Posted by Marc Ziccardi on Fri, Jul 17, 2009 @ 01:12 PM
Our partnership with the National Geographic Society has opened our eyes to a number of amazing projects that they have spearheaded and National Geographic's Photo Camp ranks highly among those. Photo Camp is a series of photography workshops for youth from underserved communities that operates in the United States and abroad. Photo Camp is sponsored by the National Geographic Education Foundation (through funding from the Ferguson-Judge Fund), Special Projects, and Mission Programs, in partnership with VisionWorkshops, of Annapolis, MD.
PNY is proud to support this initiative by providing memory cards for the cameras utilized during the camps, and open the world of photography to groups of children who may not have had any previous experience in digital photography. With over 40 domestic and international camps since 2003, Photo Camp has worked with young people in such locations as Uganda, Mexico, India, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, Pine Ridge Native American Reservation in South Dakota, Hawaii, Houston, and Washington D.C. Not only do the participants get to show their community from their perspective behind the lens, they are led by a host of world renowned National Geographic Photographers. These luminaries of the photography world have included such names as: Sam Abell, Annie Griffiths-Belt, Reza, Chris Rainier, David Burnett & Ed Kashi. This is truly a life changing program and we encourage you to explore more with the links below.
If you want to see what the Photo Camps are all about please take a look at a recent video, produced by VisionWorkshops Jim Webb.
The next Photo Camp takes place July 17-22 in the Florida Keys. To learn more about Photo Camp and explore photo galleries from previous camps, click here: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photocamp
To make an online donation and help keep the kids behind the cameras, please click here. https://donate.nationalgeographic.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=776
Teens from the 2008 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Photo Camp -
Posted by Marc Ziccardi on Wed, Jul 01, 2009 @ 10:32 AM
For 88 years the White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA) has been hosting "The Eyes of History" awards gala: a black-tie dinner for nearly 1000 members, guests, industry executives, and Washington personalities. The event honors outstanding photojournalists who are at the frontlines of major news events in Washington and all across the world. "The Eyes of History" contest brings the best images of the President, political leaders, and major domestic and international news stories of the year to be judged by the finest photographers and directors of photography in the business.
PNY was chosen to present the "Political Photo of the Year" award, for the 2nd year in a row. Tony Gomez, VP of sales and marketing at PNY, presented the award to Charles Ommanney who captured an image of President-elect Barack Obama in a crowded hallway backstage at the Capitol moments before walking out to be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. In addition to being given his award, Ommanney was presented with a PNY flash memory product assortment.
Photo by Charles Ommanney/Getty Images
This year's gala was emceed by CBS Chief Washington Correspondent, Bob Schieffer, who also performed with his country-band Honky Tonk Confidential.
To read more and to see all the 2009 Eyes of History winning photos, please visit the WHNPA website. Link to: http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2009/stills/