Picture Editors' Awards
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The Picture Editors' Awards were established to recognise and reward the best of photographic journalism throughout the UK and Ireland, and to promote the interests of press photography. The Awards were founded by a group of newspaper picture editors in 1993 as a non-profit organisation
, and each year since have set the benchmark against which editorial photography is judged. The assessment panel is drawn from working picture editors across Britain and Ireland.
The annual Awards Ceremony, held in the Great Hall of London’s Guildhall, is a major event in the journalism and publishing calendar; the Awards enjoy widespread and enduring print and broadcast media
coverage.
The Awards especially aim to encourage newcomers to press photography. Over the years, it has funded and assisted young photographers in undertaking major projects in Africa, India, South East Asia
, and Australia via the Alan Harper Bursary. It also offers a Student Award (for photographers on a photojournalism
course) and a Young Photographer Award for under 25's.
The Awards' website is the largest existing online archive of contemporary editorial photography. Although entry to the Awards is restricted to photographers working in the UK & Ireland (or UK/Irish citizens living anywhere in the world), over 9,000 professional images in the site's Galleries can be accessed by anyone.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
, and each year since have set the benchmark against which editorial photography is judged. The assessment panel is drawn from working picture editors across Britain and Ireland.
The annual Awards Ceremony, held in the Great Hall of London’s Guildhall, is a major event in the journalism and publishing calendar; the Awards enjoy widespread and enduring print and broadcast media
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
coverage.
The Awards especially aim to encourage newcomers to press photography. Over the years, it has funded and assisted young photographers in undertaking major projects in Africa, India, South East Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
, and Australia via the Alan Harper Bursary. It also offers a Student Award (for photographers on a photojournalism
Photojournalism
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism that creates images in order to tell a news story. It is now usually understood to refer only to still images, but in some cases the term also refers to video used in broadcast journalism...
course) and a Young Photographer Award for under 25's.
The Awards' website is the largest existing online archive of contemporary editorial photography. Although entry to the Awards is restricted to photographers working in the UK & Ireland (or UK/Irish citizens living anywhere in the world), over 9,000 professional images in the site's Galleries can be accessed by anyone.