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International Aperture Awards Opens for Entries
posted Aug 19, 2010

 

Entries are now open for The International Aperture Awards. This is the 3rd year of the competition, which is open to professional and amateur photographers worldwide. The total prize pool is over $80,000US, including a first prize in the Open competition of $20,000US in cash. For additional information and entry details see www.internationalapertureawards.com and enter before October 15, 2010.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

GALA Awards Seeks Submissions
posted Aug 19, 2010

 

The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards invites photographers to submit single images or portfolios to their no-entry-fee-if-you're-not-selected competition titled "The Urban & Country Landscape - Nature and People, Life and Culture". Submission deadline is October 3, 2010. For details and entry see http://www.thegalaawards.net/call-for-entries/2010-wpga-annual

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

SALT
posted Aug 17, 2070

 

Made in collaboration with documentary filmmaker Michael Angus, SALT is the film extension of Fredericks' work at Lake Eyre in South Australia.

 

Open Call for Digital'2010: Planet Earth
posted Aug 10, 2010

 

Art & Science Collaboration's 12th international digital print competition/exhibition will be held at the New York Hall of Science Oct. 3, 2010 - Jan. 3, 2011. Submissions are being accepted through Aug. 16, 2010. For details and entry visit their website.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

Artists' Haven Call for Entries
posted Aug 10, 2010

 

Artist's Haven Gallery will select forty-five photographs (five from each of nine categories) from all entries to participate in a collective exhibition at the Artists' Haven Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Winners will also be awarded over $10,000 in cash and other prizes. The exhibition will be Oct. 11, 2010 - Nov. 8, 2010. Entry deadline is Sep. 7, 2010. For details and entry see www.artistshavengallery.com/events

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

NANPA Board Minutes Available
posted Aug 9, 2010

 

Meeting minutes from the NANPA Board of Directors meeting held in Denver, CO in July are now available for review. Click the headline to view the PDF document.

 

Call for Entries for "Natural World"
posted Aug 6, 2010

 

The Center or Fine Art Photography is calling for entries for its "Natural World" Competition and Exhibit. Featured artist's work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and other advocates of fine art photography. Each participant will be included in the Center's Main Gallery exhibition and Online Gallery exhibition. Entry deadline is Sep. 14, 2010. Click the headline for details and submission.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

Young Photographers Alliance Launches Mentor Program
posted Aug 6, 2010

 

Young Photographers Alliance (YPA), a 501(c)3 educational foundation dedicated to developing the talent of young photographers, has launched an international mentoring initiative that pairs talented college students and recent graduates with leading photographers from the U.S., Canada and England to collaborate on a photo essay around a compelling social theme. For details visit their website.

 

Annual Showcase Competition Launched
posted Aug 2, 2010

 

It's that time of the year again! NANPA's annual Showcase competition is now accepting images. Winners will be selected in three tiers.

• Tier 3 - The top 250 images selected from all entries will appear either on NANPA's website or in the Expressions journal.
• Tier 2 - The top 100 images - receive the benefits of Tier 3, plus they will appear on NANPA's website Showcase display and at a special presentation at the 2011 Annual Summit.
• Tier 1 - the top 10 images - receive all the benefits of Tiers 2 and 3, plus a $250 prize each.

In addition, six images chosen by individual judges will receive $150 Judge's Choice awards. Entries cost $10 per image or 6 images for $50 and the competition is open to NANPA members only. The contest ends midnight (east coast time) on September 27 but don't put off entering - September will be here quicker than you think! Click the headline to login and enter your images.

 

FWS Seeks Images for Gulf Oil Cleanup
posted Jul 28, 2010

 

The Fish and Wildlife Service's National Conservation Training Center is heavily involved in the Gulf Oil Spill bird recovery process. Two facilities in Alabama and Mississippi training workers and volunteers in safe bird handling practices and identification. FWS recently created a bird handout for people to use to familiarize themselves with certain species of concern - those images were of birds in their summer and breeding plumage. They are now preparing for the change in seasons and will produce a new handout containing winter plumage images.

FWS is putting out a call to the members of NANPA to see if they would be willing to donate "winter plumage" images for the following species in order to help assist the bird recovery effort:

American Avocet
American Golden Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Black-necked Stilt
Dowitcher (long-billed and short-billed)
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Semi-palmated Plover
Snowy Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Willet
Wilson's Plover
Yellowlegs (greater and lesser)

Contact:
Jenny Peterson/USFWS
302-876-7675
Jenny_Peterson@fws.gov
Visit the FWS National Digital Library:
http://www.fws.gov/digitalmedia

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

Lux Awards Nature Photography Competition
posted June 25, 2010

 

The inaugural Lux Awards will open with its Nature Photography Competition beginning July 1, 2010. The competition is open to residents of the United States and Canada and submission deadline is September 30, 2010. For details and entry visit The Lux Awards.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

Best of Nature Photography Show
posted Jun 23, 2010

 

The Ordover Gallery at the San Diego Natural History Museum is holding a CALL FOR ENTRIES for the upcoming BEST OF NATURE photography show. Entry deadline is July 26, 2010. Click the headline for details.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

NANPA's 2011 High School Scholarship Program Now Open
posted Jun 22, 2010

 

NANPA's 2011 High School Scholarship program is now open for applications. Ten high school students will be awarded scholarships to participate in the Seventeenth Annual Nature Photography Summit sponsored by NANPA in McAllen, Texas, March 7 - 13, 2011. Students: This is an opportunity of a lifetime! Don't miss your chance to attend the Nature Photography Summit sponsored by NANPA! Please visit the High School Scholarship Overview page to get started.

 

Philip Hyde Grant Applications are due August 31, 2010
posted Jun 9, 2010

 

This $5,000 grant, provided by Fine Print Imaging through its Art for Conservation program, the International League of Conservation Photographers, the NANPA Environment Committee and generous NANPA members, is awarded annually to an individual NANPA member who is actively pursuing completion of a peer-reviewed environment or conservation project that is consistent with the missions of NANPA and the NANPA Foundation. The application deadline for the 2011 grant is August 31, 2010. The grant criteria and the downloadable application form are available on the NANPA Foundation website at http://www.nanpafoundation.org/hyde_grant.html.

 

NANPA's 2011 Summit College Photography Program Now Open
posted Jun 7, 2010

 

The 2011 rendition of NANPA's popular Summit College Photography Scholarship program is now open for applications. It truly is a once in a lifetime opportunity to make personal contacts with the top pros in nature photography as well as editors and other industry leaders. A select group of college students will be awarded this scholarship to participate in the Seventeenth Annual Nature Photography Summit sponsored by NANPA in McAllen, Texas, March 7 - 13, 2011. Please visit the Summit College Overview page to get started.

 

Zion NP Artist-in-Residence Program
posted Jun 2, 2010

 

The Zion National Park Artist-in-Residence program offers professional artists the opportunity to live and work in the majestic desert environment of southern Utah for a period of one month. This call for artists applies to three sessions: October 15-November 12, 2010, February 4-March 4, or April 1-29, 2010. Click the headline for details and application.

 

Photography Book Now Contest
posted May 30, 2010

 

Publishing website www.Blurb.com is hosting "Photography Book Now" - an international juried competition featuring slef-pubolished photography books. Grand Prize is $25,000 with other valuable prizes for runners up. Deadline for entry is 11:59 p.m. PDT on Thursday, July 15, 2010. For details and entry see http://photographybooknow.blurb.com/

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

South Texas Pro Classic Photo Contest Project
posted May 25, 2010

 

The 2010 South Texas Pro Classic photo contest is a conservation event and digital nature photography contest. The contest is designed to portray, through the eyes and cameras of professional-level photographers, the value and beauty of the natural world. The Pro Classic takes place June 1, 2010, through July 31, 2010. A special, separate division of the contest, the South Texas Open, also known as the "Open Division," allows entry of older photographs taken between January 1, 2008, and July 31, 2010. For contest details and entry please visit http://ruthhoytpbt.squarespace.com/contest/

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

Les Line Dies at 74
posted May 25, 2010

 

Les Line, professional photographer and past editor of Audubon magazine for over 25 years, passed away May 23, 2010. Les was awarded NANPA's "Lifetime Achievement In Nature Photography" award in 2006. More details on Les' life and work will be published in NANPA Tributes shortly.

 

Top 40 Nature Photographs
posted Apr 27, 2010

 

Created by the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) in honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Check them out at www.flickr.com

 

Worldwide Photography Gala Awards
posted Apr 27, 2010

 

This second edition of the WPGA Annual Contest has new rules and opportunities. Overall winners will be honored with the Pollux Award in the Gala Ceremony to be held in Madrid in the Circle of Fine Arts on November 2010. There will be 3 Sections (Professional, Non Professional and Students) divided in 2 genres each (Porfolio and Single Image), and in 25 thematic categories. Click the headline for details and entries.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

Art for Conservation Photo Contest
posted Apr 16, 2010

 

In honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22nd, Fine Print Imaging and Art for Conservation have teamed up to sponsor a photo contest themed "All Things Nature". The entry deadline is April 30, 2010 and images must have been shot within the last year. For details and entry go to www.artforconservation.org/photocontest

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

PDN Great Outdoors Photo Contest
posted Apr 14, 2010

 

Photo District News (PDN) and National Geographic Traveler are sponsoring a photo contest to "Celebrate the world outside: landscapes, vistas, adventures and the big beyond". Entyr dealine is April 26, 2010. See www.greatoutdoorscontest.com for details and entry.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

2010 Year of Biodiversity Photo Challenge
posted Apr 13, 2010

 

Myoo Create, in cooperation with National Geographic and the United Nations Environment Programme, is promoting a photography contest to highlight the biodiversity crisis and creative solutions. $3,000 in prizes will be awarded. Click the headline for details as they are announced.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

NANPA Participates in Google Class Action Suit
posted apr 10, 2010

 

NANPA has joined with the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and other photographic and graphic design organizations and artists to file a class action copyright infringement suit against Google, Inc. in the U.S. District for the Southern District of New York. The suit relates to Google's illegal scanning of millions of books and other publications containing copyrighted images and displaying them to the public without regard to the rights of the visual creators. For more information about the suit and the filing please see ASMP's press release.

 

Nature Conservancy Seeks Images from Wisconsin
posted Apr 10, 2010

 

The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin is holding a photo contest to celebrate its 50 year anniversary. They are looking for striking digital images of nature, highlighting the diversity of life in Wisconsin. Images may be taken anywhere in Wisconsin, showing wildlife in natural habitats, plant life, Nature Conservancy preserves or people interacting with nature. Submission deadline is August 2, 2010. See http://www.nature.org/wi_photo/ for details and entry.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

NANPA Students Showcased at Hunt's Photo & Video
posted Mar 24, 2010

 

Several prints from the 2010 class of High School Scholarship students are now on display at the Hunt's Photo and Video store in Melrose, MA. The images were all taken by the students at the 2010 NANPA summit meeting in Reno, Nevada. The NANPA Foundation, along with corporate and private sponsors provides an opportunity for 10 students to be mentored by some of the leading nature photographers during their annual meeting. The program concentrates on developing the talent, creativity, and passion of these budding photographers. Among our many sponsors, Hunts Photo and Video has been generous in supporting the program, and working with NANPA to reach the next generation of nature photographers. The displays are located at their 100 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176, http://www.huntsphotoandvideo.com. For more information on the High School Scholarship program, visit our webpage, http://www.nanpa.org/scholarships.php

 

Call for Comments on Copyright Legislation
posted Mar 19, 2010

 

An effort is being made to develop some new laws and procedures at the federal government level regarding copyright abuse. As photographers, we have a unique opportunity to bring our opinions about copyrights directly to the government. NANPA is distributing information to give all interested parties a chance to submit their opinons directly to the decision makers.

See how you can directly participate in this important decison-making process.

 

Summit Presentation Submissions Now Open
posted Mar 14, 2010

 

Proposals for Breakout Sessions and Workshops for the next Nature Photography Summit being held in McAllen, TX, March 9-13, 2011 are now being accepted via our website. Click the headline or go to http://www.nanpa.org/conferences/presentation_submission.php to submit your proposal. Deadline for submissions is April 10, 2010.

 

Arts for the Earth Launched
posted Mar 14, 2010

 

Arts for the Earth is reaching out to artists worldwide in anticipation of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, 2010. Earth Day organizers are partnering with museums, arts associations, individual artists, art institutions, and schools to raise environmental awareness through the medium of art. Click the headline to find out more about how you can participate.

 

ASPP/PACA Reinvention Weekend
posted Mar 5, 2010

 

The American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) and the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) invite you to Reinvent, Reimagine and Reinvigorate your career or your approach to the photography business at their "Reinvention Weekend" April 15-18, 2010 in Boston. Registration deadline is April 12, 2010. See http://tinyurl.com/ASPPReinvention for details and registration.

 

Macro Contest for Nature Photographers
posted Feb 25, 2010

 

Tiny Landscapes - Macro Contest for Nature Photographers, is looking for the best macro image in nature to win a new, Lensbaby Composer with a Macro kit. Runners up get a $25.00 gift certificate from Outdoor Photo Gear and $100.00 gift certificate from Canvas On Demand. It's free to enter, deadline is March 13, 2010. Click headline for details.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

Biodiversity Begins at Home - Meet Your Neighbors
posted Feb 10, 2010

 

Common neighbourhood plants and animals are usually overlooked and undervalued, yet they are most people's first, sometimes only, point of contact with wild nature. They matter for that reason if no other. They can make us feel better, let us see ourselves in perspective.

This project hinges on successful collaborations between photographers and their local conservation NGO's . We want to recruit photographers who already have good relations with the conservation community or who are able to use this project to build them. And we need the NGOs to put the work out there, in front of the public, in public spaces. You collaborate, identify the species to cover and create: they distribute. Click the headline for full details.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

"Ocean Views" Photo Awards
posted Jan 31, 2010

 

Nature's Best Photography and Divers Alert Network (DAN) announce their alliance to host this year's competition, open to all levels of photographers from around the world. Entry deadline is March 1, 2010. Click headline for deatils and entry.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

2010 Windland Smith Rice International Awards
posted Jan 30, 2010

 

The editors of Nature's Best Photography magazine invite all photographers to enter the 14th Annual Windland Smith Rice International Awards competition for 2010. Entry deadline is April 5, 2010. For details and entry, see http://www.naturesbestphotography.com/contest2/entry_1.php?cid=118

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

Fort Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum International Photo Competition
posted Jan 25, 2010

 

The Fort Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum is celebrating its 115th anniversary in 2010. In honor of the occasion, they are hosting an international competition with five categories including "Nature". Entry deadline is April 15, 2010. Click the headline for details and entry.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

EPSON International Pano Awards
posted Jan 25, 2010

 

Epson announces the inaugural 2010 EPSON International Pano Awards, dedicated to the art of panoramic photography. The Pano Awards aims to showcase the work of panoramic photographers worldwide and be the largest and most important competition for panoramic photography. The competition is now open for all professional and amateur photographers with a combined prize pool of over US$13,000 in cash and prizes! Entry deadline is April 30, 2010. For details and entries see www.thepanoawards.com

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition 2010
posted Jan 21, 2010

 

The 46th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is now open and once again seeking the very best innovative and inspiring wildlife images. Entries are being accepted now through March 5, 2010. Click the headline for details and online entry.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

2010 Environmental Photographer of the Year Competition
posted Jan 21, 2010

 

CIWEM (The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management) has opened the Environmental Photographer of the Year competition for 2010. This competition seeks to celebrate photographers who use their ability to raise awareness of environmental and social issues. It is open to all professional and amateur international photographers of any age and encourages entries that are contemporary, creative, experimental, resonant, original and beautiful. Entry deadline is July 31, 2010, click the headline for details and submission.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.

 

2010 Philip Hyde Grant Recipient - Paul Colangelo
posted Dec 22, 2009

 

The NANPA Foundation has announced that Paul Colangelo of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is the recipient of the 2010 Philip Hyde Grant for his work in British Columbia. This $5,000 peer-reviewed grant is awarded annually to an individual member of the North American Nature Photography Association who is actively pursuing completion of an environmental project. The award will be presented at the 16th Annual Nature Photography Summit presented by NANPA, February 16-21, 2010 in Reno, Nevada.
Full details and PDF Press Release

 

Danita Delimont Wins ASPP Award
posted Sep 30, 2009

 

NANPA member Danita Delimont was chosen the American Society of Picture Professionals' (ASPP) 2009 Picture Professional of the Year. The award will be presented at an ASPP event in New York City in December. Congratulations Danita!

 

PACA Copyright Education
posted Oct 20, 2008

 

The Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) has developed a program to educate image professionals on copyrights and the legal issues surrounding rights of image creators. Named the "Jane Kinne Copyright Education Program," this free one-hour program can be viewed online or ordered on DVD. See the PACA website for details.

 

NANPA Clarifies Proposed Regulations for Photographing on Federal Land
posted Mar 10, 2008

 

NANPA has been following the progress of proposed Interior Department regulations under Public Law 106-206 following the House Natural Resources Committee hearing held on the issue in December. NANPA's Past-President, Kathy Adams Clark, had an email exchange with Lee Dickinson, Special Parks Uses Program Manager for the National Parks Service. For details of that Q&A session, please see http://www.nanpa.org/news/NANPA_Clarifies_PL106-206.pdf

 

NANPA Participates in Imaging Coalition
posted Nov 8, 2006

 

For the first time ever, leadership from a group of organizations (including NANPA) representing more than 100,000 photographers, stock archives, graphic designers, illustrators and educators, met to discuss pressing business topics.

Discussions centered on emerging industry tools that affect the memberships of all the groups and included metadata technical standards, image registry and on the robust protection of artist's rights via copyright education.
View full press release

 

Update on NPS Fee Proposal
posted May 19, 2006

 

On April 14, 2006, the National Park Service issued a press release announcing the implementation of legislation relating to fees for commercial filming and still photography. Unfortunately, the press release was vague and caused an uproar among nature photographers who did not understand the implications.

We have spoken to a knowledgeable official of the National Park Service and are pleased to report the following:

*THE RULES ARE NOT BEING CHANGED CONCERNING STILL PHOTOGRAPHY.*

Federal legislation (Public Law 106-206), which has been on the books for several years, provides that the Park Service cannot require a permit or assess a fee for still photography if the photography takes place where members of the public are generally allowed and the photography does not involve models or props which are not a part of the site's natural or cultural resources or administrative facilities.

The Park Service is not proposing to require permits for this kind of still photography and, indeed, the Park Service could not legally do so because it would be in violation of the federal statute.

The reason that this is all coming up now is that Public Law 106-206 does provide for permits and fees for motion picture and video photography and the Park Service is now implementing those permits and fees.

So go out to the National Parks and shoot. So long as you are shooting the landscape and the local wildlife at times at which and from places where members of the public are generally allowed, fees and permits cannot be imposed.

 

NANPA Responds to 'Orphan Works' Legislation
posted Mar 10, 2006

 

NANPA president Al Sieg submitted a comment letter to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees that are considering changes to the Copyright Act. The letter states NANPA's concerns for the rights of photographers in regard to the "orphan works" language being proposed. Click the headline to view the letter. For more information on how this could affect photographers, please review http://www.asmp.org/news/spec2006/orphan_APAstatement.pdf

 

Proposed Copyright Law Changes Affect Photographers
posted Mar 1, 2006

 

Copyright law changes being considered in the U.S. Congress right now could have important, long-term, negative effects on photographers' published works. The central issue concerns the status of artwork as "orphaned" and how publishers determine that status.

Comments from interested parties are now being collected and the comment period deadline is March 25, 2006. NANPA members are urged to review the material published by ASMP and submit their responses to this important piece of copyright legislation.

For background and more details, visit ASMP's web page on the subject.

 

The preceding information is provided to you as an information service from NANPA in maintaining its responsibility to keep you informed about issues and events related to nature photography, the environment, and the Association. It is not NANPA's responsibility or intent tell you how to vote, what to think, where to go, or what you should do. And to that end NANPA does not endorse or promote such issues or events. This information is provided for informational purposes only. If NANPA takes a specific stand on any issue, it will be stated. If you would like more information on any issue, contact the NANPA office.

NANPA recommends that members ALWAYS ask what usage rights must be granted for both submitted and winning images before submitting any images to an individual, organization, or website.