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CALENDAROF EVENTS
2012 MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
Your 2012 membership renewal notices have been sent out. You must be a member in good standing in order to enter any of the upcoming contests. This includes being current in your dues. Some contest information will be included in the mailing, so please read carefully. Remember to renew!
Contest information, deadlines and rules have been posted on the web site in the CONTEST INFO section.
CONTEST WEEKEND FEB 24 - 26, 2012
This year contest judging will be held at National Geographic the weekend of February 24-26, 2012. There will be presentations by some of the judges at the general membership meeting on Friday night, Feb. 24, 2012. Judging on the 26th and 27th is open to the public, so please spread the word and bring a friend and your students, if you teach.
The dinner committee is making plans for the Eyes of History gala on May 5, 2012, to be held again at the fabulous Ritz Carlton in downtown Washington.
You can book your hotel room at the Ritz Carlton at: www.ritzcarlton.com/washingtondc and enter in the Group code section -PHOPHOA - to get the group rate of $269.
The Renaissance Washington, DC Dupont Circle at 1143 New Hampshire Avenue NW · Washington, DC also will have a block of WHNPA rooms for $169. RESERVATIONS PROCESS: Online and phone reservations will be accepted beginning on 02/08/2012. A dedicated booking website has been created for our May 5 event. For phone reservations (Toll free) 1-877-212-5752 or 1-506-474-2009
As you prepare for this year's contest, let's revisit the 2011 "The Eyes of History" gala. Photos by Kevin Wolf.
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HISTORY OF THE WHNPA
Watch a 3:37 minute video produced for WHNPA "The Eyes of History" 2005 gala, narrated by host Joe Scarborough and hosted by washingtonpost.com. The clip features an overview of the Association's history, along with archival footage of such memorable events as the destruction of the Hindenberg, Harry Truman the morning after he won surprise re-election, President Johnson lifting his dog by the ears, the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, and other once-in-a-lifetime events covered by WHNPA still and video photographers.
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Would you like to buy copies of previous contest books? Limited numbers of the contest books from 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 books are available for $20 plus $5 shipping/handling. Visit the online store. Please note: a few books/DVDs from 2006, 2005, 2004,2003,2002 remain available -- see store for availability.
Revisit 2010's The Eyes of History dinner festivities. If you cannot view the embedded Flash Slideshow below, or if you'd like to click through manually and download some of the pictures in which you appear, visit our iphone/ipod touch/ipad compatible PHOTO GALLERY.
Photographer of the Year: Andrea Bruce, The Washington Post
Political Photo of the Year: Untitled, Charles Ommanney, Getty Images for Newsweek
Video Photographer of the Year: Dai Baker, ITN Video Editor of the Year: Bill McKenna, BBC
Award-winning photos, videos, and multimedia from the 2008 contest
2008 WHNPA Photographer of the Year: Jahi Chikwendiu, Washington Post
2008 WHNPA Political Photo of the Year: Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles Times
AWARD WINNING 2007 PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS remain online. Thanks to washingtonpost.com for hosting our videos, and to National Geographic Channel for hosting the 2007 Eyes of History contests.
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THE EYES OF HISTORY 2005 GALA PICTURES and VIDEOS REMAIN ONLINE
Videos from The Eyes of History 2005 Gala (May 21, 2005, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC) are also online, courtesy of washingtonpost.com.
View President Bush's speech and his hilarious slide show, "Snapshot of a Presidency," produced by the White House (10:04 mins), and Chick Harrity's Lifetime achievement award presentation (14:24 mins). Linked video requires REAL PLAYER. Thanks to WHNPA members Ed Eaves, and John Poole, Jonathan Forsythe, and Ben de la Cruz of washingtonpost.com for helping us offer these videos online.
If you already have Real Player, view this year's gala videos. If you need to download REAL PLAYER, visit Real.com, click the Premium Video link, then click the FREE PLAYER button at the upper right hand corner.
