Announcing the winners of the 2010 Daylight/CDS Photo Awards:

PROJECT PRIZE

first prize winner
Nandita Raman

juror picks
Rachel Barrett (Hank Willis Thomas)
Priya Kambli (Vince Aletti)
Jan Lieske (Jamie Wellford)
Nandita Raman (Julie Saul)
Daniel Stier (Darius Himes and Alec Soth)

honorable mentions
Susan Bank
Matt Eich
Jason Florio
Eamon Mac Mahon
Michael Marten
Pierpaolo Mittica
Geir Moseid
Louie Palu
Melissa Ann Pinney
Martin Roemers

WORK-IN-PROCESS PRIZE

first prize winner
Elizabeth Moreno

juror picks
Erica Allen (Hank Willis Thomas)
Paula McCartney (Darius Himes)
Elizabeth Moreno (Vince Aletti)
Martin Roemers (Jamie Wellford)
Monika Sziladi (Julie Saul and Alec Soth)

honorable mentions
Jessica Auer
J Carrier
Dianne Davis
Eyal Dinar
Lorena Endara
Bepi Ghiotti
Maria Gonzalez
Holly Lynton
Sarah Sudhoff
Stratis Vogiatzis

Further details about the resulting exhibition and web presentations will be announced shortly.

More information about the Daylight/CDS Photo Awards

daylight/center for documentary studies @ goldenbelt

Join us for a free evening of multimedia projections featuring audio/visual presentations of contemporary photography projects.

June 11, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Durham, NC

7:30 p.m., drinks, snacks, and conversation

8:30 p.m., Daylight Multimedia Screenings and a special slide presentation of applicants’ work from the 2010 Daylight/CDS Photo Awards!

Directions to and information about Goldenbelt: http://www.goldenbeltarts.com/index.shtml

guidelines and faqs

daylight/cds photo awards
An international photography competition

Please note that due to the high volume of requests, it is not possible for Daylight or CDS’s editors or exhibition staff to review unsolicited material outside of the Daylight/CDS Photo Awards competition.

schedule and deadline
• Submissions accepted from march 15–june 1, 2010
• deadline: tuesday, june 1, 2010, 8 p.m. (edt)

Winners announced during the week of July 12, 2010.
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center for documentary studies announces new internship program

The Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University is accepting applications for nine-month internship positions that will begin in September 2010 and end in May 2011. The interns will gain broad experience in the documentary field, with particular focus on exhibiting, publishing (print and web), and producing a range of materials related to the documentary arts. Two positions are available. (See more detailed descriptions below.) The interns will be based at CDS in Durham, North Carolina, for the 2010-11 academic year.

To qualify, applicants should be recent college graduates (no more than three years out of school) who demonstrate excellent communications abilities, pay careful attention to details, balance initiative and drive with congeniality and team play, show creative talent, and exhibit achievement in some aspect of the documentary arts. CDS internships require a commitment of 30 hours per week, and interns receive a monthly stipend of $1,000.

Interns will be expected to participate as staff colleagues in all CDS activities.

The Center for Documentary Studies offers an interdisciplinary program in the documentary arts—photography, audio, film/video, narrative writing, and other means of creative expression—that emphasizes active engagement in the world beyond the university campus. Much more than a traditional educational center, CDS encourages experiential learning in diverse environments outside the classroom, with an emphasis on the role of individual artistic expression in advancing broader societal goals. Programs range widely to include university undergraduate courses, popular summer institutes that attract students from across the country, international awards competitions, award-winning book publishing and radio programming, exhibitions of new and established artists in our own galleries, and fieldwork projects in the U.S. and abroad. READ MORE: http://cds.aas.duke.edu

To apply to be part of the 2010-11 internship program, send a cover letter, resume, writing sample, one letter of recommendation, and a personal statement of goals and intent for the internship to Lauren Hart at lh90@duke.edu. Please send all materials as electronic files with “internship applicant (applicant’s name) – (exhibitions or publishing)” in the e-mail subject line. Ideally, the recommendation letter should be sent as a PDF directly from the person who is recommending the applicant, with the same information in the e-mail subject line.

deadline: June 1, 2010.

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announcing the daylight magazine/center for documentary studies photo awards

In recognition of our mutual interest in documentary and fine art photography, Daylight Magazine and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University have started an international competition, the Daylight/CDS Photo Awards, to honor and promote talented and committed photographers, both emerging and established.

Two awards, a PROJECT PRIZE and a WORK-IN-PROCESS PRIZE.

Guest Jurors > vince aletti, writer/critic; darius himes, editor/curator; julie saul, gallery owner/director; alec soth, photographer; hank willis thomas, photographer; jamie wellford, international photo editor, Newsweek
> with taj forer and michael itkoff, editors, Daylight Magazine, and alexa dilworth, publishing director, and courtney reid-eaton, exhibitions director, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University

submissions accepted from march 15–may 15, 2010
deadline: saturday, may 15, 2010, 8 p.m. (est)
winners announced during the week of july 12, 2010.
full guidelines will be posted on daylight and cds websites march 15, 2010.
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