28th May 2003 - Association barbecue to be held in the Dunadry Hotel, Friday June 27 2003.

8pm start, carriages at 12 midnight. Music by the Martella Jazz Band.
Charge per person £17.00.

Menu will include Beef Burgers, Variety of Sausages, Lamb and Pepper Kebab and Marinated Chicken Pieces, Baked Potato, Waldorf Salad, Rice & Pimento Salad and Coleslaw. Fresh Fruit Salad and Profiteroles with Hot Chocolate.

23rd May 2003 - THE OLD BULL

NIPPA Chairman Mervyn Dowling - the morning after the night before. See more...

23rd May 2003 - Ann McManus, picture editor of the Irish News, wins the Annual NIPPA Vodafone Press Photographer of the Year competition. See more...

21st May 2003 - (Source IPW)
When picture agencies in Northern Ireland heard the news last Sunday that Freddie Scappaticci, a builder from West Belfast, had been named as British double Stakeknife, their first thought was "do we have a photograph of him on our files?" See more...

20th May 2003 - (Source IPW)
Why has Bill Gates stashed millions of the greatest images of the 20th century under a mountain in Pennsylvania? See more...

19th May 2003 - For those of you needing accommodation in Belfast after the Awards dinner, here are a few suggestions, all within a 5 minute car ride from the event:

14th May 2003 - Jeff Mitchell of Reuters was named Fujifilm Photographer of the Year at the Picture Editors' Awards ceremony at Guildhall in London. Jeff also is the 2003 Nikon Sports Photographer of the Year. See more...

7th May 2003 - Photo Mechanic 4.0 for Windows released. Late yesterday Camera Bits released Photo Mechanic 4.0 for Windows. See more...

5th May 2003 - Judging has taken place for the 2003 competition. There were a total of sixty six entries, twenty five of them provincial, making this the largest entry ever. The sheer number and quality of the entries has made it extremely difficult for the judges (John Edwards, picture editor of the Sun and Irish Times Photographer Bryan O'Brian, PPAI Press Photographer of the year) to pick a winner.