The annual American Illustration and American Photography party was held last Thursday to honor the winners. Redux images in this year’s book include: Ben Baker’s portraits of Rudy Giuliani, Nina Berman’s coverage of wounded marine Ty Ziegel’s wedding to his high school sweetheart, Jessica Dimmock’s story on migrant workers in Vietnam, Rita Leistner’s “Portraitscapes of War” from Lebanon, Kevin Miyazaki’s personal project on abandoned fast food restaurants, Sandy Nicholson’s “Members of the Secretive Society of Maso”, Q. Sakamaki’s Sri Lanka and Nathaniel Welch’s “The Great Yank-Euro Ski-Off”.

The Magenta Foundation is hosting an opening of emerging photographers from Canada, the UK and the USA, among them, our Christopher LaMarca. Opening night is Thursday, November 29 from 6-8pm at Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts (508 West 26th Street, Suite 5A). The exhibit will be up until December 22, 2007.

On Monday, October 15th, Seen/Unseen is presenting “Underreported” at the Bubble Lounge; details are available at http://seenunseen.org. This show is curated by Jake Price and Jamie Wellford, photo editors at Newsweek.

Photographers presenting, and in attendance: Debbie Flemming Caffery, Alan Chin, James Whitlow Delano, Stanley Green, Farah Nosh, Jake Price, Lorena Ros, Q. Sakamaki, and Moises Saman.

Projections are at 8pm and 10pm.

A behind-the-scenes look at what goes into making crash-test dummies was published in the October 2007 issue of IEEE Spectrum. Additional images are available on their website.

The Gallery at the Soho Grand is showing works by fashion designer Craig Robinson and Rudy Archuleta from May 31 - August 15, 2007.

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Biggest congratulations to our photographers who have recently been recognized at awards ceremonies on both sides of the pond.

Last night, Q. Sakamaki was presented (by Katie Couric, looking really buff and happy — must be the new boyfriend) the Olivier Rebbot Award at the Overseas Press Club dinner.

Michael Massmann, Q Sakamaki and Marcel Saba after the Overseas Press Club Dinner

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Last weekend, Nina Berman, David Butow and Q Sakamaki traveled to Amsterdam to show their work and accept World Press Photo awards.

David, Q and Nina on stage in Amsterdam

David Butow before presenting his slideshow at World Press

The 2006 Louis Vuitton Classic Boheme Run, a vintage car rally from Budapest to Vienna to Prague, appears online at mensvogue.com:

Nathaniel Welch photographed Chicago Bears Alex Brown and Brian Vrlacher for the cover of the October 23, 2006 issue of ESPN The Magazine.