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World Photographywinners revealed
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The world’s largest photography competition, the Sony World Photography Awards recently announced the winners, including the recipient of the Photographer of the Year/L’Iris d’Or award. American photographer John Moore, of Getty Images, was named as the Photographer of the Year and as well as the title, he received $25,000 and Sony kit for his hard-hitting series of images, Ebola Crisis Overwhelms Liberian Capital. German photographer Armin Appel was named as the Open Photographer of the Year and received $5000 for his image, Schoolyard. His image was chosen from the almost 80,000 that were entered into the competition by a panel of experts from the World Photography Organisation. Four British names were among the award winners: Simon Norfolk, Professional Landscape; Antony Crossfield, Open Enhanced; Norman Quinn, Open Panoramic; and 14-year-old Stephanie Anjo, Youth Portraiture. All the winning and shortlisted images feature in this year’s Sony World Photography Awards book, available from the website.
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π To find out more about theWorld Photography Organisation, go to www.worldphoto.org.
IGPOTY’s shades of grey
Canon has published guides offering a ‘unique perspective’ to six cities across Europe. The six guides – to London, Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Milan and Amsterdam – are available to download from Canon’s Come and See website and feature in the Companion app to the EOS 760D, 750D and M3. Rather like Rough Guides or Lonely Planet books, each guide is curated by a local personality, offering an everyday look at the cities and encouraging photographers to look at familiar sights and to discover hidden gems. Canon goes to town Learnwith theRPS&OU Combining the Royal Photographic Society’s 160 years of photography experience and the Open University’s expertise in delivering education online, a new course, Digital Photography: Creating and Sharing Better Images, is now available worldwide and is suitable for complete beginners as well as those looking to improve their skills. The ten-week course develops skills through weekly practical assignments and participants will benefit from a vibrant online community and receive feedback from expert photographers on their final assignment. It costs £200 and students who successfully complete the course will receive an RPS Certificate in Photography, and be fully prepared to tackle their LRPS. π To find out more about the course, go to www.rps.org/ online-courses. π To find out more about the guides, go to www.canon.co.uk.
The International Garden Photographer of the Year (IGPOTY) has announced the winner of one of its two Photo Project competitions. The Monochrome Photo Project first place went to Matthew Woodhouse, who wins £500 for his image, Three, above. The other Photo Project is Macro Art, which closes on 30 June – so you’ve still time to enter.
π To find out more, go to www.igpoty.com.
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