The equipment-free aspect of reality here has become the height of artifice; the sight of immediate reality has become an orchid in the land of technology.
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World Press Photo has announced its 2007 winners. Visit the image gallery for hundreds of amazing photos.

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Call for HP Imaging and Printing Group online international photography competition.
Open to photographers, photojournalists, professional photographers and students attending art schools of higher education. The judges expect photos that are unique and represent the culture, life, myths, and inhabitants of Europe’s Cultural Capitals, and above all, the changes that have been brought about in the [...]

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The UK Government are about to propose restrictions on photography in public places which could make street photography and documentary photography against the law. There’s a petition on the Downing St website against the Government’s proposals to restrict the use of photography in public areas.
If you are a UK citizen or resident, please sign the [...]

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International Color Awards is open to professional and amateur photographers shooting in all forms of color photography using traditional or digital methods.
* Early Entry Special – Enter by February 28th and submit 2 images for the price of 1.
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Roland Barthes was a French literary critic, literary and social theorist, philosopher, and semiotician. Barthes’s work extended over many fields and he influenced the development of schools of theory including structuralism, semiology, existentialism, Marxism and post-structuralism.
A synopsis of Barthes’ “Rhetoric of the Image”.
More info on Wikipedia.

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Founded in 1996, the Photography Prize has become one of the most prestigious international arts awards. Previously known as the Citigroup Photography Prize, the Prize is now in its ninth year. From 2005, The Photographers’ Gallery is pleased to be working with a new sponsor with a strong commitment to photography: Deutsche Börse Group.
The Prize [...]

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This innovative project takes a close look at the current state of this exciting, rapidly mutating image environment. A highly interactive event, it welcomes submissions from across the globe, and invites both live and virtual debates between visitors of all ages, educators, representatives of industry, photographers, editors, curators and cutting-edge internauts, netizens, and digerati. And [...]

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