Showing posts with label award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label award. Show all posts
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Steve speaks with Jonathan Worth about the World Press Photo
Steve is currently the special jury chair of the portraits section in World Press Photo 2012 and is in Amsterdam with the other judges. He took some time out to speak with photographer and lecturer Jonathan Worth about the judging process:
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Steve to chair World Press Photo Portrait Category
World Press Photo is proud to announce the jury chairs for the specialised categories in the 2012 Photo Contest: Steve Pyke (Portraits), Joel Sartore (Nature) and Koji Aoki (Sports). David Friend will chair the overall final jury, as well as the first round of the News and Documentary category.
Following the Photo Contest in February, the second Multimedia Contest will be judged in March, and will be open for entries by participants themselves.
2012 Photo Contest
As in previous years, the first rounds in three themed categories will be judged by specialists. Photographer and artist Steve Pyke, UK, is chairing the portrait category and Joel Sartore, USA, contributing photographer of National Geographic magazine, takes on the role of chair of the Nature category. The chair of the Sports category is Koji Aoki, Japan, chief photographer Aflo Sport / Aflo Dite and president Aflo Co., Ltd. As announced before, the news and documentary jury, as well as the final rounds of the judging, will be chaired by David Friend, Vanity Fair's editor of creative development.
The complete list of judges will be published at the beginning of December. Judging takes place at the World Press Photo office in Amsterdam from 28 January until 9 February 2012. More details about the judging are available on www.worldpressphoto.org/2012-photo-contest.
The 2012 Photo Contest will be open for participants to enter their work online from 1 December. The deadline for submissions is 12 January 2012. The results of the contest will be announced on 10 February in a press conference at the Amsterdam City Hall and on the foundation’s website.
Saturday, 19 February 2011
'Moonbug' selected for World premiere at Houston International Film Festival
Dr Buzz Aldrin, Los Angeles, 1998 ©STEVE PYKESteve said
'The synchronicity of opening so close to NASA and the Space Centre is wonderful and just feels so completely right.
The documentary has also been nominated for a Remi Award in the feature film category
The documentary 'Moonbug' directed by Nichola Bruce that follows Steve on his lifelong ambition to photograph many of the people that were integral to the American space programme that led to the first moon landing, for more information and clips, see Nichola's website
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