http://www.metaphorimages.com/wordpress Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:48:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Paolo Pellegrin at Visa Pour L'Image Perpignan David Guttenfelder and Stephen Dupont photographed at Palais De Congress Perpignan Visa Pour L'ImageEugene Richards at a book signing at Couvant Des Minims at Visa Pour L'Image Perpignan France William Klein signs a ... http://www.metaphorimages.com/wordpress/?p=1404 In otheir quest to support all artists working with the medium of photography, Perth Centre for Photography has teamed up with Team Digital to introduce, UNCOVER. A juried projection showcase that aims to UNCOVER new photography. This initiative is set to encourage and nuture the growth ... http://www.metaphorimages.com/wordpress/?p=1401 Photo Credit Mario Tama / Getty Images Five years after the disaster and debacle of Katrina's impact on New Orleans Mario Tama from Getty Images has published a moving book of his involvement in that tragedy. Called "Coming Back" the profits of sales from the book will be ... http://www.metaphorimages.com/wordpress/?p=1390 Congratulations on winning Perth Centre for Photography's Iris Award 2010 due to Claire Martin who began her career by pursuing a degree in Social Work.  She changed her focus to Photography when she realised that change can also be effected through this medium. Her ongoing documentation of marginalised ... http://www.metaphorimages.com/wordpress/?p=1383 Images Copyright Tommaso Ausili The Sony World Photography Awards are up for grabs again. Browsing through the images on a beautifully designed website  I came across some familiar names as well as some beautiful images from unestablished photographers. Worth browsing, and worth entering. 2010 winners included noted photographers ... http://www.metaphorimages.com/wordpress/?p=1377 Just another photo competition. For an $80 entry fee entertain the possibility of winning $10000 from Hey Hot Shot, a Jen Beckman Project.  She also runs 20 x 200, a successful art project. Very late notice but worth a poke. Hot Shot Winners Claire Hester, Kalpesh Lathigra Hot ... http://www.metaphorimages.com/wordpress/?p=1359 Photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii The Big Picture continues its innovative process of discovery. Many thanks to the editor for sharing these incredible images. In the years, 1909 and 1912 photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook a photographic survey of the Russian Empire with the support of Tsar Nicholas ... http://www.metaphorimages.com/wordpress/?p=1351 On Saturday, Singapore welcomed young athletes from around the world in a ceremony opening the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. This  first ever Summer Youth Olympics, an event designed to be celebrated in the same tradition of the Olympic Games - involved competitors  between 14 and 18 ... http://www.metaphorimages.com/wordpress/?p=1346 “The Boat People art gang are making a video work and we are inviting you to be involved. Our borders remain the hot election issue, and we are becoming fools again, baying at strangers, terrified and stupid”. Deborah Kelly, Aug 2010. The day before the inconclusive Australian federal election, the boat-people.org and ... http://www.metaphorimages.com/wordpress/?p=1339 BLACK GOLD OF CHORNOBYL Guillaume Herbaut For someone with a profound interest in Ukrainian issues  it was a revelation  to come across  Guillaume Herbaut's story on the pillaging of metal from the so called Exclusion Zone of Chornobyl. The story was posted in the blog  of the relatively new Institute ... http://www.metaphorimages.com/wordpress/?p=1333