This is a brief excerpt from PetaPixel
Michael Zhang · Feb 08, 2013
Want to win the most prestigious press photo contest in the world this year? It’s okay if you don’t shoot with the latest camera gear — just make sure your work stands out from things that have come before.In a short interview published last month on the World Press Photo website, 2013 jury chair Gary Knight had this to say regarding what they’re looking for:
I am looking forward to being surprised by imaginative photography that is original, curious, and thoughtful. I am not concerned at all about what equipment has been used, I am not sure it’s really very relevant. I would love to see a representation of the world that isn’t reductive, that doesn’t represent the world in photographic cliches – old or new cliches. Since the first year I judged the contest, I saw photographers emulating work that had been successful in previous years or plagiarizing the style and vision of someone else. I dearly hope that I don’t have to wade through thousands of pictures like that. A lot of the work can end up looking so similar, it’s hard to identify one body of work from …
By: Michael Zhang
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