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The annual awards program in photography and moving image books is to announce its winners on June 1 and 3. ‘Untitled (Sosa With Orange Hula Hoop),’ 2019 by Tyler Mitchell, from the longlisted ‘I Can Make You Feel Good’ by Tyler Mitchell, from Prestel Publishing. Image: Provided by Kraszna-Krausz Photography and Moving Picture Book Awards ‘A Reflection of Contemporary Society’ As Publishing Perspectives readers will recall, the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation was formed in 1985 by the late Hungarian photographer Andor Kraszna-Krausz—the founder in 1938 of the Focal Press, an imprint ...

Last modified on Sat 1 May 2021 05.49 EDT Fed up with staring at the same walls? Desperate to be somewhere – anywhere – else but can’t find an affordable holiday cottage to rent? Why not swap your home with a like-minded soul in another part of the UK, and save this year’s summer holiday. For years, those in the know have been using home swaps to travel the world or see different parts of their own country, saving huge sums on the cost of hotels or holiday homes as they go. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, home swapping could be about to come into its own. You and your family ...

Prestigious Amnesty Media Awards 2021 winners announced at virtual ceremony ‘In a year when much of the world ground to a halt, thankfully the vital work of human rights journalism continued’ - Kate Allen The winners of Amnesty International UK’s prestigious Media Awards 2021 have been announced this evening at a virtual ceremony. In a year when much of the rolling news was dominated by the pandemic, many of the winning pieces focussed on lesser known issues facing people and countries. BBC Africa Eye won Best Broadcast News for its powerful investigation analysing phone footage and ot...

A Sunil Gupta retrospective in London captures society’s changing relationship with homosexuality A powerfully built man wearing a chignon and maang tikka reclines regally on a bolster. With his bold gaze, he could be Manet’s Olympia, but unlike the naked woman of the painting, the man in this photograph wears a black blouse and an emerald green silk sari whose brilliant red border counterpoints the cherry of the bolster. The photograph of this bejeweled, queenly (pun intended) man flies in the face of our idea of the reviled and impoverished transgender people who go around begging for...

2021 crop may near 100,000 tonnes Article by January 8, 2021 Despite an unfavourable business climate in Barbados due largely to restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is much hope for an improved sugar harvest. Both public and private sector stakeholders are upbeat about production for the 2021 crop, which they expect will start in mid-February. Chairman of the Barbados Sugar Industry Limited (BSIL) Mark Sealy said this country is forecasting a 15 per cent increase in sugarcane output. “Last year we did about 91,000 tonnes of cane, so it will be 15 per...