A WORLD OF WINNERS

April 12, 2007 - ZUMA Press hits a grand slam for the 2007 award season! The first score was a repeat ZUMA photographer win for Daniel Beltra for his heart stopping environmental images on the Amazon, at the prestigious WORLD PRESS AWARDS in Amsterdam. Then we garnered a POYi first place win for "Best Photography Book Award" for ZUMA Press Book's Testify by Colin Finlay. Plus, numerous ZUMA partner newspapers collected a ton of awards, too. Third with a bullet was the National Press Photographers Association's Best of Photojournalism 2007 nod to DOUBLEtruck Magazine in the Best Use of Photography for Magazines, beating out perennial winner National Geographic.

Just in today...Rounding out the grand slam was a major win in Canada's Applied Arts 2007, as 10 ZUMA photographers won in the Applied Arts Magazine 2007 Photography/Illustration Annual, dominating the photojournalism category.
The Applied Arts Magazine 2007 Photography/Illustration Annual winners are: Complete Book Photography: ZUMA Press Books' for Testify

Photojournalism Photography: Ringo Chiu for "Anti-Israeli War Protest in LA"

Photojournalism Photography: Thomas Meredith for "One Year After Katrina"

Photojournalism Photography: Toby Morris for "The Reaper's Den"

Photojournalism Photography: Matthew Williams for "Garbage Dump Kids"

Photojournalism Photography: Jamie Wiseman for "Israeli Assault on Lebanon Continues"

Photojournalism Photography: Kobi Wolf for "Palestinian Demo Against the Wall"

Photojournalism Photography: Altaf Zargar for "Grenade Attack Kills 6 in Kashmir"

Sports Photography: Jay Drowns for "American League Championship Series, A Tough Game"

Still-Life Photography: Marianna Day Massey for "Portobello"

"We're very proud of all our shooters around the globe and especially happy to see majority are twentysomethings, so there's so much more to come from these talented individuals. Bravo! Hats off to one and all! Cheers!" says Scott Mc Kiernan, ZUMA's founder and director.

Save These Dates!

April 4 - 18, 2007 - SHOW: 'L.A. Stories'- by ZUMA photographer David Healey. The one time Magnum photographer and master black & white printer brings us the streets of "lala land" from his unique strong perspective.
Farmani Gallery 844 South Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. 310.657.5756

April 7 - May 2, 2007- ONE-MAN-SHOW - ZUMA music portrait rocker photographer John Gilhooley's one-man-show of 20 plus prints.
Memphis at the Santora in Santa Ana, California.

April 23, 2007 - 3:00 - 4:00 PM - WAR TALK - You can join ZUMA "Hill" photographer Bill Putnam as he speaks to his alumni at Montgomery College about his time in Iraq. Putnam will be showing his war images and giving a talk about his time there in uniform and as a civilian. The college has promised punch and pie to be served afterward.

May 10, 2007 - 5 - 6:30 pm - SILVER vs. DIGITAL - The Flashpoint of Photography in the 21st Century. Moderated by Dennis Keeley (Chair, Department of Photography, Art Center Collage of Design) with Veronica Cotter (Ilford), Manfred Heiting (Collector), Mac Holbert (Nash Editions), Daile Kaplan (Director of Photography, Swann Galleries, N.Y.), Antonin Kratochvil (Photographer), Dan Milnor (Wedding & Documentary Photographer), Bryant Tsutsumida (FujiFilms).

9:15 pm - 11:30 pm Evening Projections: - Henry Diltz & Dirck Halstead
11:30 pm - 1:00 am Poolside Party

To register for this entire event CLICK HERE, ZUMA Press Photographers get 15% off!

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