The Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards honor the co-inventor of Kodachrome film, a man whose contributions have had a major and lasting impact on photography. For this year's award, the PRC sought nominations from close to 200 top directors, curators, critics, and authors in the photographic and contemporary art communities. Eighty-five artists and artist teams submitted their work for the jury, which was held in May. Jurors for the 2009 Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards were William Ewing, Director, Musée de l'Elysée (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Hannah Frieser, Director, Light Work (Syracuse, NY, USA), as well as Leslie K. Brown, PRC Curator (Boston) and Jennifer Uhrhane, Godowsky Curatorial Fellow (Boston).
The awards were granted based on the criterion of excellence, as represented by a recent portfolio of color images produced in the last two years, with this cycle focusing on emerging artists and new approaches. Each of the winning artists or artist team will receive USD$2,500. In addition to the exhibition at the PRC (scheduled for November 13, 2009 - January 24, 2010), a full-color brochure will be published, and a special online component will be launched.
By acknowledging such international photographic talent, the PRC hopes to bring to light issues not only important to individual photographers and the global arts community, but also to introduce new work to this region. The 2009 Awards represent a truly diverse array of approaches to color photography and will be an important event for the PRC, the city of Boston, as well as the legacy of Godowsky and color film.
2009 AWARD RECIPIENTS
Claudia Angelmaier
Born 1972 in Göppingen, Germany;
Lives and works Leipzig and Berlin, Germany
www.claudiaangelmaier.de
Nominated by Laurel Ptak, I Heart Photograph blog
Alejandro Chaskielberg
Born 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina;
Lives and works Buenos Aires, Argentina
www.chaskielberg.com
Nominated by Miriam Romais, Executive Director & Editor, En Foco,
New York, NY, USA
Curtis Mann
Born 1979 in Dayton, Ohio, USA;
Lives and works Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.curtismann.com
Nominated by Karen Irvine, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, USA
Kahn born 1964 in New York, New York, USA;
Lives and works Coxsackie and Brooklyn, New York, USA
Selesnick born 1964 in London, UK;
Lives and works Truro, Massachusetts and Brooklyn, New York, USA
www.kahnselesnick.com
Nominated by Leslie Umberger, Senior Curator, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, USA
