January News & Opportunities

Photo: Kaveh Rostamkhani

Unicef Photo of the year went to Ed Kashi for his reportage on children suffering from the legacy of  “Agent Orange” in Vietnam. Majid Saeedi, Afghanistan based Iranian photographer won the second price for his astonishing black & white reportage on children and the war aftermath in Afghanistan. You can see the winning images and the honourable mentions at:

–> http://www.unicef.de/aktionen/foto-des-jahres-2010/

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All of you under the age of 31 my apply for the Canon ProfiFoto Award until January 10th, 2011, 23.59 CEP.

More Information:

–> http://www.profifoto.de/canon-profifoto-foerderpreis/

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And all of you under the age of 26 may apply for a special accreditation to photograph at the 61st Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin from February 10th until February 20th, 2011.

Deadline for application is January 14th, 2011. (only print!)

More Information:

–> http://www.co-berlin.info/vorschau.html

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Finally I recommend you the multimedia on the situation of women in India by World Press Photo winning photographer Walter Astrada at Mediastorm.

–> http://www.mediastorm.com/publication/undesired