ETSU Photo News

British photographer and curator Stuart Pilkington has announced his latest venture, an annual photography competition called The Pilkington Prize . This is the first year of the prize and will feature an international landscape-based competition called 100 Mile Radius .  The premise is quite simple - any photographer is eligible to submit one photograph taken within a 100-mile radius of his/her home. There is a small entry fee of £10 (roughly $15) but the jury, prizes and exposure of the contest are significant. The deadline is July 31st, so there's plenty of time left.  For more details, click here . P.S. Here's a map of Johnson City's radius...     

© Mads Nissen This year's World Press Photo winners have been announced with the top honors going to this image by Mads Nissen depicting an intimate moment between two gay men living in Russia. The winning photograph, which also took First Place in the Contemporary Issues category, stands in marked contrast to the more dramatic images of war, poverty and conflict that are often chosen. On their decision to select this particular image, juror Pamela Chen said, "We were looking for an image that would matter tomorrow, not just today." The competition, which focuses on photojournalism and documentary photography, sets strict guidelines about the manipulation and alteration of all its photographs. This year, 20% of the contest finalists were disqualified for excessive post-processing after photographers has to submit original RAW files for review. To read more about this check out TIME' s story here and the World Press Photo's statement here .

© Amanda Musick Current ETSU student Amanda Musick  has one of her photographs included in a show at Smith Andersen North Gallery in San Anselmo, California. The exhibition,   Fauna , was curated by the one and only William Wegman   and runs from October 25 to November 20, 2014. Amanda's photograph was one of only 50 selected from over 2,000 entries. You can check out all the selected works online at the Photo Alliance website   here . Amanda was able to fly out and attend the opening with the assistance of an Undergraduate Travel Grant through the ETSU Honors College. This is a really great resource open to any undergraduate student who needs to travel to present professional work. If anyone has a similar situation in the future, you can find the application requirements here . 

© Megan King ETSU Alum Megan King (BFA 2013) continues to draw attention for her  Hispanic Appalachia series, this time with a feature on Politico.com. Click here to see the spread.

© Shawne Brown ETSU Alumni Shawne Brown (MFA 2008), Melissa Stallard (BFA 2003) and John Hathaway (MFA 2012) have all been shortlisted for the FotoFilmic '14 competition which highlights work from emerging and unknown photo talents who are dedicated to the use of film. 30 shortlisted artists are included in an online exhibition that can be seen here  as well as physical exhibitions in Vancouver and Los Angeles. Additionally, Shawne Brown was selected in the top ten of the competition and will be participating in a third exhibition in NYC in 2015. You can follow Brown on Instagram (@cshawnebrown) as he takes over the @Fotofilmic feed this Sunday, November 16-22, 2014. 

For any student interested in attending next year's SPE conference in New Orleans they are currently accepting scholarship applications until November 1, 2014. The conference will be held March 12-15, 2015 and will feature an incredible lineup of guest speakers including  Chris Jordan , Hank Willis Thomas and Rebecca Solnit . Click here for more information about how and what to submit.

 © Stacy Kranitz Photographer Stacy Kranitz   will be coming to ETSU as a visiting artist on October 21st and 22nd, 2014. Her visit will include a panel discussion at the Reece Museum on Tuesday the 21st at 5:30pm and a public lecture on her work Wednesday the 22nd at 6:00pm in Ball Hall Auditorium. Both events are free and open to the public.