Earlier this year, the Cultural Council of The Netherlands advised the Dutch Government to cut financial support to Noorderlicht after 2012. I am writing this letter to you, the members of the Council, to strongly urge you to reverse your previous decision and to continue funding Noorderlicht.

The El Paso Times reports that Miguel Angel Lopez Solana, a photographer for La Jornada, a daily newspaper in Mexico, has decided to seek political asylum for himself and his wife almost a year after members of his family –who were also fellow journalists–were murdered.

Link: Manchuria Crossroads (10 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day

Q Sakamaki photographed throughout China’s Northeast which was once called Manchuria. The region was a crossroads, transformed by history through migration, resource exploitation, occupation and war. And now the area is facing new upheaval due to globalization and China’s rapid economic growth, creating a gap between the rich and poor, as well as contributing to a rise in unemployment.

We are very excited to announce the finalists for the 2012 LUCEO Student Project Award. The internal selection committee was comprised of David Walter Banks, Kendrick Brinson and Kevin German. The final judging by our prestigious jury will take place on Thursday, June 7 from 11AM-2PM, at LOOK3, The Festival of the Photograph. The judging is open to the public, though the name of the winner will be withheld until the public announcement at LOOK3 on Friday, June 8. The address for the judging is 200 Garrett Street, Charlottesville, VA. You can learn more about the Student Project Award and other LUCEO events at LOOK3 including The Hunt by visiting our festival site at LUCEO@LOOK3. 

The Carmignac Gestion Foundation is calling for entries for its annual Photojournalism Award, which comes with a €50,000 grant for the production of a photography project

Link: London 2012 : The Gaddafi Archives | La Lettre de la Photographie

Human Rights Watch’s role is to defend and protect human rights around the world, giving a voice to the oppressed while holding oppressors accountable for their crimes. When Libya fell, last year, Peter Bouckaert, the organisation’s emergencies director, was on the ground with his team, ensuring that valuable Libyan archives were secured and protected from looting and destruction.

Every time I learnt how to do something I made a post-it note with the shortcut and stuck it on the wall above my computer. I ended up with about 50 post-its on my wall. They continue to be a handy visual reference as I use the software; the shortcuts vastly speed up your workflow and learning them from day one is definitely the way to go. Here is one of the first videos I edited using X. It is predominantly made up of time-lapses of Beijing and with most of them I re-timed them using X’s powerful re-timing tool. This is a massive advance from FCP7’s ‘change speed’ tool and one of the many reasons why I really like FCP X.

It all started with a pre-dawn phone call in the winter of 1992 from George Honeycutt, then Director of Photography at the Houston Chronicle (in those days, George worked from 6am-2pm, and I…..well, I did not).  Working as photo editor of the school paper and co-editor of the college yearbook, I was just getting to bed some mornings as George was showing up for work.  Anyway, the phone rings, and there’s a gruff voice on the other end of the line, “Seale, you got any tickets?”

In those days, the Chronicle had great company cars, full size Ford Broncos, and they even issued one to the intern, so your driving record, not just your photo ability, was a consideration.

So with my unblemished driving record intact, I began one of the most formative experiences of my life:  a summer internship at the Houston Chronicle.

In this live webinar with National Geographic, Senior Photo Editor Elizabeth Krist will share why she considers photographers to be “gods”, what kind of photography grabs her attention, and a behind-the-scenes look at how she and her colleagues closely work with photographers to take the issue’s photos from inception to completion.

The suite of tools will eventually be targeted to law enforcement agencies and news organizations who want to detect whether or not images have been manipulated.

With so many venues and platforms displaying new photography every day, how do clients choose where to look at new work? We asked several editors, art buyers and judges of the PDN Photo Annual to name some of their favorite places to find new photo projects and discover new talent

Link: Favorite Sources for New Photography: Part 2

The HUNT is a live scavenger hunt where pieces from the exhibition, YOU ARE HERE, are hidden in key locations through out the LOOK3 festival. Participants will be given clues encouraging them to visit exhibitions and events as well as use social media to document their experience to win thousands of dollars worth in prizes

The National Press Photographers Association announced on Tuesday its final group of Best of Photojournalism 2012 winners. Ross Taylor of The Virginian-Pilot was chosen Photojournalist of the Year (Larger Markets), and David Weatherwax of The Herald, in Jasper, Ind., was named Photojournalist of the Year (Smaller Markets).

The freelance photographer Donald Miralle was chosen as the Sports Photojournalist of the Year, and Brad Vest — who started on Tuesday as a summer intern at The New York Times — won the Cliff Edom “New America Award.”

Syracuse University graduate student Bassel Al Shahade was killed in Syria Monday while filming attacks against the Syrian people.

The photographers interviewed include photojournalists such as Ed Kashi of the VII Agency and Peter Van Agtmael of Magnum, fashion photographer Peter Stigter, Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian, and others