The China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) is an annual
photography
Photography is the visual arts, art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is empl ...
award organized by
China Photojournalists Society launched in 2005 in
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...
, it is open to
photojournalists
Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...
and
photographers
A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs.
Duties and types of photograp ...
from around the world.
Awards are divided between eight categories. One gold, one silver, one bronze prizes and 2 awards of excellence are selected in each of the categories and for both single images as well as photo stories. One photo is selected as the Photo of the Year from all of the gold prize winning photos.
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CHIPP Contest
Photography awards
Awards established in 2005
Chinese awards