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Photography News | Issue 44 | absolutephoto.com
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The National Portrait gallery has announced that digital submissions will now be accepted for the first time to the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. Entry closes at midnight on 29 June 2017. The first prize winner gets £15,000. Entry costs £28 per photograph entered. TaylorWessing welcomes digital entries PictureHappiness Barnett Waddingham, the benefits consultancy provider, has launched a photography competition to find out what makes the UK happy. There are three prizes of £500 up for grabs for over 18s and an iPad to the value of £500 for an under 18 winner. The competition closes at 5pm on 30 June. For full terms and conditions and to enter visit picturehappiness.co.uk.
This year is the 160th year of the International Photography Exhibition (IPE) and the Royal Photographic Society is calling for entries across all genres that showcase engaging, visually striking and inspiring work. This competition is open to all photographers worldwide. Submission prices are £30 for non-members, £20 for RPS members and £15 for under 30s with the competition closing on 24 May. Photographers who are selected will have their images exhibited in a nationwide ten-month tour, opening at PHOTOBLOCK at The Old Truman Brewery in London, in October. International Photography Exhibition: 160
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Royal Photography Society Bursaries The Royal Photographic Society is offering four funding opportunities worth over £12,000. The Environmental Awareness Project Funding of £6000, closes 31 May and is split between two awards, one for those aged between 16 and 30 and one for 31+. This bursary is for one-year projects which will promote environmental awareness. The Joan Wakelin Bursary for £2000 closes on 16 June and will
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Proud Camden will be exhibiting a collection of images by the late photojournalist Terence Spencer from 1 June to 20 August 2017. The exhibition will showcase images from an extensive archive which embodies the liberalised popular culture of the 60s and the period of social change and music revolution. Shots include Muhammad Ali, Marianne Faithfull, Sir Richard Branson and more. Free to attend the exhibition will be held at Proud Camden, London. Terence Spencer: ALasting Impression
be awarded to the best proposal for a photo essay on an overseas social issue. The Postgraduate Bursary of £3500 is to support postgrad students carrying out photographic research or studying photography at postgrad level; and finally the Short Film Award of £2000, closes in July for the short film with the best cinematography.
Above: Thembinkosi Fanwell Ngwenya by Claudio Rasano, 2016 First Prize Winner of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2016 Photo: © Jorge Herrera
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Pink Lady Food Photography of theYear 2017 winner Shoeb Faruquee, based in Bangladesh was named the overall winner of the Pink Lady Food Photography of the Year 2017 award, winning a cheque for £5000. Over 8400 images were entered into the competition from more than 60 countries. Shoeb’s winning image is titled Food for God, which shows the Brahman cook, making religious food at the Rajapur Lokonath Dham Chittagong Bangladesh, a praying and worshipping centre of the follower and believer of ‘Baba Lokonath’. The food is eaten after the devotees have finished fasting for 24 hours.
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