Henri CartierBresson Award 2015 open for submissions

Stimulating a photographer’s creativity is the aim of the Henri Cartier-Bresson (HCB) Award, and a tantalizing €35,000 (around $50,000) is the prize for the successful photographer who wins the 2015 edition. Entries are now being accepted, and are open to photographers who ideally have already completed a significant body of work, are in the emerging phase of their career, and have an approach that is close to documentary.

The winner will be announced in June after being judged by an international jury, and 18 months after the prize has been awarded, there will be an exhibition of their work at the Fondation HCB in Paris, and a catalogue will be published. Institutions such as museums, galleries, independent creators, or publishers must nominate the photographer — applications from individual photographers won’t be considered. Entry details and the terms and conditions can be found at henricartierbresson. org. Entries are open until April 30, 2015.

This year’s New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP) Infocus conference will be unlike any held before, and will boast a more hands-on and fast-flowing approach. To kick-start the week-long event there’s the Iris Awards judging, held across three days from August 6–8, with the awards presented at the gala dinner on August 10.

The Infocus conference itself opens with its industry exhibition on August 8, and spans August 9–10. Held in Queenstown, this year the event will be more open to the public, with a photo walk on the Friday night hosted by local photographers Jackie Rankin and Mike Langford.

This year’s speakers include Nick Tresidder, Lucy Spartalis, Corwin Hiebert, Kristen Cook, Paul Alsop, and Alexia Sinclair. They’ll be talking all types of photography including wedding, portrait, and landscape, and more speakers will be announced as the event gets closer.

A quicker-flowing structure will see 90-minute talks, plus a selection of 45-minute talks — and all your burning questions can be asked directly of the speakers in The Hub area, where they’ll take time to meet attendees.

It’s set to be a jam-packed week — to find out more, visit infocus.org.nz.