Every year the Illinois Press Photographers Association hosts its annual convention and contest around this time and this year's happened last weekend on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston.
Photographers from around the state submit their best photos from the previous year in individual categories as well as a portfolio category to be judged for the Photographer of the Year honors.
If your a photographer or like photography of any kind consider joining the IPPA as the entire weekend was filled with knowledge and inspiration from renowned photographers and editors eager to share their expertise.
Find out more at Ippaonline.com
This year I was incredibly honored to have placed 3rd in the Photographer of the year judging on Friday. Below is the portfolio that was entered.
If you follow the link above you can see the complete results from the other categories as well as the work from the other photographers.
Steve Buyansky is the photo editor for the Sun-Times Media West Group which includes The Beacon-News, The Courier-News and the Naperville Sun. He started as a photographer for the Beacon-News in 1983, became photo editor for The Herald-News in Joliet in 2000 and moved to the Sun-Times Media West office in 2009. He has a bachelor’s degree in Communications from Columbia College in Chicago.
A native of the western suburbs, Brian Powers attended both the College of
DuPage and Western Kentucky University for Photography and is continuing his
education at the University of The Aurora Beacon News. His professors
continue to push him (See Marianne Mather), but he considers himself one of
the lucky few who loves going to work everyday....well, ok, most days.
Michael Smart has been a photographer at The Courier-News/Sun-Times Media for over ten years. Smart grew up in Elgin before heading West to pursue adventures in photography and zoology, earning a bachelor’s degree in both fields. Upon returning to Elgin, he decided to pursue his true passion of photojournalism.
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