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[EN] ipernity, official partner of the Sony World Photography Awards, invites all the photographers among its members to participate to the 2010 amateur competition.

The Sony World Photography Awards are entirely international, welcoming people from across the globe to submit their photographs into an exciting amateur competition, which is run alongside the Professional Awards.

As an amateur photographer, you also have the opportunity to be judged by the World Photographic Academy in the hopes of taking the stage in Cannes to receive one of the most sought after prizes in the competition: The Sony World Photography Awards Amateur Photographer of the Year.

Submitting your images

Each photographer may submit up to a total of 3 photographs into the competition for free. The 3 photographs can be submitted into any one amateur category or spread across two - three different categories.

Images entered must have been shot in 2009

Categories are:

1. Architecture
2. Conceptual & Constructed
3. Documentary
4. Fashion
5. Landscape
6. Music
7. Natural History
8. Portraiture
9. Sport

The Judging Process

Your images will go through various pre-selection rounds by our officially selected 2010 Pre-Selection Committee, iStock.

If your image is selected to go into the top 400, you will then be judged by the 2010 Judging Committee, comprising selected World Photographic Academy members.

A shortlist of top ten amateur photographers per category will be announced in February 2010.

The 8 Category Winners, will be showcased as part of the official 2010 Finalists exhibitions in Cannes, be published in the winner’s book and be announced to the worldwide press as Sony World Photography Awards Category Winners in March, 2010. These winners will also have the opportunity to be part of an annual SWPA Global Tour and showcased on the SWPA website for all of 2010.

One grand prize winner will be selected from the 8 category winners by the 2010 Judging Committee and be awarded The Sony World Photography Awards Amateur Photographer of the Year.

The overall winner and a guest will be flown to Cannes, receive two nights’ accommodation in a luxury hotel on the famous Croisette, receive VIP tickets to attend the evening gala awards ceremony on the 15th of April, 2010, and collect their prize of $5,000 and a Sony gift. The winner will also receive week-long passes to attend the World Photography Festival screenings, workshops, exhibitions, talks and other events taking place throughout the city of Cannes from the 13th – 18th of April 2010.

Entering the competition

► Official web site: learn more and enter the competition

Be known in ipernity as a participant

► Share your entered images in your ipernity space

► Add them to the ipernity group created for each competition category

• Architecture
• Conceptual & Constructed
• Documentary
• Fashion
• Landscape
• Music
• Natural History
• Portraiture
• Sport

Explore the pages that ipernity has dedicated to the SWPA

► www.ipernity.com/wpa

[FR] ipernity, partenaire officiel des Sony World Photography Awards, invite tous les photographes parmi ses membres à participer au concours amateur 2010.

Le Sony World Photography Awards est une organisation internationale qui accueille des personnes du monde entier, lesquels proposent leurs clichés dans des concours d’Amateurs particulièrement stimulants – concours qui se déroulent parallèlement aux Professional Awards.

Si vous êtes photographe amateur, vous avez vous aussi la possibilité d’être évalué par la World Photographic Academy qui vous donnera peut-être l'opportunité de monter sur les planches de Cannes pour y recevoir l’une des distinctions les plus courues du concours : le Photographe Amateur de l’Année des Sony World Photography Awards.

Comment concourir

Chaque photographe peut proposer gratuitement jusqu’à trois photos dans le cadre du concours. Ces 3 photos peuvent être soumises dans une seule ou deux ou trois catégories différentes.

Les photographies participantes doivent avoir été prises en 2009.

Les catégories sont :

1. Architecture
2. Conceptuel & Construction
3. Documentaire
4. Mode
5. Paysage
6. Musique
7. Histoire naturelle
8. Portrait
9. Sport

La procédure de sélection

Les photos passent plusieurs étapes de présélection devant notre Comité de Présélection iStock.

Si votre photo est retenue parmi les 400 meilleures, vous serez évalué par le Jury 2010, lequel inclut des membres de la World Photographic Academy.

Une liste de dix finalistes amateurs dans chaque catégorie sera rendue publique le 24 février 2010.

Les 8 lauréats des catégories seront exposés dans le cadre des expositions officielles des finalistes de 2010 à Cannes ; leurs noms seront communiqués à la presse internationale en mars 2010, comme Lauréats par catégorie des Sony World Photography Awards. Ces lauréats pourront également participer à une Tournée Mondiale annuelle de la SWPA et seront exposés sur le site internet de la SWPA tout au long de l’année 2010.

Parmi les huit lauréats par catégorie, un lauréat du Grand Prix sera choisi par le Jury 2010 ; il obtiendra la distinction de Photographe Amateur de l’Année des Sony World Photography Awards.

Le gagnant du grand prix sera invité avec une personne de son choix à Cannes, pour deux nuits dans un hôtel de luxe sur la célèbre Croisette, des billets VIP pour la soirée de gala du 15 avril 2010, ainsi qu’une somme de 5.000 $ et un cadeau remis par Sony. Ce lauréat obtiendra également des badges pour toute la semaine, qui lui permettront d’assister au Festival Mondial de la Photographie - à ses expositions, projections, ateliers de travail, conférences et autres événements qui auront lieu à Cannes entre les 13 et 18 avril 2010.

Participez à la compétition

► Site officiel: en savoir plus et participer à la compétition

Faites le savoir sur ipernity!

► Partagez les photos soumises dans votre espace ipernity

► Ajoutez les aux groupes ipernity dédiés à chaque categorie

• Architecture
• Conceptuel & Constructi
• Documentary
• Mode
• Paysage
• Musique
• Histoire naturelle
  
• Portrait
• Sport

Explorez les pages qu'ipernity dédie aux SWPA

► www.ipernity.com/wpa

[DE] ipernity, offizieller Partner der Sony World Photography Awards, lädt alle Fotografen unter seinen Mitgliedern ein, zum 2010 Amateurwettbewerb teilzunehmen.

Die internationalen Sony World Photography Awards heißen Menschen aus aller Welt willkommen, ihre Werke für den Amateur-Wettbewerb einzureichen. Dieser findet parallel zu den Profiauszeichnungen statt.

Als Amateurfotograf haben Sie ebenfalls die Chance, von der World Photographic Academy ausgezeichnet zu werden, und die Möglichkeit in Cannes einen der begehrten Preise im Wettbewerb zu erhalten: Den Sony World Photography Awards Amateurfotografen des Jahres.

Einreichen Ihrer Bilder

Jeder Fotograf kann gratis bis zu 3 Fotos einreichen. Die 3 Fotos können in einer Amateurkategorie eingereicht werden, oder über zwei oder drei Kategorien verteilt werden.

Die eingereichten Bilder müssen 2009 geschossen worden sein.

Kategorien

1. Architektur
2. Konzept & konstruiert
3. Dokumentar
4. Mode
5. Landschaft
6. Musik
7. Naturgeschichte
8. Portrait
9. Sport

Der Bewertungsprozess

Ihre Bilder werden durch verschiedene Vorauswahlrunden mit unserem offiziell auserwählten 2010-Vorauswahlskommittee iStock – einer Getty Bilderagentur gehen.

Falls Ihr Bild in die ersten 400 aufgenommen wird, werden Sie durch das Bewertungskommittee 2010gehen. Dieses besteht aus auserwählten Mitgliedern der World Photographic Academy.

Am Februar 2010 werden die zehn besten Fotografen pro Kategorie ernannt, und kommen in die engere Auswahl.

Die Sieger der acht Kategorien werden als Teil der offiziellen Ausstellung der Finalisten 2010 in Cannes ausgestellt und im März 2010 der internationalen Presse als Kategoriesieger der Sony Photography Awards vorgestellt. Diese Sieger haben ebenfalls die Chance, Teil einer SWPA-Welttournee zu sein und auf der SWPA-Internetseite im ganzen Jahr 2010 ausgestellt zu werden.

Ein Gesamtsieger wird aus den acht Kategoriesiegern durch das Bewertungskommittee 2010 ausgewählt und erhält den Sony World Photography Award Amateurfotograf des Jahres.

Der Gesamtsieger und ein Gast werden nach Cannes eingeflogen, erhalten zwei Übernachtungen in einem Luxuxhotel auf der berühmten Croisette, zwei VIP-Tickets für den Galaabend im April 2010, ein Preisgeld von 5.000 $ und ein Geschenk von Sony. Außerdem erhält der Sieger Wocheneintrittskarten für Vorstellungen, Workshops, Ausstellungen, Gesprächsrunden und andere Veranstaltungen auf dem World Photography Festival, das vom 13. bis zum 18. April in ganz Cannes stattfinden wird.

Entering the competition

► Offizielle Website: lernen Sie mehr und enter the competition

Be known in ipernity as a participant

► Share your entered images in your ipernity space

► Add them to the ipernity group created for each competition category

• Architektur
• Konzept & konstruiert
• Dokumentar
• Mode
• Landschaft
• Musik
• Naturgeschichte
• Portrait
• Sport

Explore the pages that ipernity has dedicated to the SWPA

► www.ipernity.com/wpa

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[EN] Try out our new slideshow!

-- truly multimedia: photos, videos and audio tracks are played

-- fullscreen mode

-- "on the fly" fave button

-- sharing code to embed in your ipernity blog or your Web site.

You can launch slideshows from members galleries, albums, groups. And soon you'll be able to view search results as slideshows (including tag search).

[FR] Essayez notre nouveau diaporama !

- réellement multimédia : les photos, les vidéos et les pistes sonores sont jouées

- mode plein écran

- possibilité d'ajouter "à la volée" à vos favoris

- code de partage pour insérer dans votre blog ipernity or dans votre site Web.

Vous pouvez lancer les diaporamas à partir des galeries des membres, des albums, des groupes. Et bientôt, vous pourrez voir en diaporama les résultats de recherche (y compris la recherche par tag).

[DE] Probiert mal unsere neuen Slideshow-Funktionen aus!

– echtes Multimedia: Ihr könnt Fotos, Videos und Audiodateien abspielen,

– „Fullscreen“-Modus,

– einfacher „Favorite Button“,

– mit „Sharing Code“, um sie in Euren ipernity-Blog oder in die eigene Website einzubetten.

Slideshows lassen sich jetzt aus Galerien, Alben und Gruppen anzeigen. Und demnächst wird es auch möglich sein, sich Suchresultate als Slideshows anzeigen zu lassen (inklusive Schlagwortsuche).

[EL] Δοκιμάστε το νέο μας διαπόραμα!

- Πραγματικά πολυμέσα: παρουσιάζει φωτογραφίες, ταινίες και ακροάματα

- Πλήρης κάλυψη τής οθόνης

- Άμεση πρόσθεση στα προτιμώμενα

- Παροχή κώδικα για ενσωμάτωση στο ιστολόγιό σας (τού ipernity ή άλλο ιστόχωρό σας).


Μπορεί να παρουσιάσει εκθετήρια μελών, λευκώματα, ομίλους. Και σύντομα θα μπορείτε να δείτε τα αποτελέσματα αναζήτησης σαν διαπόραμα (συμπεριλαμβανομένων αναζητήσεων ετικέτας).

Here's a sample of embedded multimedia slideshow / Voici un exemple de diaporama multimedia que vous pouvez insérer dans votre blog (credit : graphistolage)

[EN] At last, you can now change your albums display order, using the DocManager.

Here's how to do:

1) launch the DocManager (through "My Space" / "DocManager" menu);

2) click the "Albums" tab;

3) then move albums with your mouse to get the display order you want.

So easy!

[FR] Enfin ! Vous pouvez désormais changer l'ordre d'affichage de vos albums avec le DocManager.

Voici comment faire :

1) lancez le DocManager (menu "Mon Espace" / "DocManager") ;
2) cliquez sur l'onglet "Albums" ;
3) puis déplacez les albums avec la souris pour obtenir l'ordre d'affichage souhaité.
Et voilà !

[DE] Ab sofort kannst Du über den DocManager die Reihenfolge deiner Alben ändern.

So geht's:

1) rufe den DocManager auf (über "Mein Ipernity" / "DocManager" );

2) klick auf den "Albums" Reiter;

3) dann ziehe mit der Maus die Alben in die Reihenfolge wie du sie dargestellt haben möchtest.

So einfach ist das!

[EO] Finfine, vi povas nun ŝanĝi la sinsekvon, en kiu montriĝu viaj albumoj, uzante DocManager. Jen kiel:

1) lanĉu DocManager (per la menuo "Mia Spaco" / "DocManager" );

2) alklaku la langeton "Albumoj";

3) nun movu albumojn per la muso por atingi la deziratan sinsekvon.

Tre facile!

[EL] Ἐπιτέλους, μπορεῖτε ν᾽ ἀλλάξετε τὴν σειρὰ ἐμφάνισης τῶν λευκωμάτων, χρησιμοποιῶντας τὸν DocManager.

Ἰδού πῶς γίνεται:

1) ἐκκινῆστε τὸν DocManager (μενοῦ «Τομέας μου» / «DocManager»),

2) ἐπιλέξτε τὴν καρτέλα «λευκώματα»,

3) στὴ συνέχεια, σύρετε τὸ λεύκωμα μὲ τὸν δείκτη (ποντίκι) γιὰ νὰ λάβετε τὴν ἐπιθυμητὴ διάταξη.

Ἕτοιμος!

[NL] Eindelijk!! Vanaf nu kun je de volgorde van je albums veranderen.

Het werkt als volgt:

1) Ga naar de DocManager (via "Mijn ipernity" naar "DocManager"-menu);

2) klik op de tab "Albums";

3) Klik met de linkermuisknop op het album wat je wil verplaatsen en sleep het (door de linkermuisknop vast te houden) naar de plaats waar je het album hebben wil. Linkermuisknop loslaten ... en klaar!!

Zo gemakkelijk is het!

[EN] Dear ipernauts,

No news from us since a long time. Now we can give you the reason: we are currently focused on a funds raising process to provide ipernity with more means, to increase its development and to make your favorite site one of tomorrow's leading Web services.

Rather than looking for venture capital, we decided to open up ipernity's share capital to French wealth taxpayers. Indeed, a new French law (named TEPA) allows French wealth taxpayers (ISF) to deduct up to 75% of their investment in small-and-medium sized companies from their total wealth tax payment.
What a great idea ;-)

Subscription (reserved for French wealth taxpayers only) is now open and will close by mid-June 2009.

In case of success, we plan to list ipernity on the NYSE-Euronext-Paris Free Market by July 2009. It will offer liquidity to shareholders and will contribute to the company's reputation.

Of course, we'll keep you informed about the results.

Crossing our fingers,

Greets from the French Riviera.

Team ipernity

[FR] Chers ipernautes,

Il y a deux ans, ipernity ouvrait grand ses portes avec le dessein d'accueillir durablement le patrimoine numérique (photos, écrits, vidéos…) de tout-un-chacun.

Ces deux années nous ont permis de franchir avec succès une première étape, couronnée par la nomination de « meilleur site de partage » aux Open Web Awards 2008, grâce à vos nombreux votes.

ipernity aborde aujourd’hui un nouveau challenge : celui de lever des fonds pour accélérer son développement et se hisser aux premiers rangs des services internet.

Pour cela, nous avons mis en place un montage original, dans le cadre de la loi TEPA, permettant aux contribuables français assujettis à l’Impôt de Solidarité sur la Fortune de défiscaliser jusqu’à 75% de leur impôt en investissant dans ipernity. Nous venons de lancer une souscription qui leur est réservée et qui sera close le 15 juin prochain.

La levée de fonds sera suivie d’une inscription en bourse sur le Marché Libre de NYSE-Euronext-Paris, apportant ainsi aux investisseurs toute transparence et une facilité de liquidité à terme.

Voici donc une opportunité, pour ceux qui paient de l’ISF parmi votre entourage, de contribuer directement à l’essor économique d’une entreprise innovante et d’œuvrer pour l’émergence d’un concept noble : le patrimoine numérique.

Nous disposons d’une notice d’information et d’une analyse financière réalisée par Arkéon Finance, la société de bourse en charge de l’opération. Nous les adresserons sur demande aux personnes intéressées. Pour nous contacter, c'est par ici.

Merci par avance de relayer cette information et de concourir ainsi au succès d’ipernity.

Bien cordialement,

Team ipernity

American photographer David Zimmerman wins L’Iris D’Or Award. (read more)

► Visit the 2009 Iris d'Or album

The next iperMeeting will take place in Cannes and Nice tomorrow and Sunday.

ipernity will offer to all the meeting participants a free pass to the Sony World Photography Festival exhibitions. Appointment to the ticketing office, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France on Saturday April, 18 at 10:00 am.

► More information about the iperMeeting schedule and participants

► explore the pages that ipernity has dedicated to SWPA

Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Winners announced

The professional finalists and amateur winners of the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards were announced on Tuesday 17 March.

Each of the photographers on the list will be exhibited and honoured at the Sony World Photography Awards ceremony at the prestigious Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on Thursday 16 April. Of the 12 professional category winners, one photographer will be the recipient of the L’Iris D’Or, the Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year. On the night they will be awarded $25,000 along with Sony camera equipment. The winning amateur photographer, selected from the eight category finalists, will receive a $5,000 cash prize and Sony camera equipment.

The Sony World Photography Awards aim to promote the work of photographers worldwide. As one of the main prizes, the professional category finalists and amateur category winners will be showcased in the Winners’ Exhibition inside the Rotonde Lerins which takes place alongside the Festival, a week-long celebration of photography. This winner’s exhibition will then be adapted for the 2009/2010 Global Tour, which exhibits throughout leading galleries and cities around the world.

On behalf of the Honorary Judging Committee Zelda Cheatle said: “It has been a joy to work with my fellow judges. We were most diligent in being fair, discussions were fruitful, and every entrant was given a serious viewing. It was an eye opener to see entries from all over the globe, of every standard from the most amateur of approaches to the sophisticated and experienced professional. It is with great pleasure that we present this year’s Sony World Photography Award winners.”

Astrid Merget, Event Director, adds: “Photography is a powerful medium that documents current social, political, environmental and cultural affairs. It has the ability to educate, inform, motivate, entertain, change views or simply share cultural and social trends. This year’s finalists beautifully highlight the ability of the still image to do all of this and more.”

Yoshiyuki Nogami, Vice President of Digital Imaging at Sony Europe, commented: “We’ve been honoured to once again lend our full support to this unique global showcase for professional and amateur photography talent and have been impressed by the inspiring diversity and quality of this year’s entries.”

Professional finalists

Photojournalism and Documentary

Current affairs

Winner : Wojciech Grzedzinski (Poland)

© Wojciech Grzedzinski, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

2nd place : Dominic Nahr (France)

3rd place : Hui min Kuang (China)

Sport

Winner : Julian Abram Wainwright (Canada)

© Julian Abram Wainwright, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

2nd place : Salvi Danés Vernedas (Spain)

3rd place : Li Fan (China)

Contemporary issues

Winner : Giulio Di Sturco (Italy)

© Giulio Di Sturco, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

2nd place : Kosuke Okahara (Japan)

3rd place : Massimo Mastrorillo (Italy)

Amateur winners

Photojournalism and Documentary / Sport

Lorenz Holder (Germany)

© Lorenz Holder, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Commercial / Fashion

Christo Stankulov (France)

© Christo Stankulov, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Commercial / Music

Josef Hinterleitner (Austria)

© Josef Hinterleitner, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Fine Art / Portraiture

Claire Martin (Australia)

© Claire Martin, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Fine Art / Conceptual & Constructed

Vladimir Melnik (Russia)

© Vladimir Melnik, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Fine Art / Natural History

Vincent Foong (Singapore)

© Vincent Foong, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Fine Art / Landscape

Giuseppe Parisi (Italy)

© Giuseppe Parisi, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

Fine Art / Architecture

David Watts (UK)

© David Watts, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009

The Honorary Judging Committee

Photojournalism and Documentary: Sue Steward, photography critic (UK); Jurgen Schadeberg, photographer (Germany); Adrian Evans, Director, Panos Pictures (UK) and Bruce Davidson, photographer (USA)

Commercial: Mark George, photographic agent (UK); Arnaud Adida, Founder Acte 2 Agence and Acte 2 Gallery (France); Gered Mankowitz, photographer (UK), and Grazia Neri, Founder and President of Grazia Neri Photo Agency (Italy)

Fine Art: Zelda Cheatle, portfolio manager and curator (UK); Mary-Ellen Mark, photographer (USA); Sarah Moon, photographer (France), and Philippe Garner, International Head of Photographs at Christie’s (UK)

Awards ceremony

The Sony World Photography Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner take place at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France on Thursday 16 April. Another major announcement on the night is the winner of the Prince’s Rainforest Project (PRP) Award. The prize for the winning photographer is a fully-funded project to document the rainforests of the world. The final presentation will go to the acclaimed French photographer, Marc Riboud, winner of the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Hello everybody!

We've just improved the Network and Explore pages.

The Network pages

Latest publications pages

• Latest docs, albums and posts published by your network are now more accurate.
• Several time frames are available.
• At last, you can choose to display 1 or 5 docs max by member.

The members list page

• Several filters are available (last added, last visited ...).
• Display the people you may know (those in relationship with your friends and family)!
  You might want to add them to your network.

The Explore pages

• New layout for the main page, with a better content enhancement. We did our best to consider the various aspect ratios of photos.
• Same for the "What's hot" pages. Photos, Videos and Posts are displayed separately for a better reading.

And also..

• You can now choose between "Thumbnails" and "Details" view for albums.

Comments and suggestions are welcome. Give us your feedback.

Of course, we know your wishlist is long and you are still waiting for features such as collections or password access to albums. Be sure we are doing our best.

The ipernity Team

ipernity continues to grow and is now available

in Czech!

Translation was led and mainly made from Esperanto by:

Vladimir Türk
We'd like to warmly thank him for bringing ipernity to Czech people.

Thanks also to Maru and Roman for their help.
And thank you Paul, for linking us to the Esperantist community.

It's now time to invite you Czech friends to join ipernity!
Check your address book!

--------------------- More languages are coming ---------------------

Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Hungarian,
Portuguese-Brazilian, Japanese, Russian and Icelandic.

We need more volunteers to help us to complete translations.
If you want to join our translators team, please contact us!

* 2008/03/18 update * winners announced!

Thanks to our partnership with the Sony World Photography Awards, we are proud to offer the ipernity community access to the (beautiful) shortlisted images for the 2009 Amateur competition.

We invite you to explore the pages that ipernity has dedicated to SWPA. You will come across outstanding images!

Play with us & have you say!

For each category, vote for your favorite image adding this comment: "My choice" or "My vote"... We will count your votes and compare the result with the official one. A PRO account will be given to ipernity members whose choice will match the Judging Committee judgment.

About the SWPA 2009 Amateur competition

The Sony World Photography Awards are entirely international, welcoming people from across the globe to submit their photographs into an exciting amateur competition, which is run alongside the Professional Awards.

Amateur photographers have the opportunity to be judged by the World Photographic Academy in the hopes of taking the stage in Cannes to receive one of the most sought after prizes in the competition: The Sony World Photography Awards Amateur Photographer of the Year.

Each photographer may submit up to a total of 3 photographs into the competition for free. The 3 photographs can be submitted into any one amateur category or spread across two - three different categories.

The Judging Process: images will go through various pre-selection rounds by SWPA officially selected 2009 Pre-Selection Committee, iStock.

A shortlist of top ten amateur photographers per category was announced on 24th of February, 2009.

The 8 Category Winners, will be showcased as part of the official 2009 Finalists exhibitions in Cannes and announced to the worldwide press as Sony World Photography Awards Category Winners on 17th of March, 2009. These winners will also have the opportunity to be part of an annual SWPA Global Tour and showcased on the SWPA website for all of 2009.

One grand prize winner will be selected from the 8 category winners by the 2009 Judging Committee and be awarded The Sony World Photography Awards Amateur Photographer of the Year.

► Official website

ipernity is proud to be official partner of the Festival at Sony World Photography Awards, taking place in Cannes, France from 14th to 19th April 2009.

It's a week-long celebration of the photographic culture, history and image. The City of Cannes will host over 50 photographic exhibitions throughout eclectic city landmarks, public and private venues - all open for the public to attend. For the professional, amateur and photography enthusiast, there will be a choice of seminars, book signings, meetings with the artists and exhibition tours – all part of the week-long schedule of events that offer something new each day.

► The 2009 Festival Programme

Your benefits

How lucky we are: the next iperMeeting will take place in Cannes on 18th-19th April 2009!

So here are more reasons to come:

And also

• we'll reward the top 50 photographers of the Campaign Award with an ipernity PRO account
• winner photos will be published in ipernity and members could give their feedback (commenting, faving etc...)

More details soon.

About the Festival

Every year, for one week in April, the City of Cannes takes a step back from the moving image and celebrates the birth of film through the photographic medium.

Throughout the Palais des Festivals, along the famous Croisette, selected hotels, city landmarks, streets and beaches, will showcase dozens of unique photographic exhibitions, welcoming the residents and visitors of the Cotes D'Azur.

The week-long celebration will include evening film screenings, retrospectives of renowned photographers such as Elliott Erwitt, book signings, special events including 'Evenings with the Artists', exhibition tours led by the artists, after parties and of course the centrepiece event: The Sony World Photography Awards Ceremony, Cocktail Party and Gala Dinner, hosted in the Palais des Festivals.

For the photographic industry, there will be many tailored events. These will include talks on topics such as book publishing, portfolio reviews by known industry experts, networking venues and events, an international student programme, exhibition tours, focus media events and discussions hosted by some of the world’s most renowned photographers, editors, publishers, gallery owners, curators and other industry experts.

A significant portion of this week-long festival will focus on the annually chosen central theme, using the power of the photographic image to teach, educate, discuss and share the information from countries across the globe.

The World Photography Awards chosen theme for 2009 is The Environment. Dedicated blocks of activity pertaining to the global environment as shown through photography and will form an important part of the daily festival schedule.

The Festival is aimed for the general public and welcomes families, locals, foreign visitors and all those with a love for contemporary art, the still and moving images.

► The Sony World Photography Awards official website

► Explore the pages that ipernity has dedicated to SWPA

Hello everybody,

No news from us since a long time. We are sooooo busy. So here's a little update.

2nd Open Web Awards: here's your prize!

Remember, last December, we won the 2nd Open Web Awards in photo sharing category. It's the victory of our fantastic community who made the buzz and voted everyday. We've just received the prize. This is yours too. We'd like to share those moments of happiness with you.

New video and audio players

Video and audio players have changed. New program, new design.
You can now move easier in videos.
You'll be able to customize colors soon.
And the video player is HD ready (not available, but ready... we are thinking about HD services).

More audio widgets accepted in photo pages

You can now add imeem, jamendo, jiwa, and deezer audio widgets to your photos description.
Warning: Deezer rules have recently changed (only playlists are now embeddable and users must sign in).
lastfm widget can't be used for technical reasons. Let us know other audio widgets (playing legal music) you'd like to put in your photo pages.

New customer relationship management

The contact page has been improved. Questions from members and visitors to ipernity are now managed as tickets for a better follow-up. Members can now access their tickets history and are alerted by email when tickets status change. Since we speak English and French only, a useful "translate" link is now available under each message.

Next?

A new "My network" page is coming, taking account of your comments and suggestions, in particular the possibility of displaying up to 5 docs per member. An announcement will be made in that blog soon.

New languages are coming: Czech is almost ready, Finnish, Polish, Russian, Swedish are on a good way. Icelandic has started. We are looking for more volunteers in any languages. Please apply through our contact form.

m.ipernity.com, the ipernity version for mobile devices is almost finished. Once released, we'll start designing versions for iPhone and maybe Android phones.

You appreciated MiniSlideShow? You'll love GrandSlideShow! We are working on a bigger embeddable photo slideshow.

Some awaited features are still under development (reordering albums, homepages customization, password access for private albums...). Those projects are time consuming and we use to take our time to release bug-free new features. Again, we apologize for this delay.

That's all for today. Go back to work. Thanks to everyone for supporting us every day.

The ipernity Team.

Picasa users, you can now upload your photos directly from Picasa to ipernity with one click!

Install the ipernity button to your Picasa that will send photos directly to your ipernity space.

Here's how to install the ipernity button.

Picasa must be installed onto your PC. Got Picasa?

1. Go to the upload page and click this link

2. Click yes when asked if you want to install a button:

3. Add the ipernity button to the Picasa button bar.

To upload photos from your Picasa to ipernity

1. Push the ipernity button at the bottom to log into ipernity. Then close the popup window.

2. From Picasa, choose the photos to be uploaded, selecting a whole folder or CTRL-clicking items one-by-one

3. Push again the ipernity button. You'll be asked sharing, album and tags settings

4. At last, click the "upload to ipernity" button.

That's all. So simple ;-)

"Picasa" and "Google" are trademarks of Google Inc.

We are often asked about how photos are selected to be displayed on the ipernity frontpage.

So here's the answer!

Every Friday, we define a theme. As you may notice, this week theme is "ballooning" ;-)

Then we look for photos matching both the selected theme and the following requirements:
-- aspect ratio: 15/10 landscape (to be compliant with the frontpage layout),
-- no frame,
-- original content,
-- ideally, CC licensed,
-- creative, artistic content deserving the frontpage,
-- enhancing the ipernity service.

Of course, tagged photos have more chance to be found!

At last, we select the 5 ones we prefer and put them on the frontpage.

All the selected photos are faved by "team ipernity" and can be viewed here:

www.ipernity.com/doc/team/favorite

We plan to create more exploring possibilities including an explore/frontpage page.

All suggestions are welcome, so if you have ideas about themes and related photos, feel free to contact us!

New Year's day is the perfect day to get started on your 365 project:

► take a photo or make a video every day for a year on a same topic.

They did it!

Assbach completed his 365minutes project on October 14, 2008

day 001 .../... day 365

and his 365-Days project on August 12, 2007

day 001 .../... day 365

Scratch also completed his 365minutes project on November 19, 2008.

day 001 .../... day 365

They've started it!

U-shi, Tracy, Mainzelmann, boerge30, Majoran, Chris, Mathias, Verde, ChristianR, NicoleB ...

ipernity groups

365minutes group
1 minute per day for 365 days. *
You need to appear in the video. (like a self-portrait)
You can start whenever you want.
You do not have to talk.
You do not have to do some special editing

365days of selfportraits group
Take a selfportrait every day for a year and post it to the group.
Rules: The idea is to take a selfportrait. What you describe as a selfportrait, is up to you. Most of us use a tripod or take the one-arm-lengh-selfportrait. If you have a remote, that's great, otherwise use the settings on your camera. The photo has to include a part of your body. The face, a foot or just a finger.

Now your turn, are you ready?

Wishing you and yours an iper New Year!

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Cards freshly posted by our dear members...

Ladies and gentlemen, ta-da...
Here are the 5 most faved photos for 2008! Congrats to their authors!
How to fave a photo?

#5 "Strahlenkranz" by Curlgirl, faved 87 times

#4 "Something unexpected on a winter day" by Hannes Trapp, faved 87 times

#3 "At last.... (Ragga and Pixie)" by Oddur Jonsson, faved 92 times

#2 "Le Louvre, Paris ~ Las Vegas, parano" by MJYJ, faved 102 times

#1 "Entrer dans le brouillard....." by Véronique Spalletti, faved 108 times

Let's discover day by day the most faved photos for 2008. Today: #10 to #6
How to fave a photo?

#10 { slowly and alone ... } by graphistolage, faved 81 times

#9 "les couleurs de la Femme" by Christel Ehretsmann, faved 82 times

#8 { like a bird ... } by graphistolage, faved 83 times

#7 "There shall be light!" by Lichtbold, faved 84 times

#6 "Your reflection..." by Bita Babolian, faved 85 times