CANADIAN NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS HONOURED

Vancouver, BC: Great photos tell stories. They transcend language and cultural barriers and speak to basic human nature. A great photo is a snapshot of time that can reveal the world’s most profound tales of heartbreak, joy and reality with one single image.

Today, the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) is pleased to recognize the excellence represented in submissions by 135 of Canada’s outstanding photojournalists in announcing the nominations in the ninth annual National Pictures of the Year (NPOY) awards competition.

More than 2,000 photographs along with 25 multimedia productions from across Canada were entered in this year’s competition, representing a spectacular body of work.

The 2015 NPOY judging committee was made up of some of the most prominent and visionary Canadian photojournalists. They were tasked with judging the entries during a live-streamed online event that was watched by photographers, students and the public.
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2015 NPOY Photojournalist of the Year – Sponsored by The Canadian Press
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Tyler Anderson – National Post

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2015 NPOY Picture Story – Sponsored by Leica
(Listed in alphabetical order)

 

Tyler Anderson – National Post

You may not like it but this is who we are, or at least who we were. Not us, but them — this place’s people. The ones who were here before oil made Alberta king, back when the industrious beaver made Canada possible.

This is an ancestral journey, beyond the big highway that dissects the continent to where culture is not created but comes from the land. Up here, a marten means money, a moose means food and both are essential for survival. They did not become these people and it did not become this place — it always was.
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2015 NPOY Single Multimedia – Sponsored by the Toronto Star
(Listed in alphabetical order of titles)

 

Looking for a fight: Boxer Jelena Mrdjenovich
Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

Six-time world boxing champion Jelena Mrdjenovich can’t find anyone to fight her.
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The News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) is proud to launch the ninth edition of its annual National Pictures of the Year (NPOY) awards competition with a call for entries until January 31, 2016. The rules and submission guidelines are available here.

The 2015 Canadian Photojournalist of the Year and 2015 Canadian Photograph of the Year will each be awarded a $2000 top prize. These are sponsored by The Canadian Press and The Globe and Mail, respectively. Other category winners will be awarded $500 for First Place, $200 for Second Place and $100 for Third Place.
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