VOTE IS OPEN FROM APRIL 06 TO APRIL 13
F O C U S
TWELVE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
TWELVE NOMINATED ARTISTS ON THE RISE
FINE ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
FOCUS ON ALANNA FIELDS [ASSEMBLY]
Based in New York, Alanna Fields makes work that draws from the Black queer archive. Fields works with text, collage, image-making, and vernacular and found photographs to reconstruct the ways we process images from the past to push them beyond nostalgia.
BEAUTY PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
FOCUS ON BETINA DU TOIT [LGA]
Betina du Toit is a south african photographer living in paris. Her knack for highlighting the unusual beauty in her subjects, even when carefully composed, never feels contrived or overdone. There is an air of vulnerability, elegance and clean-cut simplicity that tends to reoccur within her work.
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
FOCUS ON HEDVIG JENNING [MINK MGMT.]
Hedvig Jenning’s grew up in a small village in rural Sweden, immersed in popular culture. Currently based between Stockholm and London, her dreamy fashion photography creates and captures individual characters. Hedvig’s images are raw yet elegant, seeped in a playful and provocative femininity,
ENTERTAINMENT PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
FOCUS ON JINGYU LIN [KRAMER + KRAMER]
Based in New York, Jingyu Lin is originally from the Chicago suburbs. She utilizes a dreamy color palette to capture emotive moments in her portraiture. Jingyu is also passionate about storytelling, sharing the stories of underrepresented communities both within and outside the industry.
STILL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
FOCUS ON CECILIA POUPON [OBVIOUS]
Based in Paris, Cecilia Poupon is a french photographer who graduated from E.C.A.L., Lausanne. She mostly take interest in identity fragmentation, layers and surfacers. Cecilia uses photography as a way of dissecting sociologic phenomenon structures, like modern society indivituality,
MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
FOCUS ON JASPER SOLOFF [ESTELLE LEEDS ARTIST MGMT]
Jasper Soloff is a Los Angeles based photographer and director who sets out to spotlight the youth of today. Through his playful style, combining traditional notions of gendered garments and colors, he is creating a new level playing field and empowering his subjects simultaneously.
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
FOCUS ON BOE MARION [2DM]
Boe Marion is a Norwegian photographer and filmmaker living on a small farm just outside of New York City. Boe loves the mystery of nature and looking at the world around him from different perspectives. He is especially fond of water, fog, and distortions…
SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
FOCUS ON TOM COCKRAM [PROBATION]
Tom Cockram is a London based photographer whose work is often recognizable through his talent in capturing expression, movement and surroundings. Tom’s photography often conveys an intrinsic sense of atmosphere, be it the camaraderie between athletes, friends celebrating at a bar or a craftsman lost in his art.
AUTOMATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
FOCUS ON AARON BRIMHALL [BEYOND CREATIVE MGMT.]
Aaron Brimhall is an automotive photographer living in Salt Lake City, Utah. There are few photographers that capture speed the way Aaron does, whether it’s dangling out the back of a van or surfing his bike through the middle of the freeway, he will do just about anything to get the shot.
YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
PABLO ZAMORA [SAMPLE]
Pablo Zamora, born in Santander, Spain, is at the moment one of Europe’s cutting-edge photographers. Pablo’s work is remarkable, combining highly technical aspects of photography with his innate creative instincts.
SPACES PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
FOCUS ON CHRISTOPHE COENON [SO REPRESENT]
Christophe Coënon is a french design and documentary photographer based in Paris. His work is an invitation to visit extroardinary environments and see the world through his eyes.
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
FOCUS ON BENJAMIN RASMUSSEN [THIS REPRESENTS]
Benjamin Rasmussen is a documentary photographer based in Denver, Colorado. He spent his childhood with an indigenous group of people on an island in the southern Philippines, his university years with evangelicals in a small town in northern Arkansas, and a year with the descendants of Vikings in the Faroe Islands.
VOTE IS CLOSING ON APRIL 13
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