The New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA) has announced plans for its 2013 Clarence John Laughlin Award, an annually granted honor created to recognized and reward a fine art photographer who is creating or has completed a significant body of photographic work. The award includes a $5,000 prize. The award, instituted by NOPA in 2010, was created… Read More »NOPA details plans for 2013 Clarence John Laughlin Award

  The National Park Service, a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior, is seeking submissions for its 2013 National Historic Landmark Photo Contest . The contest is open to all. The deadline for entry is July 9. The photos submitted need only involve a National Historic Landmark. A state-by-state list of those–ranging from… Read More »Submissions sought for National Historic Landmarks contest

Show below are selections from, and brief descriptions of, projects for the 11 finalists for the Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography (MPS Fund) 2013 grant, as recently announced by NOPA. This fund, established by the Photo Alliance to honor legendary New Orleans photographer Michael P. Smith, awards one $5,000 grant annually to a… Read More »MPS Fund 2013 grant finalists: A gallery of documentary works

NOPA is proud to announce 11 finalists for the Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography (MPS Fund) 2013 grant. This fund, established by NOPA to honor legendary New Orleans photographer Michael P. Smith, awards one $5,000 grant annually to a Gulf Coast photographer with a sustained commitment to a long-term, cultural documentary project. The… Read More »NOPA announces 11 finalists for 2013 MPS Fund grant

NOPA member Nell Dickerson is celebrating the recent release of a new photography book, “Porch Dogs,” a work full of charming and evocative fine art photos of canines on southern front porches. The book of color photographs is being published by John F. Blair, Publisher of Winston-Salem, NC. Dickerson launched a promotional tour for “Porch… Read More »NOPA member Dickerson begins tour for ‘Porch Dogs’ book

Work from New Orleans photographer Joshua Mann Pailet, owner of A Gallery for Fine Photography in the French Quarter, will be on exhibit as part of a World’s Fairs decorative arts exhibit, opening this week at the New Orleans Museum of Art. “Spectacle and Spectator: Joshua Mann Pailet’s Photographs of the 1984 World’s Fair in New Orleans” is… Read More »Pailet photos in World’s Fairs decorative arts exhibit at NOMA

LUNA PRESS has announced an exciting publication opportunity for New Orleans photographers: Luna Press is working on a new book project to be released in December 2013, during PhotoNOLA. New Orleans photographers are invited to submit work for consideration. Image selection will be juried by Eric Bookhardt, writer, art critic and photographer. There is no… Read More »Luna Press seeks submissions for New Orleans Photography Book

The maker of a documentary film focusing on the relationship between a fashion designer and a war photographer—Sebastiano Tomada, who presented and discussed his work for PhotoNOLA 2011’s “Picturing War” panel–is seeking funding for the work’s completion, via the Kickstarter crowd-funding website. The film, “Embedded,” will look at how the typically dangerous assignments and extensive… Read More »Funding sought for doc on war photographer, relationship