About CHIPP 2009-01-12 16:45:53
China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) is an annual photo contest
organized by China Photojournalists Society. It provides a platform where
photojournalists and photographers around the world get to show their works,
exchange ideas and promote friendship. The year 2005 saw the fi
rst contest in
Shenzhen. From the 2nd to the 4th years, the Contest was held in Shenzhen,
Shanghai¡¯s Qingpu District and Yangpu successively.
Since its birth, the CHIPP Contest has been centered on the motto of PEACE
AND DEVELOPMENT. Following the recognized international practice, it invites
experts in the field of press photography all over the world to join the jury
and choose winners from press photos that are taken and published in the past
year by photojournalists and photographers worldwide. It awards excellent works
which reflect achievements and conflicts, changes and progress, and displays
life conditions, emotions, willpower and strength of the subjects.
The Contest is looking to works with broad vision, keen insights, superb
skills, honest reflection and powerful visual impact.
It now consists of eight categories. One gold, one silver, one bronze prizes
and 2 awards of excellence are selected in each of the 8 categories and for both
single images as well as photo stories. One photo will be selected as the Photo
of the Year from all of the gold prize winning photos.
Initially, the Contest jury comprises fifteen worldwide-renowned press photo
theorists, picture editors, photojournalists and press photo educators. From the
2nd CHIPP Contest in 2006, the number of the jury was cut down to thirteen. The
one-week judging process takes place in late March every year, followed by the
awards ceremony and the yearbook in May.
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