Inspiration in Chicago
At Annual POYi Program
The POYi Education & Awards Program in Chicago was a tremendous success with hundreds attending the presentations and exhibition debut. Our sincere appreciation to all the premiere speakers who inspired, educated, and motivated us all. Our sincere thanks to The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Photography Center that hosted the 69th annual POYi Education & Awards Program on April 20 – 21.
POYi was privileged to partner with Chicago's foremost news organization and the city's prestigious learning and gallery institution for the two-day event featuring presentations and a 50-print exhibition by winning photojournalists and visual editors.
The two-day event welcomed some of the most prestigious photojournalists and visual editors as premier speakers. The Chicago Photography Center hosted an open reception for the unveiling of the POYi "Visions of Excellence" exhibition. The Chicago Tribune will welcomed POYi on Saturday for an impressive full day schedule by premier winners, including recognition of the world's best photojournalists during the presentation of awards ceremony.
Key speakers this year were Marco Grob and Kira Pollack of TIME Magazine for their project, "Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience;" Ed Ou of Reportage by Getty Images; and Newspaper Photographer of the Year Craig F. Walker with The Denver Post, among other speakers.
The program is completely free and everyone is welcome to attend. POYi welcomes all the winners to receive their awards and participate in the education and professional development program.
POYi is honored to have partnered with these esteemed institutions. Thanks to the generous invitations from The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Photography Center, POYi is able to realize its goal to offer professional development and inspiration to photographers through the power of imagery and presentations.
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and appreciate the art of photography by offering a variety of classes and
exhibition activities; sustaining a corps of volunteers; sharing our cameras with overlooked and underserved communities; and providing a vibrant, welcoming environment in which all this happens."
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LOOK3 Festival
Hosts POYi
50-Print Exhibit
POYi presents the 50-print "Visions of Excellence" exhibition at the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, VA. The exhibit will be open for a one-month showing from June 1 - 30 at the McGuffey Art Center.
Join us for three days of "peace, love and photography." The LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph will return to downtown Charlottesville on June 7 - 9 with exhibitions, presentations, interviews, workshops and outdoor projections curated by David Griffin and Vincent J. Musi.
This is the fifth consecutive year that the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph and POYi have partnered to showcase the work of photojournalists to the public and engage citizens.
The POYi Exhibition will include photography from two premier POYi programs:
- Visions of Excellence — The world's best documentary photography and photojournalism from the 69th annual competition.
- Emerging Vision — Katie Orlinsky's project, "Innocence Assassinated:
Living in Mexico's Drug
War," recipient of the 2011 incentive funding.
"Visions of Excellence"
June 1 - 30, 2012
McGuffey Art Center
201 Second Street, NW
Charlottesville, VA
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