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		<title>JAN GRARUP RECEIVES THE LEICA OSKAR BARNACK AWARD 2011 FOR HIS PORTFOLIO ‘HAITI AFTERMATH’</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solms, Germany (June 15, 2011) &#8211; First prize in this year’s highly prestigious photographic competition, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2011, goes to the Danish photographer Jan Grarup. For his award-winning portfolio, entitled ‘Haiti Aftermath’, the winner will be presented with a Leica M9 camera and lenses worth around €9,500 (approximately U.S. $13,760), as well as a cash prize of €5,000 (approximately U.S. $7,240). The second winner in this year’s competition is Jing Huang from China. His portfolio, ‘Pure of Sight’, wins the Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award 2011 and a Leica M9 with lenses. The prizes will be presented on July 5, 2011 as part of the photographic festival in Arles. The central theme of his project, ‘Haiti Aftermath’, focuses on the massive earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010 and its consequences. Jan Grarup’s portfolio shows the extent of the catastrophe and the fate of the survivors in pictures of enormous intensity. The destruction is appalling. A precise count and identification of the victims is difficult due to the enormous devastation. Even today the number of victims can only be estimated, and the government assumes a death toll of around 300,000 people, with more than three million affected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sigma Corporation of America lauds 50 years with anniversary site, giveaways</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ronkonkoma, NY, April 20, 2011 – Sigma Corporation of America is celebrating its 50th anniversary by launching an online community where Sigma users can interact and learn about the company’s history. The Sigma Corporation of America 50th anniversary site was launched this week to commemorate the company’s founding in Japan in 1961. The page will be updated throughout the year to feature videos about the company and its products, advice from Sigma Pros, links to social media channels, and photo-sharing and tagging via Flickr. The site will also host monthly product giveaways, which start immediately with a chance to win one of Sigma’s soon-to-be released, flagship DSLRs, the SD1. New giveaways will be introduced monthly and participants must enter each individual contest for a chance to win. To enter to win or to view the site’s other features, visit Sigma’s dedicated anniversary pages at www.Sigma50th.com. “We’ve made a number of unique, technological advancements in the past 50 years, and we’re incredibly grateful to our loyal customers who have continually appreciated our work and pushed us to innovate,” said Mark Amir-Hamzeh, president of Sigma Corporation of America. “It’s an honor to share this moment with Sigma users and to give them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andrew Lu of Yorktown Heights, N.Y. wins Sigma Scholarship Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ronkonkoma, NY, April 18, 2011 – When Andrew Lu entered the Sigma Corporation of America Scholarship contest, he had two goals: To evoke emotion with his black-and-white imagery and to take home the grand prize. Today, the camera and lens manufacturer announced that Lu has successfully accomplished both of those objectives. The Yorktown Heights, NY, native has been announced as the winner of the second annual Sigma Corporation of America Scholarship Contest, for which he will receive a prize of $5,000 in cash and a $1,000 credit toward Sigma products of his choosing. Lu, a 17-year-old high school senior who plans to study photography in college next fall, wowed the judges with five black and white photographs. He says the images are meant to illustrate the importance of black and white photography, and to appeal to viewers’ senses and urge them to reflect on their own emotions. To view Lu’s photos and essay, visit http://scholarship.sigmaphoto.com/winner-2011.asp. “I am extremely honored to be chosen as the winner of the Sigma Photography Scholarship Contest,” said Lu. “I want to thank everyone who has supported me throughout these few weeks. I would also thank my family and friends for believing in me the whole [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public voting for Sigma Corporation scholarship finalists will close on April 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ronkonkoma, NY, March 28, 2011 – Have you voted for your favorite high school photographer yet? Place your vote by April 1 to help Sigma Corporation of America identify five finalists for its annual Scholarship Contest, and you could help one lucky high school senior win $6,000 in cash and photography gear. A total of 167 high school seniors from all over the nation are in the running for $5,000 in cash and $1,000 in Sigma products of their choosing. The company will close online, public voting on April 1 and, once executives have selected their favorite contestant from the top five finalists, they will announce the winner on April 18. To view the submissions and cast your vote, visit the Sigma scholarship submissions page. Mark Amir-Hamzeh, president of Sigma Corporation of America, said he was impressed by the talent and enthusiasm of this year’s entrants. “It’s exciting to see the students’ participation in this contest grow from year to year,” said Amir-Hamzeh. “The number of entries grew by 30 percent, and the content and quality of the students’ submissions continues to amaze us. Some of the contestants have nearly 2,000 votes right now. It’s going to be a tough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sigma Corporation of America now accepting Scholarship Contest applications</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ronkonkoma, NY, Nov. 30, 2010 – Sigma Corporation of America is currently accepting photo and application submissions for its second annual Scholarship Contest. The contest, which will award $6,000 in cash and photography gear, is open to all high school seniors who plan to pursue a photo-related career. Applications for the contest are now being accepted through Feb. 28, 2011 via the Sigma scholarship website. Students interested in entering the contest must submit between three and five photos that are thematically tied. These photos must also represent outstanding image quality, a concept that is the foundation of Sigma Corporation’s commitment to the photographic industry. In addition, students must complete an essay of between 300 and 800 words that describes their creative process in shooting, selecting and editing their photos. Students pursuing higher education in industries such as photography, photojournalism, graphic arts and design, visual arts and art history are eligible to apply, and each submission will be judged on the creativity of the subject selection, overall technique, and image quality. “The images submitted in our first scholarship contest exhibited a high level of skill and passion which was a true pleasure to see,” said Mark Amir-Hamzeh, general manager of Sigma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extreme Photography: Winners of the Carl Zeiss Nano Image Contest Now Chosen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After an exciting finish the winners of the first Carl Zeiss Nano Image Contest have now been selected. The winners of the four categories will each receive a pair of cinemizer Plus video glasses from Carl Zeiss. OBERKOCHEN/Germany, 30.09.2010. After a two-week final stretch the winners of the first Carl Zeiss Nano Image Contest have now been chosen. The winners are Heinrich Badenhorst from the University of Pretoria, South Africa (category Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)), Norman Hauke and Arne Laucht of the Walter Schottky Institute of Munich Technical University, Germany (category CrossBeam (FIB-SEM)), Dr. Emile van Veldhoven of the TNO Research Institute in Delft, Netherlands, (category Helium Ion Microscopy (HIM)) and Dr. Andrey Burov of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saratov in the category Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The Managing Director of Carl Zeiss NTS, Dr. Frank Stietz, is very pleased at the excellent response to the contest with over 120 entries: “The broad spectrum of application topics, the technical quality and the artistic composition of the nano images are fascinating. We would like to thank all participants for their entries and extend our congratulations to the winners.”   Bizarre landscape made of graphite: the winning picture of Heinrich [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leica Oskar Barnack Award &#8211; Call for Entries</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leica Camera AG, Solms, extends their invitation to submit entries to their international photography competition for professional photographers, the ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Award’. Applications from interested photographers will be accepted exclusively online at www.leicaoskar-barnack-award.com between 15 January and 15 March 2010. The competition also includes the awarding of a ‘Newcomer Award’ that addresses all (prospective) professional photographers aged 25 and under. An international jury awards the ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Award’ / ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award’ to photographers whose unerring powers of observation capture and express the relationship between man and the environment in the most graphic form in a sequence of between ten and twelve images. Entry submissions must be a self-contained series of images in which the photographer perceives and documents the interaction between man and the environment with acute vision and contemporary visual style – creative, groundbreaking and unintrusive. All photo series submitted will be displayed in a specially dedicated online gallery on the Leica website. The ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Award’ is a prize of 5,000 euros or, alternatively, Leica camera equipment to the same value. The winner of the Newcomer Award receives 2,500 euros. The prizes will be presented in the course of the Rencontres Internationales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Invitation to submit entries for the ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Award’ competition for 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leica Camera AG, Solms, extends their invitation to submit entries to their international photography competition for professional photographers, the ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Award’. Applications from interested photographers will be accepted exclusively online at www.leica- oskar-barnack-award.com between 15 January and 15 March 2010. The competition also includes the awarding of a ‘Newcomer Award’ that addresses all (prospective) professional photographers aged 25 and under. An international jury awards the ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Award’ / ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award’ to photographers whose unerring powers of observation capture and express the relationship between man and the environment in the most graphic form in a sequence of between ten and twelve images. Entry submissions must be a self-contained series of images in which the photographer perceives and documents the interaction between man and the environment with acute vision and contemporary visual style – creative, groundbreaking and unintrusive. All photo series submitted will be displayed in a specially dedicated online gallery on the Leica website. The ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Award’ is a prize of 5,000 euros or, alternatively, Leica camera equipment to the same value. The winner of the Newcomer Award receives 2,500 euros. The prizes will be presented in the course of the Rencontres [...]]]></description>
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