The announcement of Photoshop CS by Adobe means that designers and photographers will soon have even more tools with which to create. To celebrate this Wacom Technology has started two new contests. Go Platinum is a contest for designers and Go Pro is a contest for photographers. Both contests are free to enter and end January 31, 2004. A panel of judges that includes a number of best-selling authors of design books will select the winner of the Go Platinum design contest. The creative brief for the contest is to design CD cover-art for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). The winning artwork will be used for the cover of the CD that NAPP will be distributing at PhotoshopWorld West 2004 in San Francisco.
Nikon Europe is sponsoring the critically acclaimed M.I.L.K. Exhibition on the UK leg of its international tour. Moments of Intimacy, Laughter and Kinship (M.I.L.K.) are captured in 300 winning photographs, of which 230 will be displayed as a spectacular outdoor exhibition along the Broad Walk, Avenue Gardens, Regent’s Park, London from July 3 2003 – August 17 2003 (open from 10:00 to 20:30 daily). Admission free. Nikon’s decision to sponsor the event comes alongside the launch of their new brand identity which includes of a new logo and strapline – Nikon at the heart of the image. Inspired by the 1950’s exhibition ?The Family of Man’, M.I.L.K. began in 1998 with an epic global search to create a collection of extraordinary images.
