Photography Blog reports: 
“Vanessa Winship wins coveted ‘Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year’ title, announced at VIP Gala Awards Ceremony in Cannes
Vanessa Winship from United Kingdom has been named Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year, revealed at the VIP Gala Awards ceremony in Cannes. Her entry in the Portraiture category [...]

Brian Rohan reports for Reuters:
“PARIS (Reuters) – An exhibition of rare color photographs of occupied Paris in World War Two has sparked a controversy in France, with some politicians saying it paints too rosy a picture of life under the Nazis.
Paris deputy mayor Christophe Girard, who heads the city’s culture department, has even suggested [...]

By Kristina Cooke of the New Zealand Herald:
“Missy Shields wanted her photos taken while walking to an organic food store. Kaiama Glover longed to capture her life during pregnancy, while Angie Wong wanted snaps while shopping in New York’s SoHo district.
They hired New York photographer Izaz Rony, who is tapping into the demand for candid [...]

By Daryl Lang of PDNonline.com:
“The second annual National Geographic magazine photography grant has been awarded to Jonas Bendiksen, a Magnum photographer who is working to document urban population growth. The grant offers a documentary photographer $50,000 to work on a long-term project. Bendiksen proposed to document the population explosion in Chongqing, a city [...]

Megan Lane Patrick writes for How Design Magazine:
“We’ve collected the most beautiful, distinctive and offbeat business cards from creatives around the country. See how these designers make a great first impression.
In HOW’s December 2007 issue, we showcase 26 business cards that each caught our eye, whether it was because they made us [...]

Konrad Marshall reports for Indy Star.com:
“He looks impeccable, what with the smart gray slacks and the fitted zip-up sweater, the thin black frames and pointed black shoes, his spiked hair and a mauve dress shirt the final flourishes of taste.
He’s diminutive, too, but is also clearly a man who rises to meet occasions.
Sitting on [...]

By Adam Rodewald of Marshfield News-Herald:
“Craig Wilson guided a small, handmade kite throughout the bookstore with a black wand and string.

His movements resembled an interpretive dance.

“We all remember kite flying from Charlie Brown,” who usually got his stuck in a tree and then left feeling disgruntled or depressed, Wilson [...]

Burt Glinn reports for The Chicago Tribune:
Historic images included Castro, Khrushchev in 1959

“NEW YORK — Burt Glinn, a photojournalist whose images of historic moments of the Cold War include Fidel Castro’s 1959 march on Havana and Nikita Khrushchev’s visit to the U.S. that year, has died. He was 82.
Mr. Glinn, who lived in East Hampton, [...]

From ArtDaily.org:
NEW YORK.-Walt Disney Co. animator Ollie Johnston, whose credits include “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Pinocchio,” “Fantasia,” “Cinderella,” and “Alice in Wonderland,” has died. He was 95.
Ollie Johnston was the last of Disney’s “Nine Old Men,” his trusted cadre of animators that included Ward Kimball, Frank Thomas, Wolfgang Reitherman, Les Clark, Eric Larson, [...]

From Juxtapoz.com:
Whether you’re a professional artist, or someone that once took a few photos you think are rad, you should know about some new legislation facing Congress.
Currently before Congress stands the new Orphan Works Bill. If passed, this bill will adversely affect visual artists, as it would drastically affect copyright laws.
Right now, anything you create [...]