The nominees for 2013 Student Photographer of the Year are (in alphabetical order) Justin Chin, Guillaume Nolet and Hannah Yoon. All three are from the photojournalism program at Loyalist College in Belleville.
The winner will be announced at the NPOY Awards Ceremony in Vancouver on May 24, 2014, during the annual NPAC Photojournalism Conference.
Each of these three portfolios includes nine single images followed by one picture story.
Justin Chin
The 17th annual CONTACT Photography Festival takes place in Toronto from May 1 – 31.
As the largest photography festival in the world, Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival has become a premiere cultural event with a broad range of international programming.
CONTACT participants, whether acclaimed international artists or local emerging photographers, exhibit in a variety of venues throughout the greater Toronto area including public museums, private galleries, restaurants, cafes, community centres and alternative spaces such as billboards, Pearson International Airport and building facades.
This year’s festival focuses on the relationship between identity and photography, emphasizing the power of photographs to influence a physical and psychological identification with people, places and things.
The festival also includes workshops, discussions and portfolio reviews.
Everything you need to know is available at: www.scotiabankcontactphoto.com
Whistler-based photojournalist Bonny Makarewicz passed away yesterday, March 27, after a battle with cancer. She was a former staff photographer at the Whistler Question and was immensely well respected among her peers and the Whistler community.
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Finalists for the 2013 National Newspaper Awards were announced in Toronto earlier this week.
In the photography categories, the finalists are:
Feature Photo
• Tyler Anderson, National Post
• Mark Blinch, for Reuters
• Leah Rae Hennel, Calgary Herald
News Feature Photo
• Moe Doiron, The Globe and Mail
• Frank Gunn, The Canadian Press
• Steve Russell, Toronto Star
News Photo
• Shaughn Butts, Edmonton Journal
• Lucas Oleniuk, Toronto Star
• Jordan Verlage, for The Canadian Press
Sports Photo
• Amber Bracken, Edmonton Sun
• Jonathan Hayward, The Canadian Press
• Darren Stone, Victoria Times Colonist
(listed in alphabetical order)
– Marta Iwanek, Freelance for the Waterloo Region Record.
Pat Murphy always told his wife Eileen that he would care for her when they got older. But on December 2, 2010, the Murphy’s lives were turned upside down in a way neither of them would have imagined.
Pat had a major stroke and Eileen determined she would care for him at home no matter what it took.
“I love him very much and I have a lot of faith that things can improve. And if they don’t, I’m still not going to stop loving the man. He’s my partner.”
“Yup,” says Pat.
“And when you take a partner, you should take them for life,” says Eileen.
