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Photographers document China’s breakneck development in fractions of a second every single day. Yet the work of Chinese photojournalists remains largely unseen outside their homeland. Of the thousands of images of the country illustrating the pages of international websites, newspapers, and magazines, most are made by photographers who come from someplace else.A few Chinese
Where: Davenport Speedway – Davenport, Iowa (streamed on DirtVision) Why We Chose It: At $5,000-to-win, Thursday’s highest-paying race that wasn’t rained out. Tony Jackson Jr. rocketed away from the field in the opening laps of Thursday night’s late model feature, but shortly after Billy Moyer Jr. brought out the first yellow of the race on lap 8, Hell Tour wins and points leader Bobby Pierce took the lead and never looked back, comfortably winning his fourth race of the tour. . @dirtvision REPLAY: @BobbyPierce32 takes the checkered flag tonight at Davenport Speedway, his second victo...
GRANTEE Mary F. Calvert is committed to using photography to affect meaningful social change and is known for producing work on underreported and neglected gender-based, human rights issues. For the past eight years, Calvert has been focusing her journalistic attention on the relegation and abuse of women and men in the U.S. armed forces. This work made her a finalist in Feature Photography in the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes and has won numerous honors, including the World Press Photo Contest award and the Cliff Edom "New America Award." The work has been supported by grants from Getty Images, the A...
Press Release – New Zealand Comedy Guild Despite the challenges of a Covid dominated year, there were plenty of laughs at the annual NZ Comedy Guild Awards that took place on Tuesday (8 December). New Zealand’s comedians gathered at The Classic in Auckland, and watched on a live stream in venues around the country, to celebrate a dramatic year for the local industry. “2020 was an incredibly difficult time for live performance in New Zealand, but the level of resilience in the comedy industry has been phenomenal” says NZ Comedy Guild Chair Brendon Green. “The forced closure of our m...
Friday, 11 December 2020, 10:04 am Despite the challenges of a Covid dominated year, there were plenty of laughs at the annual NZ Comedy Guild Awards that took place on Tuesday (8 December). New Zealand’s comedians gathered at The Classic in Auckland, and watched on a live stream in venues around the country, to celebrate a dramatic year for the local industry. “2020 was an incredibly difficult time for live performance in New Zealand, but the level of resilience in the comedy industry has been phenomenal” says NZ Comedy Guild Chair Brendon Green. “The forced closure of our main sour...