Tuesday, 20 August 2013

findingthemojo no 324

Hello - in case you missed these, take a look at

  • the winners of the Sony Photography Awards L'Iris d'Or   The overall winner was Norwegian photographer Andrea Gjestvang with her "powerful series of portraits of children and youths who survived the July 2011 massacre on the island of Utoeya, outside Oslo", entitled ‘One day in history’

It has been announced that 32 year old Norwegian photographer Andrea Gjestvang is the L?Iris d?Or/Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year. Beating over 122,000 entries from 170 countries. Andrea collected her award plus Sony digital imaging equipment and $25,000 (USD) prize money at a gala ceremony held in London. The judges voted unanimously for Gjestvang?s powerful series of portraits of children and youths who survived the July 2011 massacre on the island of Utoeya, outside Oslo. The series is titled 'One Day in History'. Above is Iselin Rose Borch (15) from Grong who was hiding behind a rock by the pump house on the island. She was rescued by tourists in a boat. 'In the period after Utoeya I had a really hard time sleeping. I was afraid of the dark and suffered from dreadful nightmares. My mom and I decided that getting a dog might help me, so I got Athene. Now she sleeps on top of my stomach every night.' Photo: Andrea Gjestvang/Moment
image: Andrea Gjestvang


  • then the official pics of tiny Prince George, taken by Kate's Dad, Michael Middleton - only the British papers would interview and print the comments by Mr Eddie Mulholland, "vice chairman of the British Press Photographers Association and a news photographer for the Telegraph for 20 years"(!), who pronounced the photos: "lovely snaps for a grandfather to have taken" but "they look like they have been taken with a mobile phone or a consumer compact camera" - seriously!


image: Michael Middleton

cheers
jp 
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