Lena Amuat & Zoë Meyer, Switzerland
Emile Barret, France
Petros Efstathiadis, Greece
David Favrod, Switzerland
Dominic Hawgood, United Kingdom
Grace Kim, United States
John Mann, United States
Anna Orlowska, Poland
Peter Puklus, Hungary
Eva Stenram, Sweden
SHORTLISTED PHOTOGRAPHERS 2013
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THE PHOTOGRAPHY JURY
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The photography jury will consist of 11 members :
Charles Fréger, photographer, Rouen, France. President of the jury.
Charles Fréger is a graduate of the Rouen Art School. He has devoted himself to the poetic and anthropological representation of social groups such as athletes, school children, the armed forces, etc. His work offers a reflection upon the image of contemporary youth in the context of communities. Charles Fréger is also the founder of the artistic network Piece of Cake (www.pocproject.com). Throughout 2013, Charles Fréger will be exhibiting his series Wilder Mann revealing different portrayals of the wild man at MacVal museum, at the Yossi Milo gallery (NY), at the Hermès gallery (NY) and at FoMu (Antwerp). A retrospective of his photographic portraits and uniforms was held in 2012 at the Cherbourg Centre Photographique, and will soon feature at the Musée Nicéphore Niepce in Châlon.
Rein Deslé, curator, FoMu (FotoMuseum), Antwerp
Rein Deslé is curator at the FotoMuseum of Antwerp (FoMu) in Belgium. She curated several exhibitions over the past three years, ranging from large theme shows to solo exhibitions (American Documents, Imaging History, Peter Lindbergh, Elinor Carucci, Charles Fréger...). She is also editor of the museum magazines EXTRA and .tiff. Previous to the FoMu, Rein Deslé worked for five years at the Lieven Gevaert Research Centre for Photography of the University of Leuven. She is frequently invited as a juror for photography competitions and photography students. She is also a reviewer of the online magazine Image [&] Narrative.
Olivia Gideon Thomson, founder and director, We Folk, London
Graduating with an MA in Photography History & Culture, from 1995 until 2001, Olivia Gideon Thomson worked for Z Photography, learning how to produce and beginning to understand how to manage photographers. Between 2002 and 2003, she then went on to work as a consultant art buyer at Mother London, gaining a deeper understanding of the Mother Advertising world and working with young creatives. From 2004 until 2009, she worked as managing agent at Bill Charles commercial/art photography agency gaining the opportunity to work with experts in the industry including Stephen Shore, Jeff Mermelstein and Mitch Epstein. From 2009 until present, Olivia has been working as the founding owner of We Folk. Her work today encompasses fashion, advertising, editorial, private & cultural commissions & charity projects.
Colin Greenwood, musician, London
Colin Greenwood plays bass guitar with the English group Radiohead. He enjoys photographing the other band members on tour, and is interested in the history of photography. He has recently come back from working with the South Africa based Children's Radio Foundation ( http://www.childrensradiofoundation.org/), and enjoyed documenting his trip on http://crf.waste.uk.com/.
Karen Langley, fashion stylist, London
Karen Langley is a London-based fashion editor well known for her inventive and singular style. After shaping the voice and vision of Dazed & Confused as its Fashion Director, Karen is now the Senior Contributing Fashion Editor of the publication as well as Contributing Fashion Editor at AnOther Magazine. Karen also contributes independently to a variety of prestigious publications worldwide including several Condé Nast / Vogue titles, Purple Magazine, and US Harper's Bazaar. She collaborates with a number of world-renowned photographers including Glen Luchford, Daniel Jackson, Alasdair McLellan, Collier Schorr, and Mark Segal, as well as noted art photographers Noboyushi Araki, Ryan McGinley, and Tierney Gearon. Karen's client list includes Edun, Armani, Burberry, Diesel, Nike, Levi's,Topshop, Uniqlo, Todd Lynn, and H&M.
Karen remains active in nurturing emerging talent through her work with the Royal College of Art as well as her contribution as a member of the New Gen panel at the British Fashion Council.
Jean François Lepage, photographer, Paris
Jean François Lepage initially started up in the world of photography as an advertising and fashion assistant in the early 80s. More familiar with Eugene Smith and Robert Franck than with fashion photographers, he nevertheless, quickly got caught up in this world, photographing still lives and portraits for magazines. He went on to collaborate with the magazine Jill, and then with Condé Nast Italy. In the 90s, he stopped working for the press in order to devote himself entirely to painting and drawing. In 2001, he began again his work as a fashion photographer with the influx of many new photography publications. Jean-François Lepage does fashion photography on the razor’s edge. His images, with their bare compositions - solitary figures, no accessories, immersed in an endless lunar landscape or a vast, almost empty white house - express a brand of minimalism seldom seen in fashion photography.
Isabelle Mocq-Orain, head of art buying, BETC, Paris
After completing studies in graphic design, random meetings led Isabelle Mocq-Orain to discover art buying. For the past twelve years at BETC, after several years at Opera and Clm/bbdo, she worked for numerous brands, reaching out as much to fashion photographers as to artists. She also works to discover and expose emerging young talent to artistic directors.
Patrick Scallon, communications director, Dries Van Noten, Paris
Born near an Irish mountain Patrick Scallon was very, very bad at school sports. His main (only) flashes of accomplishment at boarding school were winning the senior year essay competition and being Captain of the school debating team which reached the national quarter-finals. He graduated from University in Dublin and headed pretty quickly to Brussels where he had a place on the "Stage" (trainee) program of the European Commission after which he was due to return to Ireland to complete his training as a lawyer. He never went back. Scallon has lived as an ex-patriot ever since and currently calls Paris home. A few years of professional meandering ensued in Brussels which found him performing as ersatz Banker, Management Consultant and even Head Hunter. Some of these roles endured for a few years before they realised he was not for them. Before beginning to offer an English speaking helping hand at then Martin Margiela (now known as Maison Martin Margiela) in 1993 his preferred role in Brussels was that of copy-writer and occasional speechwriter. At Margiela that helping hand was initially requested and offered for 3 weeks which became 3 months and subsequently three and finally sixteen years. The evolution of his role began as press-sample box packer and faxer supremo and ended as Communications Director and eventually Artistic Director Communications. In 2008 he was happy and relieved to join Dries Van Noten as Communications Director. Today he commutes between Paris and Antwerp almost weekly. With Van Noten Scallon has been very happy to find that an independent passion for fashion and clothing still exists. He continues to treat exercise with profound suspicion, though a necessary evil these days. He drinks far too much coffee and/or wine, talks a lot and hates sun cream.
Jérôme Sother, art director, GwinZegal, Guingamp
Jérôme Sother graduated from the School of the Photography in Vevey, Switzerland. In 2006 he publishes his personal work in the book, Crocodile Tears, accompanied by a preface written by Robert Frank. In 2008, with Paul Cottin, he founded the GwinZegal Art Centre, whose main offices are in Guingamp, Brittanny. His role at this centre is artistic director. He has organized in the context of several exhibitions, editorial projects and artist residencies with artists such as Chris Killip, Malick Sidibé, Jacob Holdt, Raphael Dallaporta, Roman Signer, Tom Wood…
Charles Fréger, photographer, Rouen, France. President of the jury.
Charles Fréger is a graduate of the Rouen Art School. He has devoted himself to the poetic and anthropological representation of social groups such as athletes, school children, the armed forces, etc. His work offers a reflection upon the image of contemporary youth in the context of communities. Charles Fréger is also the founder of the artistic network Piece of Cake (www.pocproject.com). Throughout 2013, Charles Fréger will be exhibiting his series Wilder Mann revealing different portrayals of the wild man at MacVal museum, at the Yossi Milo gallery (NY), at the Hermès gallery (NY) and at FoMu (Antwerp). A retrospective of his photographic portraits and uniforms was held in 2012 at the Cherbourg Centre Photographique, and will soon feature at the Musée Nicéphore Niepce in Châlon.
Ariane Braun, deputy director of publishing, Kehrer, Heidelberg.
Ariane Braun studied art history and musicology in Heidelberg and Siena / Italy. She is the project manager and deputy publishing manager of Kehrer Verlag in Heidelberg / Germany. Founded in 1995, this publishing house specialises in the fields of visual arts and photography, and supervises specialist publications and photo books in close collaboration with international artists, authors and cultural institutions.
David Campany, writer, curator, London
David Campany is a writer, curator and artist. His publications include Art and Photography (Phaidon, 2003) Photography and Cinema (Reaktion, 2008), Jeff Wall: Picture for Women (Afterall/MIT 2011), Walker Evans: The Magazine Work (Steidl, 2013) and the artist's book Gasoline (MACK, 2013). In 2010 he co-curated Anonymes: Unnamed America in Photography and Film for Le Bal, Paris. In 2013 he will curate exhibitions of the work of Mark Neville and Victor Burgin. He teaches at the University of Westminster, London.Ariane Braun studied art history and musicology in Heidelberg and Siena / Italy. She is the project manager and deputy publishing manager of Kehrer Verlag in Heidelberg / Germany. Founded in 1995, this publishing house specialises in the fields of visual arts and photography, and supervises specialist publications and photo books in close collaboration with international artists, authors and cultural institutions.
David Campany, writer, curator, London
Rein Deslé, curator, FoMu (FotoMuseum), Antwerp
Rein Deslé is curator at the FotoMuseum of Antwerp (FoMu) in Belgium. She curated several exhibitions over the past three years, ranging from large theme shows to solo exhibitions (American Documents, Imaging History, Peter Lindbergh, Elinor Carucci, Charles Fréger...). She is also editor of the museum magazines EXTRA and .tiff. Previous to the FoMu, Rein Deslé worked for five years at the Lieven Gevaert Research Centre for Photography of the University of Leuven. She is frequently invited as a juror for photography competitions and photography students. She is also a reviewer of the online magazine Image [&] Narrative.
Olivia Gideon Thomson, founder and director, We Folk, London
Graduating with an MA in Photography History & Culture, from 1995 until 2001, Olivia Gideon Thomson worked for Z Photography, learning how to produce and beginning to understand how to manage photographers. Between 2002 and 2003, she then went on to work as a consultant art buyer at Mother London, gaining a deeper understanding of the Mother Advertising world and working with young creatives. From 2004 until 2009, she worked as managing agent at Bill Charles commercial/art photography agency gaining the opportunity to work with experts in the industry including Stephen Shore, Jeff Mermelstein and Mitch Epstein. From 2009 until present, Olivia has been working as the founding owner of We Folk. Her work today encompasses fashion, advertising, editorial, private & cultural commissions & charity projects.
Colin Greenwood, musician, London
Colin Greenwood plays bass guitar with the English group Radiohead. He enjoys photographing the other band members on tour, and is interested in the history of photography. He has recently come back from working with the South Africa based Children's Radio Foundation ( http://www.childrensradiofoundation.org/), and enjoyed documenting his trip on http://crf.waste.uk.com/.
Karen Langley, fashion stylist, London
Karen Langley is a London-based fashion editor well known for her inventive and singular style. After shaping the voice and vision of Dazed & Confused as its Fashion Director, Karen is now the Senior Contributing Fashion Editor of the publication as well as Contributing Fashion Editor at AnOther Magazine. Karen also contributes independently to a variety of prestigious publications worldwide including several Condé Nast / Vogue titles, Purple Magazine, and US Harper's Bazaar. She collaborates with a number of world-renowned photographers including Glen Luchford, Daniel Jackson, Alasdair McLellan, Collier Schorr, and Mark Segal, as well as noted art photographers Noboyushi Araki, Ryan McGinley, and Tierney Gearon. Karen's client list includes Edun, Armani, Burberry, Diesel, Nike, Levi's,Topshop, Uniqlo, Todd Lynn, and H&M.
Karen remains active in nurturing emerging talent through her work with the Royal College of Art as well as her contribution as a member of the New Gen panel at the British Fashion Council.
Jean François Lepage, photographer, Paris
Jean François Lepage initially started up in the world of photography as an advertising and fashion assistant in the early 80s. More familiar with Eugene Smith and Robert Franck than with fashion photographers, he nevertheless, quickly got caught up in this world, photographing still lives and portraits for magazines. He went on to collaborate with the magazine Jill, and then with Condé Nast Italy. In the 90s, he stopped working for the press in order to devote himself entirely to painting and drawing. In 2001, he began again his work as a fashion photographer with the influx of many new photography publications. Jean-François Lepage does fashion photography on the razor’s edge. His images, with their bare compositions - solitary figures, no accessories, immersed in an endless lunar landscape or a vast, almost empty white house - express a brand of minimalism seldom seen in fashion photography.
Isabelle Mocq-Orain, head of art buying, BETC, Paris
After completing studies in graphic design, random meetings led Isabelle Mocq-Orain to discover art buying. For the past twelve years at BETC, after several years at Opera and Clm/bbdo, she worked for numerous brands, reaching out as much to fashion photographers as to artists. She also works to discover and expose emerging young talent to artistic directors.
Patrick Scallon, communications director, Dries Van Noten, Paris
Born near an Irish mountain Patrick Scallon was very, very bad at school sports. His main (only) flashes of accomplishment at boarding school were winning the senior year essay competition and being Captain of the school debating team which reached the national quarter-finals. He graduated from University in Dublin and headed pretty quickly to Brussels where he had a place on the "Stage" (trainee) program of the European Commission after which he was due to return to Ireland to complete his training as a lawyer. He never went back. Scallon has lived as an ex-patriot ever since and currently calls Paris home. A few years of professional meandering ensued in Brussels which found him performing as ersatz Banker, Management Consultant and even Head Hunter. Some of these roles endured for a few years before they realised he was not for them. Before beginning to offer an English speaking helping hand at then Martin Margiela (now known as Maison Martin Margiela) in 1993 his preferred role in Brussels was that of copy-writer and occasional speechwriter. At Margiela that helping hand was initially requested and offered for 3 weeks which became 3 months and subsequently three and finally sixteen years. The evolution of his role began as press-sample box packer and faxer supremo and ended as Communications Director and eventually Artistic Director Communications. In 2008 he was happy and relieved to join Dries Van Noten as Communications Director. Today he commutes between Paris and Antwerp almost weekly. With Van Noten Scallon has been very happy to find that an independent passion for fashion and clothing still exists. He continues to treat exercise with profound suspicion, though a necessary evil these days. He drinks far too much coffee and/or wine, talks a lot and hates sun cream.
Jérôme Sother, art director, GwinZegal, Guingamp
Jérôme Sother graduated from the School of the Photography in Vevey, Switzerland. In 2006 he publishes his personal work in the book, Crocodile Tears, accompanied by a preface written by Robert Frank. In 2008, with Paul Cottin, he founded the GwinZegal Art Centre, whose main offices are in Guingamp, Brittanny. His role at this centre is artistic director. He has organized in the context of several exhibitions, editorial projects and artist residencies with artists such as Chris Killip, Malick Sidibé, Jacob Holdt, Raphael Dallaporta, Roman Signer, Tom Wood…