March 2010
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WHNPA Gala - May 15th
Members, did you receive your dinner invitation in the mail? If not, here’s a PDF version. Be sure to R.S.V.P. by May 1st. Download and mail in your ticket requests.
Saturday, May 15, 2010 The Ritz-Carlton, 1150 22nd Street, N.W., Washington, DC Reception 6:30 p.m., Dinner 8:00 p.m. Drinks and dancing until 1:00 a.m. Black Tie
RESERVATIONS CODE — GALA WEEKEND, RITZ...
Photographers in Haiti
Photo/Brendan Hoffman
REMINDER Photos on the Deck: DC Photographers in Haiti
Photography Exhibit Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 7:00pm -midnight
Location: Marvin Bistro & Bar (2007 14th St. NW)
When a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, killing more than 200,000 people, photojournalists from Washington, DC traveled to Port-au-Prince to document the rescue and...
The Report - WHNPA Newsletter, March 2010 →
Download a PDF of the latest issue of The Report, the WHNPA’s newsletter.
Student Contest results
The WHNPA Student Contest committee are happy to announce the Student Photographer of the Year is Diego James Robles from Ohio University. Honorable Mention: Western Kentucky University student Phillip Scott Andrews
Honorable Mention: Western Kentucky University student Scott McIntyre Honorable Mention: Corcoran College of Art + Design student Christopher G. Jones
The winning portfolios are...
Student Contest Judges
Now that the entry deadline has passed we can tell you the names of this year’s student contest judges: Molly Roberts, Chad McNeeley, and Stephen Crowley. Read the JUDGES’ BIOS on our web site.
Pege Gilgannon - Lifetime Achievement award
These are photos of Pege Gilgannon, WJLA- Channel – 7 News upon learning that she will receive the WHNPA Lifetime Achievement award at the 2010 ‘ Eyes of History’ awards gala on May 15th. Pege is shown below with WHNPA President, John Harrington. Congratulations! Photo credit : Joni Mazer Field
WHNPA PROJECT GRANT - ANDREA BRUCE
2009 Project Grant winner is announced! Andrea Bruce, freelance photographer on contract for the Washington Post, has been chosen as the recipient of the White House News Photographers 2009 Project Grant. The grant total of $10,000, half from the WHNPA and a matching amount of $5,000 from PNY Technologies Inc., will fund ‘The Caucasus at the Crossroads: Ingushetia’s Decisive Moment’,...
Susanna Raab - solo show "American Vernacular"...
A Message From Previous Project Grant Winner, Susanna Raab: Consumed: Fast Food in the US. First a solo show of Consumed will open next Tues March 22 at the Cole Art Center at Stephen F Austin State Univ. in Nacodogches, Texas and I will be giving an artist lecture that evening. It will be the first solo show of the work. On Saturday March 27 I would like to invite all WHNPAers to the...
Save these dates
2010 ‘Eyes of History’ award gala is scheduled for Saturday, May 15, 2010. The invitations will go in the mail on Friday. Watch your mailboxes! There is a new format, so please follow instructions carefully. No online sales. Interest is high, so don’t delay!! **************************************************** The next WHNPA general membership meeting is scheduled for Monday, April...
WHNPA Student Contest
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Please note: “Checks/proof of school” should be mailed to the WHNPA — DO NOT USE FED EX . If you did send via FedEx, have the package re-routed back to you and re-send via USPS. As long as you have uploaded your photos by March 17th you will not be penalized for being late with your entry.
Rules have been posted for the 2010 Student...