photo/Bob Miller
2012 WHNPA STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER ANNOUNCED; BOB MILLER OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY WINS TOP HONOR
Nation’s Student Photographers Compete for Top Award (WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 19, 2012)
The White House News Photographers Association announced that Bob Miller of Syracuse University has been named the WHNPA Student Photographer of the Year, and Ian C. Bates of Ohio University and Christen Minnick of Brooks Institute of Photography were judged as Award of Excellence winners in the 2012 WHNPA ‘The Eyes of HistoryTM’ student contest.
“We are in our fifth year of the WHNPA Student Photographer of the Year competition and every year the student entries amaze us,” said contest chairwoman Jamie Rose. “The judges had a very difficult job to find the best overall portfolio from 49 entries. However, when they saw Bob’s portfolio they all agreed he was the clear winner. We are very excited for both Bob and Syracuse as this is the school’s first POY from our contest.”
Upon learning of his win, Miller said: “I am honored to be selected as this year’s winner! The teaching I got at Syracuse under Tom Kennedy and others was really fundamental to my growth as a photographer.” “Bob Miller is not just an incredibly talented photographer, but more importantly, he is one of the nicest human beings you will ever meet! All of the faculty at Newhouse/S.U. are extremely proud of Bob and look forward to seeing how he to world issues through his unique style of visual storytelling,” said Bruce Strong, Associate Professor/Incoming Multimedia Photography & Design Department Chair.
Miller receives a cash prize of $1,000, WHNPA-branded gear bags, two tickets to the awards gala in May, and round trip transportation via Continental Airlines to Washington. He also receives a $1,000 scholarship to any Momenta workshop. Awards of Excellence winners, Bates and Minnick receive $100.00 cash prize and a $500.00 Scholarship from Momenta.
The judges for the WHNPA 2012 ‘Eyes of HistoryTM’ Student competition were Susan Biddle, freelance politics and news photographer, Marvin Joseph and Melina Mara, both photographers at The Washington Post. The WHNPA student contest was sponsored in part by Momenta Workshops. Momenta seeks to support documentary photography educators, photographic providers and professional organizations in their efforts as communicators of ideas and emotions across a wide human audience. For more information visit their site at www.momentaworkshops.com.
The top winners of the still, video, new media and student contests will be honored at the annual ‘Eyes of HistoryTM’ Gala on May 5, 2012, at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington. The black-tie event celebrates all the winning photojournalists and the President of the United States. Nearly 1,000 guests, including government dignitaries and industry celebrities, attend.
The White House News Photographers Association is a 91-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the efforts of Washington’s professional photojournalists. The WHNPA aims to provide professional and educational outreach to its members and the community through scholarships, programming, an annual competition and a celebration of the industry at the annual “Eyes of HistoryTM” gala. For more information please contact Ron Sachs at president@whnpa.or1 (301-526-1597) or executive director Heidi Elswick at heidi@whnpa.org (301-606- 8251). For further information about ‘The Eyes of HistoryTM’ and to view the winning images and videos, visit the WHNPA website at www.whnpa.org. The WHNPA and “The Eyes of HistoryTM” are sponsored in part by Nikon, Tiffen/Domke, PNY, and Continental Airlines.
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RULES & SUBMISSION GUIDELINES (PDF, 300 kb)
STUDENT CONTEST POSTER (PDF 444 kb)
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PAYPAL LINK (student membership/contest fee)
Membership application and by-laws
Entrants are not required to be WHNPA members but membership is encouraged.
If you choose to apply for membership, your entrance fee will go towards your first yearly dues.
Simply submit your application with your contest entry materials.
You can find the application at: http://www.whnpa.org/join/index.htm#member.
Undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in a degree program are eligible.
Students who graduated in December/Winter 2011 are eligible to apply for the 2012 contest.
Be sure to read the Rules and Submission Guidelines document for complete entry requirements and procedures.
One student portfolio will be chosen as the winner and the portfolio will go on The Eyes of History™ contest website.
The 2012 Student Photographer of the Year will receive the following awards:
• A $1,000 award from the White House News Photographers Association
• A round trip ticket from sponsor Continental Airlines to attend The Eyes of History™ Awards Gala (within the Continental Airline Gateway only).
• Two tickets from WHNPA to the black tie ‘The Eyes of History’™ Awards Gala in Washington, D.C.
• A two page spread in ‘The Eyes of History’™ Awards book
• Portfolio highlighted in the traveling exhibit
• Portfolio highlighted in the the annual exhibition at Edison Place Gallery in Washington.
• Portfolio featured on ‘The Eyes of History’™ contest website at www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012.
• A $1000 scholarship to any Momenta Workshop of your choice (good through Spring 2013).
The 2012 Honorable Mention Portfolio winners will receive the following awards:
• A $100 award from Momenta Workshops
• Portfolio featured on ‘The Eyes of History’ ™ contest website at www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012.
• A $500 scholarship to any Momenta Workshop of your choice (good through Spring 2013).
The contest submissions will open on February 1, 2012, and will be accepted through March 15, 2012.
No submissions will be accepted after 11:59 p.m. EST on March 15, 2012.
A public judging will be held on March 17, 2012, hosted in the Washington Times newspaper offices in Washington, D.C.
You may wish to read about the 2011 contest winner and review the 2011 student contest winning portfolios
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