Viewbook PhotoStory 2010

bis 01.10.2010 Viewbook PhotoStory 2010
Dokumentationsfotografen und konzeptuellen Fotografen weltweit sind aufgerufen, starke Fotoserien einzusenden. Professionelle Fotografen und Nachwuchstalente können ihre Serie unter Verwendung eines 60-tägigen freien Viewbook Pro Abonnements online einreichen

Der erste Preis bei diesem internationalen Fotografiewettbewerb besteht in einer Ausstellung in Amsterdam, einer Viewbook-Pro-Mitgliedschaft, einer Veröffentlichung im GUP Magazine und weiteren Vorteilen. Ausgewählte Einsendungen erscheinen auf der Website:
http://www.viewbookphotostory.com

“While a single image has a narrative in itself and can be strong in isolation, Viewbook PhotoStory’s focus is specifically on showing series of images, in a well-chosen sequence that triggers a reaction and combines a narrative with photographic excellence,” says contest director Alrik Swagerman.

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Archiv: International Viewbook PhotoStory 2009 Awards

Francesco Giusti und David Favrod haben die ‘International Viewbook PhotoStory 2009 Awards’ gewonnen mit starken dokumentarischen und konzeptionellen Fotostrecken. Mehr als 1000 Beiträge aus aller Welt wurden zu diesem Fotowettbewerb eingereicht.

Italian photographer Francesco Giusti won the documentary category with an inspiring portrait story of the members of the SAPE, a group of remarkably elegant gentleman from Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo, Africa. The story reflects the wish of young people in particular not to be left apart by society.

Swiss – Japanese David Favrod has won first prize in the conceptual category with a very personal story GAIJIN. ‘Gaijin’ is a Japanese word meaning ‘foreigner’. David; “It is from the feeling of rejection and also from a desire to prove that I am as Japanese as I am Swiss that this work was created. Gaijin is a fictional recital, a tool for my quest for identity, where auto-portraits imply an intimate and solitary relationship that I have with myself. The mirror image is frozen in a figurative alter ego that serves as an anchor point.”

Both artists won prizes with a value exceeding $12.000 including lifelong subscriptions to Viewbook PRO online services and GUP magazine, book publications and an exhibition in the Kahmann Gallery in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.

The winning series can be viewed on:
http://www.viewbookphotostory.com

The following artists have also been commended in the Viewbook PhotoStory 2009 Awards:

Jury Prizes
2nd Prize-documentary: Khaled Hasan for ‘Living Stone: A community losing its Life’
3rd Prize-documentary: Matteo Armellini for ‘In the Middle of Nowhere’
2nd Prize-conceptual: Ilse Leenders for ‘Tokyo Monogatari’
3rd Prize-conceptual: Thorsten Kirchhoff for ‘Alibi’

Public vote prizes
1st Prize-documentary: Khaled Hasan for ‘Living Stone: A community losing its Life’
2nd Prize-documentary: Galanakis & Galanou for ‘Gavdos’
3rd Prize-documentary: Jonathan P levy for ‘In Svalbard’

1st Prize-conceptual: Can Eren for ‘Inside of Out’
2nd Prize-conceptual: Maria Rudnaya for ‘Insensible addiction’
3rd Prize-conceptual: David Favrod for ‘Gaijin’

Book publications
All winning photo stories will be published in single books with Blurb, as well as a complete Viewbook PhotoStory 2009 yearbook which covers all winning 2009 stories. The books will be available for sale on 1 November 2009.
http://www.viewbookphotostory.com