PB PHOTO CENTRE Invites Public to Several FREE Events During BEST IN SHOW FESTIVAL, June 26-28

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - June 20, 2015 - PRLog -- Palm Beach Photographic Centre to Host 2015 Best in Show Festival, June 26-28, Featuring Photojournalists Honored at 72nd Annual PIctures of the Year International Competition

Public is Invited to Several FREE Events Including Opening of POYi's Visions of Excellence Exhibition, TED-Style Talks & Panel Discussions

(West Palm Beach, FL – June 18, 2015)   Fatima NeJame, president and chief executive officer of the world-renowned Palm Beach Photographic Centre (PBPC), today announced that the upcoming 2015 Best in Show Festival (June 26-28) would include several free events to which the public is invited.

The annual Best in Show Festival will feature pictures and photojournalists that were honored at this year’s POYi (Pictures of the Year International) Competition, the world’s oldest and most prestigious photojournalism program and competition based at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. POYi’s mission is to recognize excellence in documentary photography and photojournalism. Scott Mc Kiernan, the founder of ZUMA Press and director of the KONA Gallery and Photojournalism Center in San Clemente, CA, is organizing the Festival. For more information, please go to POYi.org.

The public is invited to participate in several free events during the Best in Show Festival:

Friday, June 26: CELEBRATE

+  6 to 8 pm: Opening reception for the Visions of Excellence exhibition. Also the premiere of the BiS’15 movie A Thousand Pictures Tell a Thousand and One Stories (showing every POYi 2015 winner), with interludes from the 2015 POYi premier winners present.

Saturday, June 27:  ILLUMINATE + ILLUSTRATE + INSPIRE

Education Day will include both “Ted Talk” style presentations by POYi award winners past and present and a panel discussion.

+  Noon to 1 pm:  Brad Vest from The Commercial Appeal, 2015 POYi Newspaper Photographer of the year.

+  1 to 2 pm: Lisa Krantz from the San-Antonio Express News, a multiple POYi 2015 award-winner, who will discuss her sensitive but provocative look at one man’s battle with obesity.

+  2:30 to 5:30 pm: 2015 Pulitzer Prize winners Lynden Steele and Laurie Skirvian from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch will share their experiences covering the tragic shooting and subsequent protest in Ferguson, MO.

Sunday, June 28: EDUCATION + ENLIGHTEN

+  + Noon to 3 pm: Attendees are encouraged to bring their favorite Website and share it as the price of admission to the fast-paced Workshop on Best Visual Websites. This candid how-to workshop is for both professional photographers and anyone who loves great photography. A panel of editors who assign and and license imagery will discuss Best Business Practices for Photographers Websites. Scott Mc Kiernan will moderate the panel in partnership with ASMP (American Society of Media Professionals) South Florida Chapter.

About the Palm Beach Photographic Centre:

The Palm Beach Photographic Centre is a 501(c)3 nonprofits arts organization dedicated to the enhancement of community through the photographic arts. It is located at the downtown City Center municipal complex at 415 Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday – Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, please call 561.253.2600 or visit www.workshop.org or www.fotofusion.org.

Available for Interview:

Fatima NeJame

Palm Beach Photographic Centre

561.253.2600

fatima@fotofusion.org

Scott Mc Kiernan

ZUMA Press, Inc.

310.780.1552

Scott@ZUMAPRESS.com

Media Contact:

Gary Schweikhart

PR-BS, Inc.

561.756.4298

gary@pr-bs.net