IPS member Luidmila Pestun won the IFC COVID-19 Ideas competition. Our IPS editor caught up with Luidmila to find out how she came up with this cool idea. Tell us a little about Luidmila Pestun My name is Liudmila Pestun. I typically go by Mila. I’m originally from Belarus and have been living in D.C…
Have a phone? Take a picture! That’s the way most of us take photos these days. But photography remains a creative art mastered by only a select few. The IMF-World Bank International Photographic Society (IPS) has long nurtured the creativity and skill of photographers in our two institutions. This week however, the photo society celebrates its…
Picture this! You submit your photo to a competition hoping for some recognition and on the night of the ceremony, your name is called as having won the first prize. You walk up to receive your prize, in shock and surprise. It’s a surreal moment! Estelle Doro had firsthand experience at the opening of last…
On a hot summers day, this past August, it was refreshing to sit in the Starbucks cafe across the street and chat with Marta Gonzalez. Marta is the overall winner of the 2018 IPS photo exhibition for her photograph “Irony”. Qn: Tell me a little about yourself and how you started on this photography journey.…
By Mary Ongwen The HQ1 IMF café was a buzz with conversations. Under the sparkling chandelier reflections Ceyda Öner and I sit down to a chat and the voices in the background faded out. Ceyda is the Deputy Division Chief in the Finance unit of the IMF. She is also the outgoing president of the…
On a cool Monday afternoon, the MC building gives the impression that staff are either on leave or shaking off Monday blues. Not so for Dorte. I walk into her office and she’s in the middle of compiling a report while connected with staff in different time zones. I promise to keep the interview brief.…
Peter Allum is Assistant Director at the IMF. He joined the IPS in 2015 and has delivered strong visual images in many of the monthly competitions. What’s the secret behind his great photos? Here’s a brief interview. Qn: When did you discover your passion for photography? Ans: I caught the photography bug only recently. I’ve…
Michele Egan This is a time of the year when we reflect on what we’ve accomplished over the past year and start making resolutions for the coming year. What might that mean in terms of photography? For me, reflecting back is an easy proposition: I just turn to my daily photo blog and, for any…
by Ji Won Park On a crisp, late October evening, nearly 200 IPS members and our family and friends gathered at the newly renovated IMF HQ1 Atrium Gallery to celebrate the opening of “Dialogue through Time | 50 Years, 50 Photos,” a special exhibition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of IPS’ founding in 1966. Among…
By Bill Katzenstein The International Photographic Society (IPS) celebrates its 50th Anniversary this season. Having been a longstanding member of IPS has enabled me to witness how the introduction of digital technology over the past decade resulted in major changes in IPS photographic competition after some forty years. Specifically, the introduction of digital photography and…