Photo District News (PDN) has announced the winners of the PDN Photography Annual 2007;

“As PDN’s Photo Annual marks another year of extraordinary photography, we honor the contest winners who grace the following pages. From Lauren Greenfield’s heart-wrenching multimedia project, “Thin,” to Gary Schneider’s hauntlingly beautiful photo story about obesity, this year’s contest was a study in extremes. Whether it be apoignant social statement, such as Jan Grarup’s Newsweek documentation of the devastation in Darfur, or a perfectly nutty ad campaign like Lyndon Wade’s for Nestle Crunch, each image has its own identity, worthy of recognition.”

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The competitive photo annual American Photography (http://www.ai-ap.com/) has chosen two images by Maria Passarotti to include in their 2007 edition. The photographs, Row Houses and Canopy, were among 331 photographs selected from 8,000 submissions. They were commissioned in 2006 by Susan Eley Fine Art for an exhibition to benefit the West 90th Street Park Block Association.

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Kingston has recently launched Icons of Photography Website which has a series of interviews with award-winning photographers.

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Kingston Technology Company, Inc., has launched a series of interviews with photographers on its Icons of Photography Web site. The first interview is with award-winning Sports Illustrated photographer Peter Read Miller. The 20 Questions interview series provides visitors with an up-close and personal look at some of today’s most respected photographers. With this new series, Kingston also debuts a newly-designed Web site created to encourage visitor participation and interaction with Kingston’s Icons.

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Business2.0 Magazine has published an article on how the giants of the stock photo business (ie. Getty Images and Corbis) are being challenged by the “microstock” agencies.

“Unless they adjust to the new reality, however, the giants could find themselves in trouble. Getty (Charts) has been profitable since it was founded–last year it took in more than $800 million in revenue–but magazine advertising is in decline, as is the demand for its kind of high-end photos. During the past year, Getty’s stock price has taken a dive, dropping from $90 a share at the start of 2006 to just over $50.”

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Congratulations to Michele Clement - USA (1st place - Outstanding Achievement), Adam Hinton - UK (2nd Place - Merit of Excellence), and Werner Branz - Austria (3rd Place - Honor of Distinction) as the Winners of the 2007 Black & White Spider Awards.

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PHotoEspaña 2007 (PHE’07), the International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts will celebrate the 10th Edition in Madrid between May 30th and July 22nd. Since 1998 the Festival is turning the city every edition for a month and a half. This year the Festival celebrates its 10th edition and again will be a fantastic opportunity to see exhibitions, participate in campus activities, workshops, professional seminars, portfolio reviews, etc. Check out their website at http://www.phedigital.com/

Think Tank Photo announces The Urban Disguise™, new range of camera shoulder bags designed for DSLRs which allow you to travel in style and protect your valuable equipment without attracting attention to yourself as a photographer. It comes in five sizes, so that you can carry anything from a small DSLR (e.g., a Canon Rebel XTI, XT or a Nikon D40, 50, 80) in the Digital Holster 10 to a pro-size DSLR (e.g., a Canon 1D Mark II, III or a Nikon D2Xs, D2Hs) in the Digital Holster 50.

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Delkin Devices, has been honored with the Digital Imaging Marketing Association’s (DIMA) annual Innovative Digital Products Awards for the company’s new SensorScope System.

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SensorScope enables you to check your sensor to see if it needs cleaning-there’s nothing safer than not cleaning your sensor. The SensorScope looks like a camera lens; however, it allows you to look back into your camera to inspect your sensor. The SensorScope is easily portable and provides a 5x magnification lens and 4 ultra bright LED lights, which are focused to completely illuminate the field of inspection. Although specifically designed for Canon and Nikon DSLRs

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DivePhotoGuide.com, WetPixel.com, OurWorldUnderwater, Deep Indonesia.com and the 2007 Scuba show have recently announced the Under the Blue 2007 International Underwater Photo & Video Competition.

Photographers will compete in four still image categories, including a category for images that focus on California’s unique and beautiful underwater environment, and one video category. Winners will share in more than $20,000 in prizes, including premium dive travel, underwater photography and diving equipment! Travel prizes include trips to some of the top photo destinations in the world including Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, South Africa and Australia.

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Kodak hasreleased the new Kodak Easyshare V570, a world’s first dual-lens digital camera with two ccd’s. The first lens will do a job as prime 23mm equiv field of view, while the second lens is a 37-117mm three times optical zoom. Both lens systems are mated to a 5 MP CCD sensor. The camera also has 2.5-inch, high resolution LCD screen, with in-camera distortion correction to compensate for ultra-wide angle fish-eye effects that can be turned on or off.

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