Istanbul book fair aims to raise awareness on disability

5. March 2015 editor 2015, EVENTS

International book fair to last until March 13


One of Istanbul’s biggest international book fair has opened its doors with a ceremony at the city’s CNR EXPO.

Themed “an accessible world”, the third edition of the CNR Book Fair will be hosting more than 900 cultural events between March 4 and 13, in Yesilkoy district on the European side of the city.

Anadolu Agency is a global communications partner of the fair, attended by about 600 publishing houses.

At the opening day of the fair on Friday, Culture Minister Mahir Unal highlighted the importance of goodness amid a worldwide crisis atmosphere.

“Books are the main carrier of the goodness in the heart of the humanity,” he said: “We need to rebuild our hearts and minds for an accessible world.”

Books published by disabled people, along with conferences and events on disability are being featured in the fair. The aim of this year's fair is to raise awareness on disability. 

Anadolu Agency’s publications are also drawing attention of book lovers, including children, according to the agency's corporate communications director Esra Kirecci.

“We’ve had a chance to introduce the Anadolu Agency almanacs at the fair. We’ve published the almanacs this year in three languages," Kirecci said. 

The almanacs were published in Turkish, English and Arabic.

“We are also happy to present the photo album of the Istanbul Photo Awards at the fair,” she added.

More than 100 foreign publishing houses from 19 countries, including Germany, Mexico, the U.K. and Argentina, are attending this year’s fair.

The fair is also boasting the “Arabic Countries Publishers Special Section”, in which 85 Arabic speaking countries would take part including Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, and Tunisia.

The 10-day event is expected to host around 400,000 visitors until March 13.

Applications closed for AA's Istanbul Photo Awards

2. February 2015 editor ANNOUNCEMENTS, Call for Entry, 2015
Over 11,000 photographs have been sent from around 100 countries since Nov. 1, 2014.

The Istanbul Photo Awards, the first edition of the international news and sports photography contest organized by the Anadolu Agency, has closed applications for new submissions.

On Nov. 1, photographers were invited to submit images on www.istanbulphotoawards.com to be assessed in several categories: News Single and News Story, for an individual news photo or a collection around a story, as well as Sports Single and Sports Story.

Since then, 11,587 photographs have been sent from contestants from 104 countries.

- World-renowned professionals to be part of jury

The inaugural competition will feature a jury of respected professionals, including TIME magazine’s International Photo Editor Alice Gabriner and Hong Kong-born Pulitzer-winning former photojournalist and founder of the Shanghai Center of Photography, Liu Heung Shing.

The jury will also include Stern Magazine’s Photo Editor Harald Menk, Getty Images Senior Director Georges De Keerle, AFP’s PhotoDistribution Director Michel Scotto, World Press Photo award winner Guillaume Herbaut, war reporter Patrick Chauvel, plus The Anadolu Agency’s Visual News Editor Ahmet Sel and AA’s Photography Editor Firat Yurdakul.

The Istanbul Photo Awards were first presented to international photoreporters during the Visa Pour l'Image Perpignan photojournalism festival in France, which took place between Sept. 1 and 7 in 2014.

The jury will decide the winning photographs on March 14-15, 2015. They will also select one photographer for a special award.

The winners will be announced at a press conference in April.

The competition results will also be announced on Anadolu Images, the international photograph platform of The Anadolu Agency.

There will be an exhibition of the winning photographs in Istanbul and in Ankara, followed up by an album.

- Prizes of the contest

A combined amount of $58,000 will be awarded in four categories in addition to the special prize.

The category prizes are:

Category

Winner

Runner-up

Third Place

News Single: 

$8000

$3000

$1500

News Story:

$8000

$3000

$1500

Sports Single: 

$8000

$3000

$1500

Sports Story:     

$8000

$3000

$1500

Jury's Special Award:

$8000

More detailed information can be obtained by visiting the website istanbulphotoawards.com and anadoluimages.com.

Followers can also learn more about the contest on social media, including:

Twitter: @istphotoawards

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IstanbulPhotoAwards

Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/128873901@N03/

Instagram: @istanbulphotoawards

The Anadolu Agency offers a newswire service in eight languages with operations around the globe, including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Asia-Pacific.

It serves clients in more than 100 countries and is one of the main sources for discovering, purchasing and managing images and other digital content.

CORRECTION - Saturday last day for sending applications to Istanbul Photo Awards

30. January 2015 editor 2015, ANNOUNCEMENTS
Corrects to say that there will be no awards ceremony in April to announce the winning photographs, but a press conference instead.


Saturday marks the last day for applications to be sent to the Istanbul Photo Awards, the first edition of the international news and sports photography contest organized by The Anadolu Agency.

Organizers aim to make the contest one of the most important photoaward contests in the world.

Photographers are invited to submit images to be assessed in several categories: News Single and News Story, for an individual news photoor a collection around a story, as well as Sports Single and Sports Story. 

The jury will also select one photographer for a special award.

Since Nov. 1, over 6,000 photographs have been sent from contestants from around 100 countries.

 

- World-renowned professionals to be part of jury

The inaugural competition will feature a jury of respected professionals, including TIME magazine’s international photo editor Alice Gabriner and Hong Kong-born Pulitzer-winning former photojournalist and founder of the Shanghai Center of Photography, Liu Heung Shing.

The jury will also include Stern Magazine’s photo editor Harald Menk, senior director of Getty Images Georges De Keerle, AFP’s photodistribution director Michel Scotto, World Press Photo award winners Guillaume Herbaut, war reporter Patrick Chauvel, plus Anadolu Agency visual news editor Ahmet Sel and AA’s photography editor Firat Yurdakul.

The Istanbul Photo Awards were first presented to international photoreporters during the Visa Pour l'Image Perpignan photojournalism festival in France, which took place between September 1 and 7 in 2014.

The jury will decide the winning photographs on March 14-15, 2015. The winners will be announced with a press conference in April.

There will be an exhibition of the winning photographs in Istanbul and in Ankara and an album will be made as well.

- Prizes of the contest

A combined amount of $58,000 will be awarded in four categories in addition to the special prize.

Applications will be accepted via www.istanbulphotoawards.com.

The category prizes are:

Category

Winner

Runner-up

Third Place

News Single: 

$8000

$3000

$1500

News Story:

$8000

$3000

$1500

Sports Single: 

$8000

$3000

$1500

Sports Story:     

$8000

$3000

$1500

Jury's Special Award:

$8000

More detailed information can be obtained by visiting the website istanbulphotoawards.com and anadoluimages.com.

Followers also can also learn more about the contest from social media, including at:

Twitter: @istphotoawards , Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IstanbulPhotoAwards and Instagram: @istanbulphotoawards

The competition results will also be announced on Anadolu Images, the international photograph platform of The Anadolu Agency.

The Anadolu Agency offers a newswire service in eight languages with operations around the globe, including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Asia-Pacific.

It serves clients in more than 100 countries and is one of the main sources for discovering, purchasing and managing images and other digital content.


Saturday last day for sending applications to Istanbul Photo Awards

30. January 2015 editor ANNOUNCEMENTS, Call for Entry

Over 6,000 photographs have been sent from around 100 countries since Nov. 1, 2014.

Saturday marks the last day for applications to be sent to the Istanbul Photo Awards, the first edition of the international news and sports photography contest organized by The Anadolu Agency.

Organizers aim to make the contest one of the most important photo award contests in the world.

Photographers are invited to submit images to be assessed in several categories: News Single and News Story, for an individual news photo or a collection around a story, as well as Sports Single and Sports Story. 

The jury will also select one photographer for a special award.

Since Nov. 1, over 6,000 photographs have been sent from contestants from around 100 countries.

World-renowned professionals to be part of jury

The inaugural competition will feature a jury of respected professionals, including TIME magazine’s international photo editor Alice Gabriner and Hong Kong-born Pulitzer-winning former photojournalist and founder of the Shanghai Center of Photography, Liu Heung Shing.

The jury will also include Stern Magazine’s photo editor Harald Menk, senior director of Getty Images Georges De Keerle, AFP’s photo distribution director Michel Scotto, World Press Photo award winners Guillaume Herbaut, war reporter Patrick Chauvel, plus Anadolu Agency visual news editor Ahmet Sel and AA’s photography editor Firat Yurdakul.

The Istanbul Photo Awards were first presented to international photo reporters during the Visa Pour l'Image Perpignan photojournalism festival in France, which took place between September 1 and 7 in 2014.

The jury will decide the winning photographs on March 14-15, 2015. The winners will be announced with a press conference in April.

There will be an exhibition of the winning photographs in Istanbul and in Ankara and an album will be made as well.

Prizes of the contest

A combined amount of $58,000 will be awarded in four categories in addition to the special prize.

Applications will be accepted via www.istanbulphotoawards.com.

The category prizes are:

Category

Winner

Runner-up

Third Place

News Single: 

$8000

$3000

$1500

News Story:

$8000

$3000

$1500

Sports Single: 

$8000

$3000

$1500

Sports Story:     

$8000

$3000

$1500

 

Jury's Special Award:

$8000

More detailed information can be obtained by visiting the website istanbulphotoawards.com and anadoluimages.com.

Followers also can also learn more about the contest from social media, including at:

Twitter: @istphotoawards

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IstanbulPhotoAwards

Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/128873901@N03/

and Instagram: http://instagram.com/istanbulphotoawards

The competition results will also be announced on Anadolu Images, the international photograph platform of The Anadolu Agency.

The Anadolu Agency offers a newswire service in eight languages with operations around the globe, including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Asia-Pacific.

It serves clients in more than 100 countries and is one of the main sources for discovering, purchasing and managing images and other digital content.

About Jury of 2015

18. January 2015 editor Jury

Below you can meet our jury members of Istanbul Photo Awards 2015 with their biographies. We glad for their time and effort to select winners of our very first year.