Sohrab Hura - Touch - Joop Swart Masterclass

The 2009 Joop Swart Masterclass has just published the participants’ work on the theme “touch.” Sohrab Hura is a favorite recent discovery, having first seen his work a year or so ago, and his contribution to the Masterclass does not disappoint. The other participants, all with interesting work are: Simona Ghizzoni, Don McNeill Healy, Bénédicte Kurzen, Mads Nissen, Kosuke Okahara, Ali Akbar Shirjian, Gihan Tubbeh, Dirk-Jan Visser, Matt Eich, and Kathryn Cook.

(via Matt Eich)

The 2009 Women In Photojournalism contest winners have been announced, and the NPPA has published a gallery of the winning images, which will be exhibited during the Women In Photojournalism seminar taking place June 10 in Las Vegas. I’m surprised I haven’t seen this linked elsewhere; maybe it isn’t considered a prestigious contest…. Regardless, it’s great to see a seminar and contest that directly addresses gender in the photojournalism field.

Tuition-free VJ Multimedia Workshop - Jun 21 deadline

Paul Myers just wrote in to tell us about the new VJ Multimedia Workshops for students and recently laid-off journalists. Myers, a faculty member at the Brooks Institute of Photography, created the workshop as a way to foster development and innovation in the field of visual journalism. There’s a great roster of staff and guest speakers and editors on board for the weekend. The workshop will take place July 30-Aug. 2, 2009 in Ventura, Calif., USA, and the deadline for applying is June 21, 2009.

Peter Terzian is writing about his experience in Martin Parr’s School of Life workshop on the Isle of Wight for Slate.com. Three parts have been published so far, and I’m not sure that there will be any more. Click onward to read Learning To Take Photographs the Martin Parr Way, Welcome to Parr-World, and The Importance of Being Earnest, for a bit of background on the School of Life, about which the New York Times has also written.

(via The Click)