Twitter Beefs: The Photo Industry Fights Over Photo Contests

Vision Slightly Blurred

English - March 02, 2020 12:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MB - ★★★★ - 38 ratings
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Late Winter and early Spring bring another cycle of photo contest season – that time of year when many major prizes are announced (especially in the photojournalism realm). And with each year bring another round of punditry regarding the value of photo contests and an almost inevitable controversy regarding the winners.

In this week's episode of PhotoShelter's Vision Slightly Blurred podcast, Sarah (@sarahjake) and Allen (@allen3m) discuss the controversy around the 77th Pictures of the Year contest, as well as the Sony World Photography Awards' decision to censor images of the Hong Kong protest taken by Ko Chung Ming (高仲明) and David Butow.