James Nachtwey, acclaimed war and conflict photojournalist, just won the 2003 Dan David Prize for Print and Electronic Media, allowing him to use the US$500,000 prize money to "take some time to produce books from existing photographs, to advance several projects that have been very difficult either to find assignments for or to finance independently, and it will help [him] to update and expand [his] production and archiving facilities" (via PDNewswire).

For Lomoheads who love the intense colour saturation achievable with Lomo cameras, The Lomographic Society have just released a rather interesting colorsplash flash with a colour wheel which shines intense bursts of colour onto the subject. It is well suited to long exposures and a variety of other flash techniques.

A flash-biased selection from the best photography websites category in the PDN Photo Annual 2003 Competition:

Adrian Brown is a Sydney-based photographer whose site features a lovely selection of moody landscapes from Tasmania and New Zealand, as well as warm, candid portraits (in the "For Love" section).

Charles Gallung's site uses a novel approach to navigation (Previous & Next buttons vs Up & Down arrows vs Automatic & Manual buttons) to display his medium-format photographs.

Allan Stone's delicately coloured yet starkish landscape images are enhanced by the grey colour palette of his site.

David Nevala's site uses a very simple but effective design to display his portraiture.