The Open Society Institute’s Documentary Photography Project is pleased to announce upcoming 2008 deadlines. For complete application guidelines, please see the attached documents and visit their website at: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/photography CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Moving Walls 15 Deadline: Friday, March 28, 2008, 5pm (Eastern Standard Time) OSI's Documentary Photography Project invites photographers to submit a proposal and completed body of work for consideration in the Moving Walls 15 group exhibition. Moving Walls is an annual documentary photography exhibition that represents the obstacles—such as political oppression, economic instability, and racism—that society often erects and the struggles to tear those barriers down. 2008 Distribution Grant Deadline: Friday, June 20, 2008 at 5pm (Eastern Standard Time) OSI's Documentary Photography Project is offering a grant to documentary photographers who have already completed a significant body of work on issues of social justice to collaborate with a partner organization and propose new ways of using photography as a tool…

Maybe things haven't changed that much in the last two years?

This month's Digital Journalist features work from two renowned photographers, both with new books out. David Kennerly has just released "Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford"- an intimate look at the daily life in the White House during Ford's administration. Another well-known White House photographer, Diana Walker, has also released a book- "The Bigger Picture: 30 Years of Portraits" - featuring not only the high-profile subjects she's often known for, but also portraits of everyday life. Other features this month include an editorial on imprisoned AP Photographer Bilal Hussein, and dispatches from Chris Hondros, William B. Plowman, and Véronique de Viguerie.