CENTER announces winners
Saturday, April 11th, 2009Based in Santa Fe, CENTER is a non-profit photography organization that, for years now, has worked really hard at promoting great work and creating community. Review Santa Fe—the flagship program of CENTER—has been the model for so many of the photography portfolio review events happening around the country (and the world).
Offering prizes for whole bodies of work as well as single images is the second half of CENTER’s programming. They have just announced the winners of the 2009 competitions, which you can view here. The Project Competition and the Santa Fe Prize are the two prizes awarded for whole bodies of work and have been running annually since 2003 and past winners include the likes of Alec Soth, Dave Anderson, Julie Blackmon, Byron Wolfe, Eirik Johnson, and Hiroshi Watanabe.
This year, the winner of the Santa Fe Prize is Hiroyo Kaneko, chosen by the sole juror, Charlotte Cotton. And the winner of the Project Competition, chosen by a panel of three judges, is Cori Chandler-Pepelnjak.
There’s lots of great images/photographers recognized throughout the single image categories and as honorable mentions in the bigger prize categories. Here’s a few of my favorites:
Brian Ulrich (Guggenheim recipient this year!), Honorable Mention, Project Competition:
Betsy Schneider, Curator’s Choice (Corey Keller), First Prize:
Brad Moore, Curator’s Choice (Corey Keller), Honorable Mention:
Damion Berger, Editor’s Choice (Simon Barnett), Third Prize:
Aaron Huey, Publisher’s Choice (Michael Mack), Honorable Mention:
Photography: A Very Short Introduction
Words Without Pictures (Aperture, 2010)
Short Track, by Jake Mendel
Bird Watching, by Paula McCartney