and style, the photographer Helmut Newton did not differentiate between magazine editorials and brand assignments, which were often arranged through advertising agencies. Self-ironically, he called himself...
The World Photography Organisation has announced the overall winners in the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards 2022. Adam Ferguson (Australia) has won the Photographer of the Year title and accompanying $25,000 (USD) cash prize and a range of Sony digital imaging kit. Also announced are the ten category winners alongside 2nd and 3rd place of the Professional competition as well as overall winners of the Open, Student and Youth competitions. Winners are revealed in a...
