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Oh my! We have won the Professional Photographers Hot One 2010 Award!

By Alrik | March 16th, 2010 | 7 Comments

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We’re very happy to announce that we’ve won the prestigious Professional Photographer Hot One 2010 Award
. These awards represent photography’s best new products for professional application, as chosen by a panel of professional photographers. The Viewbook Pro Website Account swept past its competitors in the online album design and hosting category.

For the past 11 years, the Hot One Awards have provided Professional Photographer magazine’s readership with a resource of the newest, most innovative products. The panel of 52 judges – independent, practicing professional photographers selected for their expertise and knowledge – know what to look for in professional products. Their selection was based on overall quality, innovation, design, performance, and value for the price.

Viewbook.com stands out from the many static template website solutions available today because of its sophisticated design, flexibility and complete feature set. Look for the special Hot One Awards article, detailing the Viewbook.com Pro Account and the other winning products, in the February 2010 issue of Professional Photographer and online at www.ppmag.com/hotones_10

The social news release to spread the word is on http://pitch.pe/51397

New Source for Photography Viewing and Dialogue: Photostoryweekly.com

By Alrik | March 10th, 2010 | 2 Comments

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We just launched our first issue of Photostory Weekly. Every second week we pick one submission from the Viewbook Photostory archive and provide it with background. We are starting off with Francesco Giusti’s story SAPE, and with good reason. His portrait story about the elegant Congelese ‘Sapeurs’ earned the first prize in the Viewbook Photostory 2009 Awards. Then, just a few months later, the series won a World Press Photo Award. Now it will be exposed to the world with the traveling World Press Photo Exhibition. We asked photographer and writer Miranda Gavin to share her view on the SAPE series and talk with Francesco about how it all came together. Enjoy, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below. If you like to keep involved be sure to subscribe to the e-mail version!

www.photostoryweekly.com