National Press Photographers Association: advancing professional visual journalism through education, info, networking, business resources & advocacy - #NPPA
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The @NPPA is proud to be one of ten leading global news & publishing organizations that signed an open letter to policymakers and industry leaders globally, laying out proposed principles for the regulated and responsible growth of generative AI models.
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Anthony Causi, beloved Post sports photographer, dies of coronavirus at 48 nypost.com/2020/04/12/anthon…
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.@NPPA Advocacy wrote to Arizona Gov. Ducey asking him to veto a bill passed by state legislature that would make it unlawful for a photographer to record a police officer within 8 feet of the officer without permission.
@aliciaphoto @nppalawyer
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BIG NEWS: The NYPD agrees to historic settlement with 5 photojournalists attacked and arrested in 2020. It also resolves a federal lawsuit brought by @NPPA and nationally recognized law firms.
Photos: © 2020 Ian Reid and © Rashid Umar Abbasi
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The NPPA board creates Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee; names @pollyirungu as its chair. This is the first time a standing committee has been written into the bylaws of our association to live on in perpetuity. ow.ly/bklQ50E04qC
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Congrats to the @NPPA West Regional Clip Contest Photographer of the Year | 2019!! Kent Porter, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California @kentphotos
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I love @NatGeoPhotos’ approach to their Best of 2017, appropriately called Pictures of We Love. Each photo editor selected their favorite and talks about why… nationalgeographic.com/photo…
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The @nypostsports’ cover is heartbreaking. And their story is a touching tribute that we wish didn’t have to be written. Our condolences go out to his family and friends. Anthony was the kind of photographer we should all aspire to be — one with a heart. nypost.com/2020/04/12/anthon…
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“Fox News has “a responsibility to their public. It’s one thing for their opinion hosts to state whatever opinion they have, but for their online news platform, they have to follow the ethical norms of any news organization,” said @NPPAExec seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
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1/3 @NPPA just got word from @Instagram that they have released a feature that allows people to disable embedding on their IG accounts. The feature is active as of today.
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As protests continue, the @NPPA urges accountability for police who violate journalists’ rights. Thank you @nppalawyer and @aliciaphoto for advocating for our members who have been directly impacted by arrests and violence. buff.ly/2MfPEun
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"On behalf of our members and all journalists, @NPPA wants to thank @RepSwalwell @SenBlumenthal @SenatorMenendez for reintroducing the Journalist Protection Act." @KatieSchoolov @RTDNA @spj_tweets @rcfp @newsalliance @nppalawyer @aliciaphoto ow.ly/hhha50FGGuw
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The NPPA calls on all politicians who visit migrant child detention facilities to insist on being accompanied by visual journalists and on unfettered access to those facilities for all journalists.nppa.org/news/nppa-calls-acc…
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Hey @GettyImagesNews @GettyImages this has got to be some sort of violation of contract, right?!
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News photographers place themselves at risk while documenting vital information for the public. We have created a fund to help those impacted. @NPPA @NPPFScholars sincerely thank you for any help you are able to give during this uncertain time. buff.ly/39U515a
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“My job was to cover the coronavirus pandemic, until I became a part of it.” —Lola Gomez, photojournalist at the Austin-American Statesman statesman.com/news/20200403/…
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Meet our new @NPPA president @MarieDennise. She is the 1st Latina & 1st woman of color in our 75-year history to be elected president. She is the 6th woman president.
And other board news: elections, resolutions
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"I don't know how we'd see the world if we had more women behind the camera. I have no way to imagine what stories would've been told or how we would've see certain historic events differently — how they would've been framed differently." npr.org/2018/09/16/648294172…
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The @NPPA 2022 Best of Photojournalism contest is open for entries and with a new division — Documentary! Check it out!
Photo by Luis Tato @washingtonpost
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Jonathan Bachman was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography with his photo “Taking a Stand in Baton Rouge”
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How to Disinfect Camera Equipment and Spaces [from our friends @Lensrentals] lensrentals.com/blog/2020/03…
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Sue Morrow named editor for NPPA and News Photographer magazine.
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Kevin Frayer, a freelance photographer for Getty, was a finalist in the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for his story on the Rohingya in Myanmar.
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.@NPPA condemn the actions by the @MnDPS_DPS in using the highly suspect "catch & release" tactic to stop journalists from reporting on matters of public concern. Their actions are not only troubling but illegal. @CNN @CNNPhotos @GovTimWalz buff.ly/3gzjjN0
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We will be shipping face masks out to visual journalists in need. form.jotform.com/20104621780…
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Rest in Power, Aurelio Jose Barrera. Your work made a difference to many. @latimes @latimesphotos
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A year after the creation of @NPPA @NPPFoundation COVID-19 Relief Fund, applications are open for photojournalists financially impacted by COVID-19. Deadline, April 17, Noon EST. We are grateful to over 400 donors, including @Sony who made this possible. ow.ly/p9A950El7uI
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Andrea Bruce has won the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award that celebrates fearless women photojournalists
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Now open (with a new site) Best of Photojournalism 2021. Enter now: bop.nppa.org/
2020 Winner in Still Photojournalism, Politics - @dougmillsnyt @nytimes
Thanks @Sony for your support.
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We stand in support with our media colleagues. @NPPA and @press_fund denounce Seattle judge ruling to turn over photographs, video footage of May 30 protests. buff.ly/3fXg4OZ
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HUGE win for photographers as Fourth Circuit rejects “good faith” claim in copyright infringement case! Appeals Court: “All contemporary photographs are presumptively under copyright” @nppalawyer @aliciaphoto @asmp made this happen!
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Richard Tsong-Taatarii of the Minneapolis Star Tribune is the Photojournalist of the Year, Large Market in the Best of Photojournalism @rtsongphoto nppa.org/news/best-photojour…
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Ryan Kelly of the The Daily Progress in Charlottesville has won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Spot News Photography.
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The @NPPA 2020 Multimedia Journalist of the Year @BronteWittpenn Congratulations Brontë!!
Photo of Brontë by Riley Reed
Photo from story about unexplained deaths at Fort Hood
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Journalists, the guardians of truth.
The Guardians—Jamal Khashoggi, the Capital Gazette, Maria Ressa, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo—are TIME's Person of the Year 2018 #TIMEPOY bit.ly/2EmStYV
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The @NPPFoundation is accepting applications for its annual Alan Hagman Photojournalism Grant. The grant is named for the late Los Angeles Times photo editor who served as a mentor and championed the work of photojournalists throughout his career. ow.ly/If2f50KOAkY
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NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER, @daisugano made the iconic photo in May. Now we know the story of Khennedi Meeks. Reprinted in News Photographer with @mercnews permission. Story by @juliasulek ow.ly/qRWC50EfgLc
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The NPPA #BOP2022 committee is pleased to announce the results of this years contest!
Click through to view winners from all six divisions:
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“Be certain of your mission, but be prepared to constantly grow. Work hard, very hard. Be forever curious, persistent and gracious. When people let you into their lives, realize that it is a gift.”
RIP, Michele.
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So, @Instagram has gotten a lot of attention in the past 24 hours after a district court in New York dismissed photojournalist @stephsinclair's copyright lawsuit against Mashable for its embedded use of a photograph she posted on Instagram. /1
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The Washington Post won 1st for Innovative Storytelling in World Press Photo for the powerful "A New Age of Walls" washingtonpost.com/graphics/…
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#peace and safety to all journalists working in Ukraine.
So wonderful running into @lynseyaddario in eastern #Ukraine. All we seem to do is laugh, until the shells came raining down moments after this photo. 💥 #peace
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The Large Market Station of the Year, is @wfaa in Dallas. Watch more winners on the live stream nppa.org/news/2018-nppa-vide…
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Jake May of the Flint Journal is the Photojournalist of the Year, Small Market in the Best of Photojournalism @jakemayphoto nppa.org/news/best-photojour…
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From @JoeBiden press release: Congrats to @schultzinit - Chief Official WH Photographer; Lawrence Jackson - Photographer to the VP @SenKamalaHarris
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Proud to announce @NPPA partnership with @press_fund @firstlookmedia to launch PFDF-NPPA Legal Advocacy Initiative to support journalists who have been arrested or injured while covering news stories. buff.ly/2U784Ss
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Remembering the brilliance of Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington. Eleven years ago today they were killed in Misrata, Libya. Peace. @hondrosfund @TimHetherington
"Great photography requires steadiness of hand and heart." - Chris Hondros (March 14, 1970 – April 20, 2011) Remembering the live and legacy of Chris and all he gave to us today. 📷: @stufankjian
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Photojournalist arrested covering Dallas protests, camera equipment seized - U.S. Press Freedom Tracker pressfreedomtracker.us/all-i…
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"I think the value of having a professional staff photojournalist on the scene can’t be overstated. There were hundreds of people on that block, and those pictures didn’t exist from anyone in the crowd, with cellphones or from bystanders.” @RyanMKellyPhoto imagedeconstructed.com/post/…
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"The best journalistic work I can do is, without letting myself get too emotional, that I do when I get home [is] I sort of process what I've seen," @lynseyaddario people.com/politics/photogra…
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By Damon Winter of @nytimes: The Photographs We Never See
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We lost a great member today. RIP, Nick. 💞
“He was trying to see things at a much higher level. … He wouldn’t want photos to be redundant of the words. He wanted photos to say something at another level that only a photograph could do.” azcentral.com/story/news/ari…
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Congrats to @GettyImages in Breaking News Photography @PulitzerPrizes - one of two awards in this category for 2022. Brave and powerful work!
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NEWS! @NPPA announces Dudley Brooks as the new chair of the Best of Photojournalism competition: “We welcome Dudley in his new role as he helps NPPA’s #BOP competition continue to grow and adapt,” said @NPPAExec Welcome, Dudley! buff.ly/2I3lDze
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Along with other grassroots photo organizations, the @NPPA is thrilled to announce the launch of the Photo Bill of Rights today —sign your name to demand a more equitable visual media industry! #photobillofrights photobillofrights.com
ALT PHOTO BILL OF RIGHTS DOT COM
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NPPA is joined by 15 groups in protests of Ariana Grande Photo Agreement when covering her concerts buff.ly/2FsogFN @asmp @NewsEditors @AP @APME @FreedomofPress @latimes @nytimes @RTDNA @spj_tweets #copyright #advocacy
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Powerful coverage. 🙏🏼
Coverage of fire rescues yesterday by @JesseBogan @twitjb and me looks powerful in print today and online @stltoday. Please support your local newspaper. stltoday.com/news/local/crim…
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The special @PulitzerPrizes Citation to Darnella Frazier for her recording of the killing of George Floyd is an outstanding tribute to being witness to injustice. Without her doing so, we would not have understood what happened on that horrible day May 25, 2020.
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Solid information and advice from @nppalawyer
You have the right to film police. Here’s how to do it effectively — and safely. washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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RIP Ruby Washington. We have many things to thank her for. Intensely private, she helped pave the way for other women photojournalists.
Ruby Washington was the first African-American female photographer for @nytimes, and a wonderful woman. She passed away earlier this week. Read about her quiet trailblazing. nyti.ms/2Nh7zUm?smid=nytcore…
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Indeed!! Photojournalists got guts. Respect.
These images are unforgettable. Thank you to the photojournalists on the ground who are documenting this moment.
@GettyImagesNews @reuterspictures @WinMc @andyharnik @Steffikeith @tingshenphoto @aliciaphoto @NPPA @tasosphotos @APsapplewhite @johnminchillo
& many more.
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BOP winners, Ukraine coverage and more. #NPPAnewsletter (conta.cc/3iakftz)
Photo by @kentphotos, BOP small market photojournalist of the year.
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It is the mission of @NPPA & @NPPFoundation to aid working visual journalists, so we created a relief fund for NPPA members financially impacted by the pandemic. You generously responded by raising $40,000. buff.ly/2VVGOYu
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So, we’re urging everyone to read this and please stand united with us in changing your @instagram account to PRIVATE and letting people know why by editing your profile to say so. private.nppa.org/news/instagram-term… /4
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Congrats to new @NPPA President Andrew Stanfill, Vice Pres Katie Schoolov, Secretary Marie D. De Jesús (L to R) swearing-in at the board meeting! Kyle Grantham remains treasurer; Micheal P. King is immediate past-president; Andy Colwell is the new Regional Chair! Thanks to all!!
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Podcast: @NPPA News Photographer editor @suelmorrow explores the mission of Vital Impacts with photographer @Amivee. @VitalImpacts creates opportunities through coming together. Photos by @jodyphoto @PaulNicklen @joelsartore Andy Mann
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The @NPPA, joined by 26 additional media, First Amendment and photography organizations, has filed an official objection to an Arizona bill that would restrict the First Amendment right to record police activity. The hearing is Monday. #NPPA #Advocacy
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Texas drone law overturned after judge rules for @NPPA in federal lawsuit! Proposed in 2013, NPPA urged the legislature to reject the bill which was a broad ban on drone use for a wide range of purposes including journalism. @aliciaphoto @nppalawyer
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Chad Nelson, @CMNelsonPhoto, of KARE has won the 2018 NPPA Ernie Crisp News Photographer of the Year Award. This is two years in a row for Nelson that he has won the award.
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Together we stand up for the First Amendment and peace.
Today @PressClubDC, @NPCInstitute, and 16 other journalism organizations called for law enforcement nationwide to halt the use of violence against journalists covering protests: press.org/newsroom/journalis…
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Visuals have value and so do visual journalists. From the NPPA, The Kalish Workshop and Associated Press Photo Managers. Photo by Willie Allen, Jr. nppa.org/news/visuals-have-v…
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.@AP equipment destroyed.
BREAKING. Mob of Trump supporters swarm the media near the US Capitol. They yell what Trump frequently says, “the media is the enemy of the people.” They destroy equipment and chased out reporters. I’ve never seen anything like this in my 20 year career: @nbcwashington @MSNBC
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LOVE!
I shipped out over 30 packages containing a total of 325 masks today on behalf of the @NPPA. I used up every envelope I could find in my house, and have to order more now. Big ups to the person who donated the masks and just wanted them to get in the hands of visual journalists.
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Jacob Wiegand, @jawiegandphoto from Southern Illinois University named NPPA’s 2017 Student Quarterly Clip Contest Photographer of the Year. nppa.org/news/jacob-wiegand-…
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Almudena Toral of Univision News Digital won first in Multimedia Portfolio Individual and Univision News Digital won the team award in Best of Photojournalism Multimedia.
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More cries of voter fraud (aka camera equipment) in Arizona.
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@NPPA urges @CDC to include visual journalists in the phase of the COVID-19 vaccine for essential and critical infrastructure workforce as they report on their communities. Thank you @nppalawyer and @aliciaphoto buff.ly/3nRwOdL
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No, Photojournalists Aren’t Advocating the Blurring of Faces at Protests blog.photoshelter.com/2020/0…
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Milos Yiannopoulos just yesterday: “I can’t wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight.” bit.ly/2tDpJ7a
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The Knoxville News gives a shout out to staff photographers @caitiemcmekin and @bpaciorka to mark International Women’s Day. “They achieve success with a casual ease that is the envy and consternation to the rest of us.” knoxnews.com/story/news/2018…
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Jake May of the Flint Journal was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography.
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"It may not be a year you want to remember, but 2020 is one you'll never forget." Check out some truly terrific Year in Picture galleries (we'll have more next week, too!). conta.cc/2K6Pd8l
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BREAKING: Court Orders #Ferguson Police To Not Interfere w/ Photographing Or Recording In Public #nppa nppa.org/node/68271
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Opening soon, Best of Photojournalism 2021. Here's some inspiration from last year's Sports Photographer of the Year, Alexey Filippov. Thanks to our sponsor @Sony for all of your support.
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CONGRATS to @AndyBaoPhoto and @nicantaya for wins in NPPA Student Photographer of the Year Contest. Andy took first and Nic is awarded runner-up in the 2019 contest. Great work, all!!
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The photography staff of Reuters has won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for their coverage of the exodus of the Rohingya in Myanmar.
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"I just remember that I didn't want to get shot in the back..." Tom Fox talked with News Photographer editor @suelmorrow about his experience with the gunman in Dallas on Monday. @TomFoxPhoto thanks the @NPPA members who have reached out in support. buff.ly/2ZvS10H
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When photographer @katshorr traversed the country to document 101 gun violence survivors she had no idea the project would lead to an ongoing commitment to put a face to gun violence. Story by @intro2pj in @NPPA News Photographer.
Photo by Kathy Shorr
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.@NPPA News Photographer Magazine: Friends recall Curt Chandler’s passion for storytelling, teaching .
RIP, Curt. Your spirit lives on through your deep connections with us.
Story: Sarah Dolgin; Photos: Will Yurman, Carli Cichocki , courtesy Bob Lynn
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So this happened! Legendary NY portrait photographer Louis Mendes, a presence at all major photo events, stopped by @photovillenyc Photo by @hmainsworth @LouisMendesFilm #photoville #photojournalism #photography
ALT Legendary NY portrait photographer Louis Mendes! An ever steady presence at all major photo events. Photo by Heather Ainsworth
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W. Eugene Smith Grant is increased to $35K. Applications are open. Photo by Justyna Mielnikiewicz, 2016 winner.
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Congratulations to the 2021 Best of Photojournalism winners! nppa.org/news/2021-best-phot…
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We love and respect photojournalists like Lola Gomez who give so much of themselves to tell the stories in their backyard. Get well soon Lola. conta.cc/3c5NdFw
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Wait, did she say, “…photographers…”?
We see you @CocoGauff
Congratulations on your #USOpen win!👏🫶 📸
📼: ESPN
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That’s a wrap!! #2019NPPAboard meeting is officially over. Stay tuned for some great developments. This crew rocked it for the last two days. @nppa members: with these leaders, you are in good hands. For those who are not members: JOIN! NPPA.org #photojournalism
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