February 2012
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The Lively Morgue →
The NY Times picture archive comes to Tumblr!
Stan Stearns
Members, our friend and award winning WHNPA member Stan Stearns is not doing well. After a continuing battle with lung and now bone cancer, Stan is at the Hospice of the Chesapeake, 3675 Solomons Island Road, Harwood, Maryland 20776. The family has asked that there be no visitors, but Stan would love to have cards from his friends. One of Stan’s most well known photos - young JFK Jr ...
WHNPA New Media Contest posted
PHOTOGRAPHY & AUDIO = NATURAL SOUND http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/newmedia/photonatsound/
PHOTOGRAPHY & AUDIO - NARRATION
http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/newmedia/photonarration/
BEST MULTIMEDIA PACKAGE: SIMPLE
http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/newmedia/simple/
MULTIMEDIA PACKAGE: IN-DEPTH
http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/newmedia/indepth/
MULTIMEDIA...
Video Awards
Video Photographer of the Year: Louie Eroglu, Australian Broadcasting Corp. Video Editor of the Year: Garrett Hubbard, USA Today
PRESS RELEASE
UPDATED: List of VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHY (PDF) Contest Winners
UPDATED: List of VIDEO EDITING (PDF) Contest Winners
(videos will be posted after processing)
Stills: Photographer of the Year
Charles Dharapak of The Associated Press wins WHNPA Photographer of the Year
A selection of entries by this year’s WHNPA Photographer of the Year: http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/stills/politicalportfolio/02/
Stills: Political Photograph of the Year
Andrew Harnik of the Washington Times wins Political Photograph of the Year
Fist Of Support
A war veteran sitting on stage behind Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul raises a fist of support as Paul delivers a speech highlighting veterans at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Dec. 28, 2011.
permalink: http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/stills/politicalphoto/index.shtml
The Eyes of History Still Photography Contest...
Download the Press Release for this year’s The Eyes of History still photography contest (PDF)
http://www.whnpa.org/contest/WHNPA_2012_Still_PR_final.pdf
Visit the contest at http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/stills/
2012 WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION...
Nation’s Leading Multimedia Journalists Compete for Top Industry Awards (WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 26, 2011) – The White House News Photographers Association announced the winners of the New Media categories in the annual “The Eyes of History™” competition.
PRESS RELEASE (PDF)
Stills: Portfolio
Jason Reed, Reuters
Portfolio should show the breadth and versatility of an entrant’s work, and should demonstrate skill in a variety of categories including politics. Judges to select the best “body of work.” Portfolio must contain a minimum of 22 pictures and a maximum of 35 pictures. http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/stills/portfolio/01/
(The full portfolio is...
Stills: Political Portfolio
First Place: Bill Clark, Roll Call
A portfolio of political pictures comprised solely from the four political categories: Presidential, Insiders Washington, On Capitol Hill and Picture Story/Politics. Portfolio must include one Picture Story/Politics and at least one other political category. The maxium total number of pictures in this portfolio is...
Picture Story/Sports
First Place: Mary F. Calvert, ZUMA Press
Archery: Bhutan’s Pride
Archery is the national sport of the tiny, Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. Competitions are held each week in villages and towns all over the country and are a ribald show of color and excitement. Players wearing the traditional dress of Bhutan, called the “goh,” each shoot for targets placed 140 yards apart and...
Stills: Picture Story/News
First Place: Ricky Carioti, The Washington Post
An Occupy Movement
Occupy Wall Street began in New York City quickly spreading throughout the country. Within weeks there were Occupy movements protesting the rich, large corporations and policies that folks believed to be unfair. The Occupy movement in Washington consisted of camping in parks to several marches and rallies through the streets...
Stills:Picture Story /Feature
First place: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
The Sea Trials Soaked to the bone and exhausted from hours of rigorous physical activities, members of the United States Naval Academy’s freshman class push through the SeaTrials in Annapolis, Md. Under strict safety supervision, about 900 freshmen, or “Plebes,” face 14 hours of 32 rigorous physical and mental challenges during the trials, a daylong,...
Stills: Picture Story International/News
First Place: David Gilkey, NPR
Afghanistan Military
The Men from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, from Camp Pendleton California, are based at Patrol Base Fires in the lush farm fields of Sangin District in the Helmand River Valley in southern Afghanistan. Sangin district is riddled with improvised explosive devices (IED’s) and has come to be known as the most dangerous...
Stills: Picture Story Politics
First Place: Andrew Harnik, The Washington Times
Republican Primary
Republican presidential candidates make their last effort to sway voters in the weeks leading up to the Iowa Caucus, the first major barometer of who will become the Republican nominee for president.
http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/stills/picturestorypolitics/01/index.shtml
(Full category results are posted on our...
Stills: Domestic News
First Place: Brooks Kraft, TIME Magazine
Bin Laden Celebration
Crowds celebrate on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, after President Barack Obama announced that al-Qaida’s leader Osama bin Laden had been killed.
http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/stills/domesticnews/index.shtml (full category results are posted on our website)
Stills: Presidential
First Place: Larry Downing, Reuters
Thinking Alike
President Barack Obama, left, and first lady Michelle Obama react as the car carrying Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrives at Winfield House in London, on May 25, 2011. http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/stills/presidential/index.shtml (Full category results are posted on our website)
Stills: Insiders Washington
First Place: Andrew Harnik, The Washington Times
Fist Of Support
A war veteran sitting on stage behind Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul raises a fist of support as Paul delivers a speech highlighting veterans at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Dec. 28, 2011.
http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/stills/insiderswashington/index.shtml
(Full results for this category are posted on our...
Stills: Sports Feature/Reaction
First Place: Andrew Harnik, The Washington Times
Celebration
Washington Redskins wide receiver Anthony Armstrong (13), second from left, celebrates his touchdown with wide receiver Brandon Banks (16) during a football game against the New York Giants at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Sept. 11, 2011
http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/stills/sportsfeature/index.shtml
(full category...
Stills: Sports Action
First Place: Christopher T. Assaf, The Baltimore Sun
By The Hair
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam Jones (24) grabs Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith (82) by his hair on Nov. 20, 2011, in Baltimore. Smith gained 28 yards on the Joe Flacco pass, but no penalty was called for the hair-pulling incident. Baltimore beat the Bengals 31-24 at M&T Bank Stadium....
Stills: Portrait/Personality
First Place: David Gilkey, NPR
Afghanistan Military
Lance Cpl. Anthony Espinoza, Bravo Co. 1/5, wipes the salt and sweat out of his eyes which drips down out of his helmet at the end of a day long patrol out of Patrol Base Fires in Sangin District, Helmand province, Afghanistan on May 4, 2011. The 100 plus degree temperatures combined with the humidity of the flooded farm fields make walking...
Stills: On Capitol Hill
First Place: Jim Watson, AFP
I’m No Oracle
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 16, 2011, on forecasts of higher interest expenses raising the pressure on President Barack Obama’s plan for trimming the deficit.
http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/stills/oncapitolhill/index.shtml
(full category results...
Stills: Pictorial
First Place: Ricky Carioti,The Washington Post
Snowy Night
Rush hour traffic navigates down K Street during a major winter storm on Jan. 26, 2011, in Washington.
http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/stills/pictorial/index.shtml
(full category results posted on our website)
Video Contest
Video results will be posted Sunday night, after the Video Photography and Video Editing judging has been completed.
Stills: International News
First place: Allison Shelley, Reuters
Prayer
Three days before the one year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, a woman prays in the wreckage of the main cathedral in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 9, 2011.
http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/stills/internationalnews/index.shtml
(full category results posted on our website)
Stills: Feature
FIRST PLACE: Astrid Riecken, Freelance
MLK
Visitors gather at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial which opened last year to commemorate the life and work of activist and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012/stills/feature/index.shtml (full results for FEATURE category on our web site)
The Eyes of History 2012 Contest →
Still Contest Judging is underway. Results will be posted as available. Here’s a link to the contest page.
This year's contest judges (Sat morning photos!)
New Media Contest
Judging will take place in the M street building, same building as the auditorium, on the second floor. There will be signs indicating the way.
WHNPA Warehouse Sale this weekend!
Stock up on WHNPA branded merchandise at the WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION 2012 EYES OF HISTORY WAREHOUSE SALE. Cash or Check Only. NO CREDIT CARDS.
WHNPA Still Photography Contest Schedule 2012
* schedule subject to change
Saturday 1. Feature (FEA): A picture of a “found” situation with strong human interest, or a fresh view of an everyday scene. 2. International News (INT): A picture of a spot news, general news or issue reporting event taken outside the United States. 3. Pictorial (PIC): A picture that exploits the graphic or aesthetic qualities of the subject with emphasis on...
Contest Weekend (call for Video volunteers!)
Contest weekend is nearly upon us and we want to make sure that you come out and participate in the exciting programming that has been scheduled.
Friday night, Feb. 24, National Geographic Auditorium from 6:30 – 9:30p.m., will feature presentations by this years panel of judges. More information is on the events page at: http://www.whnpa.org/events
Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 25 -26, all...
Anthony Shadid dies in Syria →
click link above for NY Times obituary Anthony Shadid, a prize-winning newspaper correspondent whose graceful dispatches for both The New York Times and The Washington Post covered nearly two decades of Middle East conflict and turmoil, died, apparently of an asthma attack, on Thursday while on a reporting assignment in eastern Syria. Tyler Hicks, a Times photographer who was with Mr. Shadid,...
Video Editing judges are
Ramiro Guzman, Merry Murray, Amanda Ford
Judges’ biographies and photos:
http://www.whnpa.org/contestinfo/judges2012video.htm
Video Photography judges are:
Kevin Deyo, Kika Bronger, Todd Pierce (*more info to follow)
Still Photography Contest judges are:
Ed Kashi, Marcy Nighswander, and Bob Pearson
Their biographies are posted on our website.
New Media contest judges are:
Liz O. Baylen, Zach Wise, and Will Yurman -
Their biographies are posted on our website
2012 "The Eyes of History" Program Night -Feb 24
Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The National Geographic Society, Grosvenor Auditorium 1600 M St. N.W., Washington DC 20036
Admission is free
Leading photojournalists and multimedia producers will present work and answer questions.
The program night will begin with a WHNPA General Membership Meeting Meet the Presenters: 2012 Still and New Media judges VII Photo Agency Member Ed...
I Witness - March 10 -April 4, 2012
Photographs by WHNPA members Pablo Monsivais of the Associated Press and Jahi Chikwendiu of the Washington Post will be featured in this exhibit, which includes the work of 25 contemporary artists/photojournalists in a collaboration with Bernice Steinbaum Gallery to help promote public dialogue and engage the international art community.
World Press Photo Winners announced →
View the entire collection of winning images from the 55th World Press Photo Contest by clicking the link above. The winners were selected from over 100,000 images submitted to the contest.
The NY Times Lens Blog also covered some of the contest highlights:
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/a-painterly-world-press-photo-winner/
And from the Washington Post:...
Kodak to stop making cameras, digital frames
Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in a move that marks the end of an era for the beleaguered 132-year-old company. READ MORE:
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20120209/US.Kodak.Cameras/?cid=hero_media
Watch1947: President Harry Truman behind the camera, and WH photographers on the other side (C-SPAN video, courtesy Truman Library)
News from Heidi!
Dear WHNPA Members, Urgent!!! THIS weekend….final deadlines for the 2012 ‘Eyes of History’ contest!!!. Please remember, that you must be current in your membership dues on order to enter any of the ‘Eyes of History’ contests. Please enter now and don’t wait until the last minute. You don’t want any technical problems with your entries…. You’ll have plenty of time leftover to shop for your...
National Geographic Traveler Seminars: $20 off...
Go off the beaten path with National Geographic Traveler photographer Michael Melford and noted nature photographer and lecturer Eddie Soloway as they reveal techniques to enhance your nature and outdoor photography. View inspired photos and learn the methods our experts used to create them. Sharpen your skills and fine-tune your approach to transform your...
WHNPA Dinner on May 5th- note date change!
The dinner committee is making plans for the Eyes of History gala on May 5, 2012, to be held again at the fabulous Ritz Carlton in downtown Washington. There has been a bit of confusion on the date of the dinner and the committee wants you to know that May 5 is indeed the day!
You can book your hotel room at the Ritz at: www.ritzcarlton.com/washingtondc and enter in the Group code section -...
Penn Camera Locations Scooped up by Calumet photo
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-business/post/penn-camera-locations-scooped-up-by-calumet-photo/2012/02/08/gIQAPVRczQ_blog.html
Under the terms of the sales agreement, Calumet will assume the assets and leases for the remaining stores in Rockville, Tysons Corner and on E Street NW. They will continue to operate under the Penn Camera banner….
Calumet, with more than 25...
News from Ace Photo
Nikon announces 36.3 Megapixel D800 Camera
Nikon Imaging Corp announced the much awaited Nikon D800, the newest in the line of full frame offerings from Nikon. The D800 incorporates a 36.3 megapixel (7360 x 4912 resolution) full frame sensor.
In addition to the outstanding still image quality the D800 also offers video recording at full HD resolution (1920x1080 at 30, 25 and 24 fps) ...
FotoDC Cherry Blossom Contest Launches!
Rebecca Drobis, 2011 Contest Winner
FotoDC is partnering again with the National Cherry Blossom Festival to honor the 100th Anniversary of the Festival.
So mark your calendars. Watch the weather. Grab your camera, wake up your imagination, and see The Blossoms in a bold new way. Then enter the contest………your work just might be the pink of perfection! All images from...
The White House News Photographers Association...
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