WINNERS

THE WINNERS OF THE 2010 PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO COMPETITION.

The Women’s Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art is pleased to announce the winners of our 2010 Photography Portfolio Competition. The competition was conceived to draw attention to photography’s significance as a contemporary art form, and as part of a strategy to broaden and build the Museum’s already extensive photography collection. The Women’s Committee hoped to attract established artists and to discover new talent. Eight hundred photographers from around the world submitted images. Our team of expert jurors selected six winning artists for the portfolio, along with one Curator’s Choice winner whose print will be sold individually.

The six artists selected for the 2010 Photography Portfolio will each receive a $1,000 prize. The artists are:
Martine Fougeron, Bronx, New York
Jin Koh, Boryeong, Chungnam, South Korea
Rory Mulligan, New Haven, Connecticut
Jason Reblando, Chicago, Illinois
Elaine Stocki, West St. Paul, Manitoba, Canada
Monika Sziladi, Astoria, New York

The Curator’s Choice single-print winner will receive a $500 prize:
Janet Pritchard, Mansfield Center, Connecticut

Each of these artists’ winning images will become part of the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The response to the competition was wonderful and has brought many talented photographers to the attention of the Museum’s curatorial staff. With the Portfolio we hope to introduce the work of the selected artists to both experienced and new collectors. The Portfolio is available for purchase in a limited edition of twenty-five boxed copies at a cost of $3,600 each. The limited-edition single print is $500. For information about the portfolio and the single print, please contact the Women’s Committee at:
 
Photography Portfolio Competition
The Women's Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
P.O. Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101-7646
E-mail:
Telephone: 215-684-7930

View information on the Photography Portfolio First Look Event, Thursday, September 16th. [download RSVP card]

The Women’s Committee would like to thank everyone who entered the competition and to especially thank our three dedicated and discerning jurors: Peter Barberie, The Brodsky Curator of Photographs, Alfred Stieglitz Center, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Tina Barney, noted photographer; and Melissa Harris, Editor-in-Chief, Aperture magazine. We would also like to thank our sponsors: Silicon Gallery Fine Art Prints, Innova Paper, and Shades of Paper.