By Daryl Lang
The second F Award has been awarded to British photographer
Leonie
Purchas for her essay "In the Shadow of Things," a look at her
family.
Purchas will receive a EUR 20,000 ($31,700) prize. "Her images
genuinely portray this fair, intimate and harsh story of her close
relatives, which can tell the story of the whole human family,"
wrote the F Award judges.
The F Award, which describes itself as an international award for
concerned photography, is sponsored by two Italian photography
organizations: Fabrica, the Benetton Research Centre on
Communication, and Forma, International Center of Photography, a
joint initiative of Fondazione Corriere della Sera and
Contrasto.
Also announced was the F25 Award, which recognizes a photographer
under the age of 25. The award went to
Abdul Munem Wasif of
Bangladesh for the essay "Old Dakha." Wasif will be awarded a
one-year scholarship in Fabrica's photography department.
This year the F Awards issued a "special mention" to photographers
Jonas Bendiksen of Norway and
Norma Rossetti of
Italy.
The jury was chaired by photographer
Reza Deghati and
included judges
Elisabeth Biondi, visuals editor of
The
New Yorker,
Enrico Bossan, editorial director of
Colors magazine,
Giovanna Calvenzi, photo editor of
Sportweek Milan,
Julien Frydman, director of Magnum
Photos Bureau, Paris,
Roberto Koch, director of Contrasto,
Rome, and
Roger Tooth, director of photography of
The
Guardian, London.
The F Award received 143 entries this year from 40 countries, plus
15 entries for the F25 Award.
The first F Award, given out in 2006, went to photojournalist
Jessica Dimmock.
F Award Goes to Leonie Purchas
July 21, 2008
By Daryl Lang
The second F Award has been awarded to British photographer
Leonie Purchas for her essay "In the Shadow of Things," a look at her family.
Purchas will receive a EUR 20,000 ($31,700) prize. "Her images genuinely portray this fair, intimate and harsh story of her close relatives, which can tell the story of the whole human family," wrote the F Award judges.
The F Award, which describes itself as an international award for concerned photography, is sponsored by two Italian photography organizations: Fabrica, the Benetton Research Centre on Communication, and Forma, International Center of Photography, a joint initiative of Fondazione Corriere della Sera and Contrasto.
Also announced was the F25 Award, which recognizes a photographer under the age of 25. The award went to
Abdul Munem Wasif of Bangladesh for the essay "Old Dakha." Wasif will be awarded a one-year scholarship in Fabrica's photography department.
This year the F Awards issued a "special mention" to photographers
Jonas Bendiksen of Norway and
Norma Rossetti of Italy.
The jury was chaired by photographer
Reza Deghati and included judges
Elisabeth Biondi, visuals editor of
The New Yorker,
Enrico Bossan, editorial director of
Colors magazine,
Giovanna Calvenzi, photo editor of
Sportweek Milan,
Julien Frydman, director of Magnum Photos Bureau, Paris,
Roberto Koch, director of Contrasto, Rome, and
Roger Tooth, director of photography of
The Guardian, London.
The F Award received 143 entries this year from 40 countries, plus 15 entries for the F25 Award.
The first F Award, given out in 2006, went to photojournalist
Jessica Dimmock.
