If World Press Photo assigned a theme to their annual competition, this year’s might have been “Tragedy.” Death, imminent death, fear, loss, pain—these are the true subjects of the images that won this year’s top prizes, highlighted, at the very top, by a photo of an assassin brandishing a murder weapon. Editor’s Note: Some of […]
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The Royal Meteorological Society (RMS) has announced the winners of its annual Weather Photographer of the Year competition which it hosts in association with AccuWeather. A photo of early morning fog in a hilltop town in Italy took top honors. petapixel.com »
2021-11-11 00:00
Late Winter and early Spring bring another cycle of photo contest season – that time of year when many major prizes are announced (especially in the photojournalism realm). And with each year brings another round of punditry regarding the value of photo contests and an almost inevitable controversy regarding the winners. Of course, this year […] petapixel.com »
2020-03-03 20:33
The winners of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year photo contest were announced in October 2018, but now the National History Museum has followed it up with the top People’s Choice shots. petapixel.com »
2019-02-19 19:49
Is a 52-week photo challenge not enough for you this year? Want a 365-day challenge? If so, there’s now a calendar you should download and print out. The folks over at Photoblog.com have created a nifty photo calendar that suggests one photo idea to try for each day of the entire year. Some examples: January […] petapixel.com »
2017-01-02 18:41
The World Press Photo Foundation, which operates the annual World Press Photo Contest, has entered into a "strategic partnership" with Fujifilm. [Read More]
The World Press Photo contest has bowed to pressure from the photographer community. After initially announcing that AI-generated images would be allowed in the "Open Format" category of the competition, it has now walked back on that decision. [Read More]
A set of photos featured in the World Press Photo exhibition showing an LGBT community in the Philippines has claimed the job of a museum director in Hungary. [Read More]
The World Press Photo organization recently shared the winners of its 2022 competition. As it does every year, the Spanish website Photolari has followed with a breakdown of the brands, systems, and cameras that were used to capture the winning photos. [Read More]