World Photography Organisation
The World Photography Organisation (WPO) is an international organisation which manages various initiatives for amateur and professional photographers. Incorporated as World Photography Awards Limited, the organisation hosts the annual Sony World Photography Awards and the subsequent World Photography Festival, exhibiting the work of winning photographers in each category. Sponsored by Sony, the awards took place in Cannes since 2008 and moved to London in 2011.
Other programmes include; the World Photography Student Focus Competition; Photo Shanghai; the World Photography Festival, the World Photography Collection and the World Photography Focus Programme.
World Photography Awards
The World Photography Awards are organised annually by WPO. They were launched in 2008[1] and are currently sponsored by Sony. The competition has three entry levels; Student, Open and Professional, each with a number of subcategories.
The overall winner of the Professional category is awarded with the Iris d'Or, a cash prize and the title "Sony World Photographer of the Year" at the Awards ceremony which takes place in London. The award ceremony is part of the larger World Photography Festival and features exhibitions, workshops, portfolio review, student programmes and talks from World Photographic Academy members, culminating in the award ceremony.
An exhibition of winners is held at Somerset House in London.[2]
Focus Programme
The annual Focus Award, organised by the WPO, is dedicated to using photography in order to raise awareness on a particular global issue. Each year the WPO combines with a different international charity. Previous Focus Award charities have included UNICEF and the Prince's Rainforests Project.
World Photographic Academy
Formed in 2007, the World Photographic Academy members are respected industry leaders from across the world.
Members of the academy endorse the World Photography Organisation, its values and objectives. The first member was photojournalist Tom Stoddart. Membership is by invitation from WPO and/or referral from existing Academy members. Academy members form the judging committees for the World Photography Awards and advise upon the future of the organisation.[3]
Members of World Photographic Academy
Members include some of the world’s leading photographers, gallery owners, picture editors, photographic foundations, agents, managers, publishers and other respected industry members. The members form part of the judging committees each year for the World Photography Awards. Membership is granted by invitation from the organisation and/or by referral from an existing academy member.
- Delly Carr, Sports Photographer
- Dr Bert Hoveling, President of the Australian Photographic Society
- Roger Szmulewicz, Founder of Fifty One Fine Art Photography Gallery
- Martine Franck, Magnum Photos Photographer
- Stephen Bulger, President of AIPAD and owner of Stephen Bugler Gallery
- Daniela Mrazkova, Chair of Executive Board of Czech Photo
- Caspar Dalhoff, Press Photographer
- Esko Männikkö, Photo Artist
- Arnaud Adida, Founder Acte 2 Agence & Acte 2 Gallery, Paris
- Jean Desaunois, President of The Federation Nationale des Agences de Presse Photos & Information
- Alain Genestar, Director of Polka Magazine and Gallery
- Eric Larrouil, General Manager of Agence Vu
- Guy Le Querrec, Magnum Photographer
- Sarah Moon, Photographer
- Marc Riboud, Photographer / Winner of 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award
- Gilles Taquet, President of SNAPIG and co-president of Photononstop
- Bob Willoughby, Photojournalist
- Esther Woerdehoff, Director of Galerie Esther Woerdehoff
- Ruth Eichhorn, Director of Photography for Geo Magazine
- Jurgen Schadeberg, Photographer
- Friederike von Rauch, Photographer specializing in Architecture
- Stratos Kalafatis, Photographer
- Norman Lau, Honorary President of Federation of Asian Photographic Art
- Peter Korniss, Documentary Photographer
- Pablo Bartholomew, Photographer and educator
- Sudhir Saxena, Chairman of Photolovers India
- Reza Photographer, Humanitarian & Founder of AÏNA
- Roberto Koch, Director, Contrasto Photo Agency & Publishing House / Founder of Forma Gallery
- Grazia Neri, Founder and former President of Grazia Neri PhotoAgency
- Federico Poggi, President of the Venice International Photo Contest
- Michiko Kasahara, Chief Curator, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
- Bohnchang Koo, Photographer
- Trisha Ziff, Curator, Journalist and film maker, British based in Mexico
- Anton Corbijn, Photographer
- Martin Rogge, Director of The Flatland Gallery, Utrecht
- Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Fashion and Fine Art Photographers
- Chris Parker, President of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography
- Leon Rose, President of the Advertising and Illustrative Photographers Association
- Mr. Tomasz Gutkowski, Director of the Photomonth in Krakow / President of the Foundation for Visual Arts
- Tomasz Tomaszewski, Press photographer
- José Luís Neto, Photo Artist
- Olga Sviblova, Director of the Moscow House of Photography
- David P C Tay, President of The Photographic Society of Singapore
- Professor Vaclav Macek, President of The Central European House of Photography
- Martin Kollar, Documentary Photographer
- Dennis da Silva, Partner Photographic Printing Company
- Pieter de Ras, Fashion & Architecture Photographer and President of Professional Photographers of Southern Africa
- Claude Bussac, Director of PhotoEspaña
- Daniel Beltra, Photographer
- Juana de Aizpuru, Director of Galeria Juana de Aizpuru and creator of ARCO Art Fair.
- Cristina García Rodero, Magnum Photographer
- Anders Petersen, Documentary Photographer
- Stefan Wittwer, President of SAB/ASBI, Co-Owner of Prisma, Switzerland
- Joakim Leroy, President of Aperture Asia
- Monica Allende, Picture Editor, Sunday Times Magazine
- Tom Ang, Photographer and Author of Digital Photography Books
- Simon Bainbridge, Editor, British Journal of Photography
- Adrian Boot, Photographer
- Hamish Brown, Photographer
- Zelda Cheatle, Portfolio Manager and Curator
- John Chillingworth, Photojournalist
- Kevin Cummins, Photographer
- Lucy Davies, Picture Editor and Photography Critic, Telegraph
- Damien Demolder, Editor of Amateur Photographer
- Adrian Evans, Director, Panos Pictures
- Stuart Franklin, Photographer and President of Magnum Photos
- Philippe Garner, Christie’s - International Head, Photographs and 20th Century Decorative Art & Design
- Mark George, Photography Agent
- Dominique Green, Managing Director of PhotoVoice UK
- John Harrison, Chairman of Northern Ireland Press Photographers Association
- Dafydd Jones, Social photographer
- Idris Khan, Artist
- Chloe Limpkin, Picture Editor of Harpers Bazar
- Gered Mankowitz, Photographer
- Kingsley Marten, Managing Director of The Association of Photographers
- Dylan Martinez, Senior Photographer, UK & Ireland, Reuters
- Johnanna Neurath, Design Director of Thames & Hudson
- John Offenbach, Photographer Specialising in Advertising
- Terry O'Neill, Photographer
- Edward Robinson, Photographer and Owner of OneRedEye Consultancy
- Andrew Sanigar, Commissioning editor, Thames & Hudson
- Mark Sealy, Director of Autograph (Association of Black Photographers)
- Dr Barry Senior, President of The Royal Photographic Society
- Paul Smith, Photographer
- Alan Sparrow, Chairman of the Picture Editors Guild and Executive Picture Editor of Metro UK.
- Sue Steward, Photography Critic for the Evening Standard
- Carol Allen Storey, Photographer
- Tom Stoddart, Photojournalist
- Aidan Sullivan, Vice President Photo Assignments, Getty Images
- Amelia Troubridge, Photographer
- Tim Walker, Photographer
- Vanessa Winship, Photographer / Winner of 2008 SWPA L’Iris d’Or[4]
- Boris Mikhailov, Photo Artist
- Janette Beckman, Photographer
- Alvin Booth, Photographer
- Julie Castellano, Director of Edwynn Houk Gallery
- Stephen Cohen, Gallerist and Founder of photo L.A., photo MIAMI, ART LA and other Art Fairs in New York, San Francisco & Santa Fe
- Bruce Davidson, Photojournalist/Documentary photographer, Magnum
- Michelle Dunn Marsh, Co publisher of Aperture Magazine, New York
- Sasha Erwitt, Senior Associate Photo Editor, Vanity Fair
- Elliott Erwitt, Advertising and Journalistic Photographer, Magnum
- Jim Fiscus, Advertising and Editorial photographer
- Nan Goldin, Photographer
- Lynn Goldsmith, Photographer
- Guy Hepner, Contemporary Art Dealer
- Bill Hunt Co Founder of Hasted Hunt Gallery in New York
- Sonia Katchian, Social Photographer
- Geoff Katz, Founder of Creative Photographers Inc.
- Gary Kemper, Director North America European Press Photo Agency
- Elliott Landy, Photographer
- Neil Leifer, Sports Photographer
- Susie Linfield, Critic, Writer and Director of the Cultural Reporting and Criticism Program, NYU
- Mary Ellen Mark, Photographer
- Susan Meiselas, Photojournalist/Documentary photographer Magnum
- Cristina Mittermeier, Executive Director, International League of Conservation Photographers
- Kathy Moran, Senior Editor, Natural History, National Geographic Magazine
- Naoko Ohta, Japan, Curator and Director of Gallery 21, Tokyo & Paris
- Nigel Parry, Photographer
- Daniel Power, Founder of powerHouse Books and powerHouse Arena
- Jack Reznick, President of the Professional Photographers of America
- Gary Shenk, Chief Executive Officer of Corbis
- Mike Smith, President of the National Press Photographers Foundation
- Phil Stern, War and Celebrity Photographer / Winner of 2008 SWPA Lifetime Achievement Award
- Scott Thode, freelance curator and photo editor
- Jonathan Torgovnik, Photographer
- Dr. Deborah Willis, Chair and professor of photography and imaging at Tisch School Of * The Arts NYU
- David Zimmerman, Photographer / Winner of 2009 SWPA L’Iris d’Or
Sources
World Photography Organisation Academy Members
References
- ↑ "About the Awards", World Photography Organisation. Accessed 27 July 2014.
- ↑ Sony World Photography Awards Winners Showcased at Somerset House
- ↑ The World Photographic Academy
- ↑ Sony World Photography Awards 2012 L’Iris d’Or and Winners Announced