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Sony World Photography Awards 2010 Shortlist Announced!
Sony World Photography Awards 2010 Shortlist Announced!
© Rip Hopkins, Professional shortlist in Portraiture 		We are delighted to announce the 2010 shortlist for the Professional, Amateur and Student competitions. Spanning 48 countries and 80,000 images the shortlist for the 2010 Sony World Photography Awards is announced! Including categories from fashion to music, architecture to current affairs, the Honorary Judging Committee, comprising world-renowned photographers, curators, representatives from leading international photo agencies and picture editors came together in London to make their selection from over 80,000professional and amateur photography submissions.
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Countdown to Cannes!
Countdown to Cannes!
© iStockphoto 		The World Photography Festival is looming and in barely 8 weeks, the international photography industry will gather in Cannes for the announcement of the 2010 Sony World Photography Awards winners. This year, the awards show is open to all and tickets are selling faster than ever before. Surrounding the awards is this year’s Festival which promises to be unique in the breadth of expertise that our Academy members and the photography industry are bringing to the fore.
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ZAC LEE presents New Species C-4 ZAC LEE presents New Species C-4
Award winning artist ZAC LEE develops the series New Species, C-4, with visual vibrancy and humour. The exhibition wiill be held at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Sentul Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from March 12 – 28, 2010.  click here
Peter Korniss Exhibition '1967-2008' opens in Romania Peter Korniss Exhibition '1967-2008' opens in Romania
The Museum of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca, Romania presents a retrospective of Hungarian documentary photographer, humanitarian artist and World Photography Academy member Peter Korniss in the exhibition '1967-2008'.  click here
Tobias Titz presents MARNTI WARAJANGA – we’re travelling Tobias Titz presents MARNTI WARAJANGA – we’re travelling
Tobias Titz, award-winning photographer and member of the Many Australian Photographers (MAP) Group - one of the most recent additions to the World Photography Academy, presents a year-long exhibition Marnti Warajanga – we’re travelling at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House Canberra. click here
UNICEF Photo Pledge of the Month – Brent Stirton UNICEF Photo Pledge of the Month – Brent Stirton
Each month the World Photography Organisation selects a photo-pledge made to our campaign with UNICEF to raise awareness of children’s rights as ‘UNICEF Photo-Pledge of the Month’. This photo-pledge by internationally celebrated photojournalist Brent Stirton has been chosen for February with the pledge ‘Every child has the right to be healthy’. click here
Facebook Mini-Competition Winner - Toby Smith Facebook Mini-Competition Winner - Toby Smith
Congratulations to Toby Smith whose photograph is the winner of our January Facebook mini-competition on the theme of ‘Old and New’. The monthly mini-competitions offer our Facebook fans the chance to win two tickets to the Gala Ceremony at the World Photography Festival in Cannes April 2010 as well as a showcase of their photograph as part of a digital exhibition. click here
The Growing Photography Industry in Malaysia The Growing Photography Industry in Malaysia
Malaysia has recently witnessed a significant increase in public awareness of the importance of photography. This growing trend has been developed through the determined work of both individuals and national galleries to reinforce the recognition of this medium as a true art form through societies, groups and well-curated photography shows. click here
Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
The Whitechapel Gallery presents the first major survey of historic and contemporary photography from the subcontinent. This landmark exhibition explores culture and modernity through the lens of photographers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, with over 300 works by 70 artists. Images on show range from the earliest days of photography in 1860 to the present day.  click here
Venetia Dearden presents 'Somerset Stories' Venetia Dearden presents 'Somerset Stories'
British photographer Venetia Dearden has been in touch with the World Photography Organisation to tell us about her book Somerset Stories Fivepenny Dreams, which is available to purchase through her website. Venetia is currently busy putting together the second book in the series, but she took the time to reveal a bit more to us about the photographs behind her 'Somerset Stories'. click here
UNICEF Children’s Rights Youth Award UNICEF Children’s Rights Youth Award
To mark the 20th anniversary year of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the World Photography Organisation, Sony and the United Nations Children's Fund, are giving six young photographers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to Ethiopia for a photographic workshop complete with mentoring from acclaimed photographer and humanitarian Reza. click here
2010 Sony World Photography Awards and Festival 2010 Sony World Photography Awards and Festival
Welcoming professional and amateur photographers, photography students and the general public, the Sony World Photography Awards and Festival will include exhibitions, a Photographers Programme, Portfolio Reviews and the highlight of the week - the Sony World Photography Awards Ceremony taking place on April 22nd. This photographic showcase and prize ceremony will be presented inside the Grand Lumier Theatre of the majestic Palais des Festivals and will deliver a visual journey through many diverse genres of photography. From exhilarating sport to glamorous fashion, candid documentary, captivating landscapes, people, places, trends and imaginations – this awards programme unveils stories seen and told by people from across the globe.  click here

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The World Photography Organisation (WPO) supports professional, amateur and student photography and lends a global platform for the photographic industry to communicate, converge and showcase current trends in Photojournalism, Fine Art and Commercial Photography.

The World Photography Organisation delivers various initiatives and programmes across the global photographic community under the "World Photography" brand. These programmes involve the amateur and professional photographer in commercial, cultural and educational activities within the photographic industry. Currently included within the World Photography portfolio are the World Photography Awards sponsored by Sony; the World Photography Student Focus Competition; the World Photography Awards Global Tour, the World Photography Collection and the World Photography Focus Programme.

The WPO’s aim is to support photographers whilst creating new avenues in which to develop the photographic practices within the industry, enabling photographers to have their work seen internationally, establish photography into new and less mature markets, introducing young talent to a world-wide public and photography audience, and provide various annual meeting grounds for a global industry to converge and facilitate exchange within the market.