Canada-based photo retailer The Camera Store has "gone viral" thanks to a short video directed, filmed, edited by, and starring store staff.

Trent Mitchell has been named overall winner in <i>Capture</i> magazine's 2011 Emerging Photographer of the Year awards.

Shauna Greyerbiehl, Stephen Dupont and James Brickwood have taken out the major awards in the 2011 Head On Portrait Prize. A separate critics choice award, selected by art critic Robert McFarlane, went to Katrin Koenning for her image, <i>Sleeping Woman</i>. The winners will share in a prize pool worth over $50,000.

And the winner is... Find out who won the prize in our April "water" comp.

The winners of this year's 2011 Moran Prizes have been announced, with Jack Atley taking first prize in the $100,000 Open Section of the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize with his image <i>World Rare Disease Day - Steve Waugh and Sarah Walker.</i>

Corbis Images and VII announced a new representation agreement whereby Corbis Images will be the exclusive distribution partner for VII’s current events and documentary photographers in most markets worldwide.

The National Portrait Gallery announced the winner of the National Photographic Portrait Prize for 2011, with Jacqueline Mitelman taking out the prize with her photograph “Miss Alesandra 2010”.

In the vine-tangled rainforests of New Guinea, Australia and Indonesia the spectacular birds of paradise engage in extraordinary rituals to attract a mate.

Thanks to the commitment of Impossible, the producer of new analogue instant film material, the Vienna-based WestLicht Museum of Photography purchased the International Polaroid Collection.

The Photographic Society of Queensland is holding its annual Convention on the Queen’s Birthday weekend from June 11 to 13. This year photographers are venturing to Goondiwindi, a small country town four hours west of Brisbane.

Tony Mott’s photos have been published globally in 20 countries, appearing on the covers of over 450 CDs and more than 700 magazines.

Sydney-based freelance photographer, Valerie Martin, is running a new tour to Rajasthan, India in November 2011 and February 2012. Following on the success of two photography trips to Ethiopia, as well as requests of previous tour participants, Ms Martin decided to branch out and introduce one of the Subcontinent's most exotic destinations, Rajasthan.

Ten extraordinary photographers have been named as the category winners of the 2011 Sony World Photography Awards.

Forty finalists have been selected in the 2011 Head On Portrait Prize and winners will be announced at the Australian Centre for Photography in Paddington, Sydney, on May 5.

The exhibition program for the 2011 Ballarat International Foto Biennale has been announced. The month-long festival of photography will showcase the work of 22 Australian and international photographers, and a further 70 artists who will exhibit as part of the Fringe program.

The photogenic Vivid Sydney festival is set to return in 2011 with giant light sculptures of floating jellyfish, erupting fire installations in Sydney Harbour and a program of free and ticketed events.