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iStockphoto working with The Sony World Photography Awards
iStockphoto, a micro-payment stock photography business owned by Getty Images, has announced a partnership to become the official Amateur Selection committee for the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA). Launched in 2007, The Sony World Photography Awards, include a week-long festival, an online magazine located at worldphotographyawards.org, and an international student program. The winner of L’iris d’Or – the best photograph for both the amateur and the professional awards – will be announced at the awards ceremony in Cannes on 16 April 2009.
Amateur photographers from across the globe are invited to submit their images into any of the nine amateur categories from portraiture to sport, architecture to fashion, etc, to be judged by iStockphoto’s expert team who will submit a shortlist to the competition. The shortlist of ten amateur photographers per category will be announced on 24 February 2009. From these, eight category winners will be chosen by the official 2009 Judging Committee comprising of selected World Photographic Academy members and later showcased as part of the 2009 Finalists Exhibitions in Cannes from 14–19 April 2009 and will go on to be part of the annual SWPA Global Tour throughout 2009 and 2010. As part of their prize, this overall winner will be flown to Cannes to attend the SWPA gala awards ceremony and collect the prize of $5,000 onstage.
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