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Thousands of people are expected
at the Photography Show at the NEC
in Birmingham from 21 to 24 March.
More than 200 exhibitors will be
there and pro photographers will
demonstrate how to shoot portraits,
weddings, travel, street and wildlife
photography. There’s also advice for
beginners, guidance on how to run a
photography business and more.
photographyshow.com
A prize of £5,000 is on offer in the
British Wildlife Photography Awards.
Pictures celebrating British wildlife
and natural heritage can be entered
into 16 categories. The winners
will have their work showcased in
a touring exhibition and book.
Deadline: 2 May.
bwpawards.org
This year’s World Pinhole Day is on
Sunday 26 April. Now in its 15th
year, the event encourages everyone
to celebrate the joys of lens-less
photography by taking a pinhole
picture on 26 April and uploading
it to the website. Last year 3,
pinhole photographers from 70
countries uploaded their pictures.
pinholeday.org
Documentary photographers can
apply for the €35,000 HCB Award.
Presented every other year by the
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson,
the award is decided by an
international jury. Deadline: 30 April.
henricartierbresson.org
Scarcity-Waste is the theme of a
photography exhibition at Somerset
House in London until 10 April.
The show features pictures from
the Syngenta Photography Award,
which aims to raise awareness
of significant global challenges
through photography.
syngenta.com
Entries are now being taken for the
2015 Felix Schoeller Photo Award.
Prizes include €2,000 for category
winners, €10,000 for the overall
winner and use of a Phase One
medium format camera for the
Emerging Photographer winner.
Deadline: 31 May.
felix-schoeller-photoaward.comNEWS NEWSROOM
News from the black & white world. Edited by Mark Bentley. [email protected]
Renowned photographer Elliott
Erwitt will be presented with the
Outstanding Contribution to
Photography prize at this year’s
Sony World Photography Awards.
Erwitt, aged 86, is one of
the oldest surviving members
of legendary picture agency
Magnum. He is best known for
his pictures of Marilyn Monroe,
President Nixon and his witty
pictures of ordinary people
and dogs.
He will receive the prize
in person at the awards’ annual
gala dinner in London on
23 April. Some of his pictures
will be on show at Somerset
House in London from 24 April
to 10 May as part of the Sony
World Photography Awards
exhibition. He will also give a
rare public talk with his long-
time book designer Stuart Smith
on 24 April.
Previous winners of the
Outstanding Contribution to
Photography award include Eve
Arnold, William Klein, Marc
Riboud and Mary Ellen Mark.
See our interview with
Elliott Erwitt on page 8.CELEBRATING A LEGEND
MIGHTY NEW SENSOR
© Elliott Erwitt / Magnum PhotosNew York City, USA, 1999 by Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos.Canon have unveiled a new DSLR which offers
picture quality to rival medium format cameras.
The Canon EOS 5DS features a 50.6Mp full-frame
sensor, making it an option for landscape, fashion,
portraiture or architecture photographers or for
anyone wanting to produce billboard size pictures.
The camera offers a 61-point AF system with 41
cross-type points, an ISO range of ISO 100-
(expandable to 50-12800) and an in-built timer
to create time-lapse sequences. Three new crop
modes are available: 1.3x, 1.6x and 1:1, with stills
at 19Mp when cropped to 1.6x.
The huge levels of image data from the 50.6Mp
sensor are managed by two Digic 6 processors. The
body is constructed from high-grade magnesium alloy.
Also announced is the Canon EOS 5DS R, which features a
low pass cancellation filter to maximise picture quality. The two
cameras are available from June, priced £2,999.99 for the EOS 5DS
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