Editorial Photographers

2011 Editorial Photographers Education Grant Winners

by Brian Smith on May 20, 2011

in Photo Industry News

On behalf of the EP Board of Directors and our guest judges Elliot Erwitt and Ed Kashi, I’m very pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Editorial Photographers Education Grants. This year’s entries were by far the strongest we have received. All judges commented on the extremely high quality of the work.

Legendary photographer Elliot Erwitt, hot off his ICP Lifetime Achievement Award, selected Sean DuFrene as this year’s Grand Prize Winner and Unnikrishna Raveendranathan as our Runner-up. Both are from Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

Sean DuFrene wins the Grand Prize of a Sony a850 camera with Sony’s Zeiss 24-70/2.8 lens:

Grand PrizeWinner Sean DuFrene -Academy of Art University, San Francisco.

Unnikrishna Raveendranathan wins an APhotoFolio website with a year of hosting courtesy of Rob Haggart.

Runner-up Unnikrishna Raveendranathan - Academy of Art University, San Francisco

Brandon Wickenkamp - Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City

Kevin Truong - The Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

Brad Vest - Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

Tim Harris - Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

All winners will receive:

* Cash award of $1,000 courtesy of EP and Blinkbid
* One year subscription to PhotoShelter
* Licensed copy of fotoQuote Pro
* Licensed copy of Blinkbid
* One-year subscription to FreshLists
* Gear from Think Tank Photo
* One year membership to EP

I would like to thank all our judges and sponsors from Sony, APhotoFolio, Blinkbid, PhotoShelter, fotoQuote, FreshLists and Think Tank Photo who made this year’s competition possible.

-Brian Smith
President, Editorial Photographers

Tagged as: Editorial Photographers, Education Grants, Elliott Erwitt, EP

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EP Education Grants 2011 – Deadline April 15th

by Brian Smith on April 8, 2011

in Contests

In an effort to recognize and support emerging photographers, Editorial Photographers is pleased to announce the 2011 EP Education Grants photo competition!

Six finalists will be chosen to each receive prize packages that include a cash award of $1000 courtesy of EP and Blinkbid, plus gear from Think Tank Photo, a one year subscription to PhotoShelter, a licensed copy of fotoQuote, a licensed copy of Blinkbid, a one-year subscription to FreshLists, and a one year subscription to EP all to help launch your photo career. That’s almost $2000 worth of prizes each!

We’re especially excited that new for 2011 is a top Grand Prize chosen from among the finalists by internationally-acclaimed Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt consisting of a Sony a850 camera with Sony CZ 24-70/2.8 lens worth more than $3500, courtesy of Sony. That means more than $5000 in prizes for the Grand Prize winner! Lastly, one finalist will also be chosen to receive a website designed and hosted by APhotoFolio.

In addition to Mr. Erwitt who will choose the Grand Prize recipient, the panel of judges will also include renowned photojournalist Ed Kashi, EP Board Members, and other industry guest judges to be announced shortly.

Eligible contestants must be enrolled in an accredited, full time college photography program in the U.S. or Canada during the 2010-2011 school year. Previous winners are not eligible to enter again. All entries must be completed by 11:59pm (Pacific Time) on April 15, 2011, so don’t delay!

Tagged as: Editorial Photographers, Education Grants, EP Education Grants 2011

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EP Education Grants Photo Competition 2011

by Brian Smith on March 13, 2011

in Photo Industry News

In an effort to recognize and support emerging photographers, Editorial Photographers is pleased to announce the 2011 EP Education Grants photo competition!

Six finalists will be chosen to each receive prize packages that include a cash award of $1000 courtesy of EP and Blinkbid, plus gear from Think Tank Photo, a one year subscription to PhotoShelter, a licensed copy of fotoQuote, a licensed copy of Blinkbid, a one-year subscription to FreshLists, and a one year subscription to EP all to help launch your photo career. That’s almost $2000 worth of prizes each!

We’re especially excited that new for 2011 is a top Grand Prize chosen from among the finalists by internationally-acclaimed Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt consisting of a Sony a850 camera with Sony CZ 24-70/2.8 lens worth more than $3500, courtesy of Sony. That means more than $5000 in prizes for the Grand Prize winner! Lastly, one finalist will also be chosen to receive a website designed and hosted by APhotoFolio.

In addition to Mr. Erwitt who will choose the Grand Prize recipient, the panel of judges will also include renowned photojournalist Ed Kashi, EP Board Members, and other industry guest judges to be announced shortly.

Eligible contestants must be enrolled in an accredited, full time college photography program in the U.S. or Canada during the 2010-2011 school year. Previous winners are not eligible to enter again. All entries must be completed by 11:59pm (Pacific Time) on April 1, 2011, so don’t delay!

Tagged as: Editorial Photographers, EP Education Grants 2011

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Shutterbug Magazine Interview – January 2010

by Brian Smith on January 30, 2010

in Interviews

Maria Piscopo interviewed me along with my friends  Brian Smale, Robbie McClaran and Shawn G. Henry about changes in the editorial photography market for her piece ‘The Business Of Editorial Photography: Telling A Story With Images” in the January 2010 Shutterbug Magazine. 

Tagged as: Editorial Photographers, Maria Piscopo, Photo Industry News, Shutterbug

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EP Announces 2009 EP Education Grant Winners

by Brian Smith on June 12, 2009

in Photo Industry News

Editorial Photographers is pleased to announce the winners of the 2nd Annual EP Education Grants student photo competition:

Leah Tepper-Byrne – ICP
Theresa Juarez – Academy of Art University, SF
ValJean Anderson – Academy of Art University, SF
Eliot Crowley – Academy of Art University, SF
Ross Feighery – Columbia College, Chicago
Samuel James – Tufts University
Joseph Escamilla – Pasadena Art Center College of Design

Each winner will receive a $1000 cash prize, ThinkTank Urban Disguise 30 camera bag, Blinkbid Software, one year Livebooks:Edu subscription, one year PhotoShelter standard account, and other prizes.

The winners were selected by members of the EP Board of Directors and Special Guest Judges:

Laurie Kratochvil, former Director of Photography at Rolling Stone and InStyle
Rob Haggart, of aphotoeditor.com, former Director of Photography at Men’s Journal and Outside
Ronnie Weil, Director of Photography at Business Week
Robert Mansfield, Art Director at Forbes

EP wishes to congratulate or winners and thank our lovely judges!
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Editorial Photographers [EP] is a non-profit, mutual benefit organization of working and emerging photographers, educators, and students who participate in the field of editorial photography. EP’s mission is to raise awareness of proper business practices among photographers, and to advocate for contracts and terms that allow both creators and users of editorial photography to profit and prosper. To apply for membership in EP, please visit http://www.editorialphoto.com/register

Tagged as: Academy of Art University, Columbia College, Editorial Photographers, Education Grants, Eliot Crowley, EP, ICP, Joseph Escamilla, Laurie Kratochvil, Leah Tepper-Byrne, Pasadena Art Center, Photo Industry News, Photography, Rob Haggart, Robert Mansfield, Ronnie Weil, Ross Feighery, Samuel James, Theresa Juarez, Tufts University, ValJean Anderson

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EP Education Grant Deadline May 30th

by Brian Smith on May 29, 2009

in Contests

The entry deadline for Editorial Photographers’ Second Annual EP Education Grants student photo competition is TOMORROW, May 30, 2009.

A total of seven prize packages are available to full time photography students who enter and submit their portfolio by the deadline.  Each package includes a $1000 cash prize, a ThinkTank Urban Disguise 30 camera bag, Blinkbid Software, a one year subscription to Livebooks:Edu, a one year Standard Account at PhotoShelter, and other prizes.

EP is also pleased to announce that our guest judges for the 2009 Grants include Laurie Kratochvil, former Director of Photography at Rolling Stone and InStyle, aphotoeditor.com Rob Haggart, former Director of Photography at Men’s Journal and Outside, Robert Mansfield, Art Director of Forbes and Ronnie Weil, Director of Photography of Business Week.

Get the full details here: http://www.editorialphoto.com/epedu and please feel free to forward this message to any full time student who may be eligible, or to teachers and staff of eligible photography programs. Good luck to all the entrants!
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Editorial Photographers [EP] is a non-profit, mutual benefit organization of working and emerging photographers, educators, and students who participate in the field of editorial photography.  EP’s mission is to raise awareness of proper business practices among photographers, and to advocate for contracts and terms that allow both creators and users of editorial photography to profit and prosper.  To apply for membership in EP, please visit http://www.editorialphoto.com/register .

Tagged as: aphotoeditor.com, Awards, Editorial Photographers, Education, EP, Grants, Laurie Kratochvil, Rob Haggart, Robert Mansfield, Ronnie Weil

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EP Education Grant Deadline Extended

by Brian Smith on May 19, 2009

in Contests

To meet late demand, Editorial Photographers [EP] has extended the entry deadline for our Second Annual EP Education Grants student photo competition until May 30, 2009.

A total of seven prize packages are available to full time photography students who enter and submit their portfolio by the deadline.  Each package includes a $1000 cash prize, a ThinkTank Urban Disguise 30 camera bag, Blinkbid Software, a one year subscription to Livebooks:Edu, a one year Standard Account at PhotoShelter, and other prizes.

EP is also pleased to announce that our guest judges for the 2009 Grants include Laurie Kratochvil, former Director of Photography at Rolling Stone and InStyle, aphotoeditor.com Rob Haggart, former Director of Photography at Men’s Journal and Outside and Robert Mansfield, Art Director of Forbes.

Get the full details here: http://www.editorialphoto.com/epedu and please feel free to forward this message to any full time student who may be eligible, or to teachers and staff of eligible photography programs. Good luck to all the entrants!
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Editorial Photographers [EP] is a non-profit, mutual benefit organization of working and emerging photographers, educators, and students who participate in the field of editorial photography.  EP’s mission is to raise awareness of proper business practices among photographers, and to advocate for contracts and terms that allow both creators and users of editorial photography to profit and prosper.  To apply for membership in EP, please visit http://www.editorialphoto.com/register .

Tagged as: aphotoeditor.com, Awards, Editorial Photographers, Education, EP, Grants, Laurie Kratochvil, Rob Haggart, Robert Mansfield

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ASMP New England – The Future of Editorial Photography
E.P. Levine – May 12th, 2009

by Brian Smith on May 12, 2009

in Talks

Brian Smith – The Future of Editorial Photography
May 12th Time: Social hour & Food: 6:00; Program: 7:00
Location: EP Levine, 23 Drydock Ave, Boston MA 02210
617-951-1499

Editorial Photography is undergoing rapid change, yet the death of magazine photography has been greatly exaggerated. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith, President of Editorial Photographers, will discuss how to maximize the creative and commercial rewards while avoiding bad contracts, stagnant rates and rights-gobbling appetites of multinational media corporations. Smith will discuss the need to charge properly for the time and expense of digital capture and processing and why photographers and agencies may be to blame for unreasonably low caps that some magazines that some magazines have placed on digital fees. Photographers, when united, have been able to affect positive change to the industry for fair contracts paying higher fees and space usage and how photographers unwilling to turn down bad deals can send it all tumbling down.

Seminar Topics:
• How to get and keep the attention of photo editors and art directors at top magazines
• How production value can make your work stand out
• What are the best things you can do in a slow economy • How to maximize re-licensing, syndication and reprint revenue
• How will the shift to online content will affect rates
• What you should know about editorial that nobody told you

EP President Brian Smith’s first magazine photograph appeared in Life Magazine when he was a 20 year-old student at the University of Missouri. Five years later he won the Pulitzer for photographs of the Los Angeles Olympics. Based in Miami Beach, his work has won awards in World Press Photo, American Photo, Pictures of the Year and Communication Arts Competitions and has appeared on hundreds of magazine covers including Time, Forbes, Business Week, Sports Illustrated, and New York Magazine. Smith is a Sony Artisan of Imagery. His work can be seen at: www.briansmith.com

Tagged as: ASMP, Brian Smith, Editorial Photographers, Miami Photographer, Photo Industry News, Talks

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The Future of Editorial Photography – Philadelphia April 30, 2009

by Brian Smith on April 27, 2009

in Talks

This Thursday April 30th, 2009 I will speak about the future of Editorial Photography. Come learn about all my secrets for lighting and hear the stories of how I approach my photography assignments.  I will discuss my latest photo shoot of 85 celebrities for The Creative Coalition and how I produced the shoot.  The location is Power Plant Productions, 230 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106.  Come early for a good seat!

Editorial Photography is undergoing rapid change, yet the death of magazine photography has been greatly exaggerated. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith, President of Editorial Photographers, will discuss how to maximize the creative and commercial rewards while avoiding bad contracts, stagnant rates and rights-gobbling appetites of multinational media corporations.

Smith will discuss the need to charge properly for the time and expense of digital capture and processing and why photographers and agencies may be to blame for unreasonably low caps that some magazines that some magazines have placed on digital fees. Photographers, when united, have been able to affect positive change to the industry for fair contracts paying higher fees and space usage and how photographers unwilling to turn down bad deals can send it all tumbling down.

Seminar Topics:
• How to get and keep the attention of photo editors and art directors at top magazines
• How production value can make your work stand out
• What are the best things you can do in a slow economy
• How to maximize re-licensing, syndication and reprint revenue • How will the shift to online content will affect rates
• What you should know about editorial that nobody told you

Thursday, April 30th, 2009, 7 PM
Location:  Power Plant Productions
230 North 2nd Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
Powerplantproductions.com

I hope to see you all in Philadelphia!

Brian Smith

Tagged as: ASMP, Brian Smith, Editorial Photographers, Future of Editorial Photography, Philadelphia, Photo Industry News

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EP Announces 2nd Annual EP Education Grants Student Photo Competition!

by Brian Smith on April 27, 2009

in Contests

In an effort to recognize and support emerging editorial photographers, EP is pleased to announce our Second Annual EP Education Grants student photo competition!

New this year, two additional cash prizes of $1000 each, for a total of seven available $1000 awards courtesy of EP and Blinkbid!

Awards will be granted to each of seven outstanding full time photography students. Winners will each receive the following items courtesy of EP, BlinkBid, and several other industry sponsors:

* A $1000 check to further their photographic career
* ThinkTank Urban Disguise 30 camera bag
* Blinkbid Software
* One-year EP membership with winning entries shown on the EP website
* One-year Subscription on Livebooks:Edu
* John Harrington’s book, “Best Business Practices for Photographers”

The panel of contest judges will include EP Board Members and several Guest Judges who will be announced shortly.

Eligible contestants must be enrolled in an accredited, full time college photography program in the U.S. or Canada during the 2008-2009 year, and previous winners are not eligible to win again. All entries must be complete by 12:01am on Saturday, May 16, 2009, so don’t delay!

Get the full details here: http://www.editorialphoto.com/epedu and please feel free to forward these details to any full time student who may be eligible, or to teachers and staff of eligible photography programs. Good luck to all the entrants!

Tagged as: Editorial Photographers, Education, EP, Grants, Photo Competitions, Photo Industry News, Student

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