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September 20, 2020
SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2021 — JUDGES ANNOUNCED
The World Photography Organisation has announced the judging panel for the Sony World Photography Awards 2021. It also revealed new categories in the Awards’ four competitions, entry deadlines, and exhibition dates.
Here are some interesting entries:
Photo: Entry. Open competition. Landscape. Photographer Ales Krivec, Slovenia. © Ales Krivec, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Entry. Open competition. Architecture. Photographer Mattia Giannattasio, Italy. © Mattia Giannattasio, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Entry. Open competition. Natural World & Wildlife. Photographer Luca Pot d’Or, Germany. © Luca Pot d’Or, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Entry. Open competition. Architecture. Photographer Jose Maria Martin, Spain. © Jose Maria Martin, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Entry. Open competition. Natural World & Wildlife. Photographer Jack Evans, United Kingdom. © Jack Evans, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Entry. Open competition. Architecture. Photographer Emil Gawkowski, Poland. © Emil Gawkowski, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Entry. Open competition. Natural World & Wildlife. Photographer Dan Gerard, United Kingdom. © Dan Gerard, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Entry. Open competition. Landscape. Photographer Viktor Einar Vilhelmsson, Iceland, © Viktor Einar Vilhelmsson, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Entry. Open competition. Architecture. Photographer Gautam Jain, United States of America. © Gautam Jain, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Entry. Open competition. Landscape. Photographer Tariqur Shaha, United Kingdom. © Tariqur Shaha, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards.
In its 14th year, the Sony World Photography Awards are an authoritative voice in the industry, celebrating the best contemporary photography from the past year and giving vast exposure and opportunity to photographers worldwide.
Sony supports the Awards to help the continued development of photographic culture by giving a global platform to today’s talent. Entry to the Awards is entirely free, and photographers are judged anonymously by a panel of industry-leading judges.
2021 JUDGES
This year’s internationally diverse jury brings a range of knowledge and expertise from varied photographic backgrounds and includes:
Professional Competition:
- Mike Trow, Independent Curator, and Photo Editor and Chair of the Jury;
- Natasha Egan, Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago;
- Sunyoung Kim, Curator, Museum of Photography Seoul, South Korea;
- Azu Nwagbogu, Founder and Director, African Artists Foundation;
- Lindsay Taylor, Curator, University of Salford Art Collection;
- Hannah Watson, Director, Trolley Books, and TJ Boulting.
Open and Youth Competitions:
- Gastón Deleau, Director, FOLA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Student Competition:
- Kate Simpson, Assistant Editor, Aesthetica Magazine.
2021 PRIZES
The Sony World Photography Awards is open to submissions from 1 July 2020. All category winners of the Professional, Open, Youth, and Student competitions receive Sony’s digital imaging equipment. Also, cash prizes of $25,000 (USD) are presented to the Year’s Photographer and $5,000 (USD) to the Open Photographer of the Year. All winning and shortlisted photographers’ works are exhibited at the annual Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition in London and toured internationally. The winning images are also published in the annual Awards’ book.
Source: The World Photography Organisation
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Ship Ahoy! U.S. Postal Service (USPS) issues a Stamp on "Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor."
Photo: The U.S. Postal Service celebrates the Mayflower’s 400th-anniversary landing off the coast of New England.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2020 — The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) today issued the Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor stamp.
“The Postal Service is proud to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s arrival off the coast of New England in December 1620,” said Kristin Seaver, Executive Vice President, U.S. Postal Service. “This stamp reflects the Postal Service’s commitment to honor our nation’s diversity, heritage, and history through our stamp program.”
Dr. George P. Garmany Jr., the governor-general, General Society of Mayflower Descendants; Michele Pecoraro, executive director, Plymouth 400; and Richard Pickering, deputy director, Plimoth Plantation, participated in the ceremony.
Background
“On Dec. 16, 1620, a ship that carried 102 English passengers completed a perilous voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from Plymouth, England, and anchored offshore of today’s Plymouth, MA. The Mayflower’s passengers would become known as Pilgrims, and the story of their settlement in America would inspire future generations and become part of the larger story of the nation’s founding ideals,” USPS explained.
“The Pilgrims’ tale is intertwined with the story of the Wampanoag — People of the First Light — who made an alliance with the Pilgrims and forged a treaty with them that maintained relative peace for more than 50 years. The Pilgrims might not have survived their first year without the Wampanoag’s help and advice, with whom they celebrated their first harvest in the fall of 1621,” USPS elaborated.
“The Mayflower Compact, Plymouth Rock, Thanksgiving — all became part of this tiny band of settlers’ enduring legacy, whom we honor on the 400th anniversary of their arrival in America,” USPS said.
Artist Greg Harlin illustrated the stamp, using a combination of watercolor, gouache, and acrylics, with some digital refining to convey a scene of desolate beauty at the end of the Pilgrims’ harrowing journey to an unfamiliar world. The stamp also features a stylized hawthorn flower printed in intaglio. In England, the hawthorn — a member of the rose family — is sometimes called a mayflower, as it blooms in May.
Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp and pane.
The U.S. Postal Service stated that it is issuing the Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor stamp as a Forever stamp, which will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.
Source: U.S. Postal Service
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