How Do I get an Agent?

Lisa Pritchard answers your questions

Lisa Pritchard of the Lisa Pritchard Agency represents photographers such as Julian Calverley, Iain Crockart, Nick Daly, Rob Murray, Jenny Nordquist, as well as BJP's Project Assistance Award winner Ben Roberts. She recently added Laura Pannack to her roster. Pannack won first prize in the Portraits Singles category at the 2009 World Press Photo. In this new column, appearing every two weeks on 1854, Lisa will be answering your questions about the business of photography.

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Hasselblad Masters Award 2010 is open

The Hasselblad Masters Award is the most prestigious awards in the industry, each year celebrating the best in both established and rising photographic talent. Masters Awards are given in recognition of a photographer’s contribution to the art of photography and are judged on overall photographic ability, encompassing creativity, composition, conceptual strength, and technical skill. Past Masters include both renowned artists of international standing as well as promising newcomers in a wide range of fields and disciplines. more . . .

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New firm commits to analogue future

A former Hasselblad executive has launched a new company dedicated to analogue film technology.

Ben Boswell, a former marketing manager at Hasselblad UK, has launched Minute Film, a company that distributes and sells Polaroid films and Holga cameras. 'Over the past 15 years, photography has changed beyond any recognition,' he tells BJP. 'It has become a digital art. With film, the process left a mark on images. You could, by looking at a photo, guess which film was used; in what conditions it was processed. Now, the only mark you see is the one left by Photoshop.'

Minute Film, Boswell's new company, is an attempt to bring character back to photography, he says. 'We're promoting Minute Film as a place where photography matters.

The company will distribute Polaroid film and Holga cameras to dealers around the country, while also selling directly to consumers via its website. The company also plans to sell the new Polaroid films developed by the Impossible Project. The new films will be released later this year.

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Palu Wins Alexia Foundation Grant

Louie Palu, a freelance documentary photographer based in Washington, DC, has won the 2010 Alexia Foundation professional grant of $15,000 for his proposal to document civilian life and culture in Kandahar, Afghanistan, the birthplace of the Taliban. more . . .
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POYi Newspaper Photographer of the Year

Photographer Paul Hansen, a staff photographer with the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, has won newspaper photographer of the year in the 67th annual Picture of the Year International competition at the Missouri School of Journalism. more . . .
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استادم، بهمن جلالی

اگر چه آگاهم که گفتن در باره بهمن جلالی در چند دقیقه بسیار دشوار است، امیدوارم با این مالتی مدیا گوشه ای از جایگاه او را در عکاسی معاصر مان نشان داده باشم و بخش کوچکی از دینم را به مردی بزرگ که تاثیری شگرف بر زندگی و اندیشه ام داشته است، ادا کنم

استادم، بهمن جلالی عنوان مالتی مدایی است که در باره او ساخته ام، یادش گرامی باد.

از دوستان عزیزم امید صالحی و حسن سربخشیان که زحمت ضبط صدای خود و ارسالش را کشیدند متشکرم و نیز دوستانی که اجازه دادند از عکس های شان در این مالتی مدیا استفاده کنم