2nd Annual Sheed Award - 2011

Deadline: December 10, 2011. Check Sheed Award website for more information (in Farsi).

About the Sheed Award: Founded in 2010 the award is created to encourage and promote social documentary photography among Iranian photographers with highest standards in photojournalism.

Jury for 2011: Shahidul Alam, Manoochehr Deghati, Kaveh Kazemi, Mohsen Rastani and Hossein Fatemi

Website: www.sheedaward.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/sheedaward
Sheed Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheed_Award

Ashura Commemoration in Iran

Above Photo: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

Below Photo: Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters

China Int'l Press Photo Contest 2010

Congratulations to Iranian photographers Behrouz Mehri, Majid Saeedi, and Fatemi Hossein for winning in this year's China International Press Photo contest. Click on the images to see the full view.

FotoEvidence Award 2011 - Majid Saeedi

Congratulations to Majid Saeedi, a finalist in 2011 FotoEvidence Award.

LightBox - Photo blog by Time magazine

Time magazine introduced a new photo blog titled LightBox.

Click on the image for a link.

The Stolen Scream - Even seen in Iran

A very interesting story about copyright issues and a single photo stolen over the internet. Photographer Noam Galai talks about the discovery of his photograph on a t-shirt, and on the walls all over the world, including Iran.

The Stolen Scream: A Story About Noam Galai from FStoppers on Vimeo.

Shirin Neshat models for fashion designer Ohne Titel

Click on the image below to see a video of the shoot.

Listen by Newsha Tavakolian

A powerful portrait series and video by Newsha Tavakolian titled "Listen."


















For video click on the image.

Iranian Newspaper Use of Photoshop

Iranian newspaper, Vatan Emrouz, uses of Photoshop to cover up more skin on the outfit of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (left) during a photo-op with Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalil.

Behrouz Mehri Winning Photographs in HumanKind by NYPH

Congratulations to Behrouz Mehri for his work in Pakistan.
To see the entries click on the image.

Vimeo Festival

Click on the image to see the winners of Vimeo Festival winners.

Aslon Arfa book: Black Crack in Iran

Black Crack in Iran Bookflip from powerHouse Books on Vimeo.

Canon

Some really sad pictures! :(
Click on the image to see more and read the story.

Diary: 10 Years of War

Diary (2010) from Tim Hetherington on Vimeo.

A powerful film produced and directed by photographer Tim Hetherington. Hetherington also produced a documentary titled Restrepo.