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.

The World Press Photo awards for 2010 have been announced.

Organised by the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP), the Canon AIPP Australia Professional Photographer of the Year attracted over 2,600 prints from 746 professional photographers from across the nation.

Earlier this year, Australian swimming champion Geoff Huegill congratulated the seven winners of the first-ever Surf Life Saving (SLS) and Nikon Australian for Life photo competition.

For the first time in its history, the Sony World Photography Awards is being held in London on April 27, 2011. Previously held each April in Cannes, the move to London heralds an exciting new chapter for the world’s largest awards program.

Canadian humanitarian documentary photographer and optometrist, Dr Larry Louie has taken top honours in the 2010 international Travel Photographer of the Year awards (TPOTY) with stunning, highly atmospheric portfolios of black and white images of Mali and China.

Now in its eighth year, the prestigious savewater! awards recognise and reward excellence in water conservation and efficiency by business, government, schools, local communities and individuals. This year 15 finalists were selected from over 1100 photographs from across Australia and internationally from a panel of independent judges headed by environmental consultant Rob Gell.

The overall winner of one of the world’s most important professional photographers competitions is now official, with Andre Boto named Photographer of the Year at the FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year Awards 2010.