World Press Photo has announced the results of its 2019 photo contest. The World Press Photo of the Year is John Moore's Crying Girl on the Border, and Canadian Finbarr O'Reilly received First Prize, Singles, in the Portraits category for his image Dakar Fashion.

Panasonic has introduced a new rugged-design Digital Single Lens Mirrorless camera, the LUMIX G95 that features high mobility for field use and a host of functions and technologies for both photo and video. The Panasonic LUMIX G95 will be available at select Canadian retailers and the Panasonic eStore in May 2019 with an MSRP of $1,799.99 (CDN).

The Sony World Photography Awards, organized by the World Photography Organisation, has announced its 2019 shortlist. Chris Donovan (Toronto) was shortlisted in the Professional Sport category, and Léonie Synnott-Bruson (Québec) was shortlisted in the Student competition.

Sony has announced two new external SSD drives, the high-performance SL-M series and the standard compact SL-C series. These external SSD drives boast ultra-toughness, high-speed, hardware encryption and new utility software features aimed at photographers and videographers.

The Canadian Photography Institute (CPI) of the National Gallery of Canada and Scotiabank have announced the three winners of the 2019 New Generation Photography Award: Luther Konadu (Winnipeg, Manitoba), Ethan Murphy (Toronto, Ontario), and Zinnia Naqvi (Montreal, Quebec).

Sony Electronics Inc. has introduced an exciting new addition to its highly popular compact camera line-up with the launch of the world's smallest and lightest premium compact camera, the RX0 II (model DSC-RX0M2).

Since 1991, Technical Imaging Press Association (TIPA) members have voted annually on the best photo products that have been released during the previous 12 months. In March, Photo Life and Photo Solution attended the Generay Assembly in Bangkok to vote on the TIPA World Awards 2019.

From April 3 through 30 in Vancouver, Capture Photography Festival is presenting photography exhibitions, a speaker series, photo events, the Magenta Flash Forward Incubator Program, public art installations and more.

The Scotiabank Photography Award has announced the artists on the shortlist for the 2019 award: Shannon Bool, Althea Thauberger and Stephen Waddell.

Here are some photo-related links on everything from space photography to a early 19th-century mother-daughter photography team and CBC's interview with Jeff Thomas, a 2019 recipient of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Art.