Ewz.selection: Nominations for the Swiss Photography Award are known
Ewz.selection has announced this year's nominees for the Swiss Photography Prize. The jury selected 18 works out of 465 for the grand prize and the four category prizes.
At the beginning of February in Zurich, the international jury nominated 18 of 465 works for the four categories Advertising, Editorial Photography, Fine Arts and Free (see list below). The name of the best photographer in Switzerland will be announced together with the winners of the four category awards on May 8, 2009 at the opening night in Zurich. The evening will be moderated by Jeroen van Roojien, book author and editor of the NZZ am Sonntag.
The main prize of 15,000 Swiss francs, the Ewz.selection Award, will be presented for the eleventh time. The category prizes are endowed with 5,000 Swiss francs: the Photo Award of the vfg vereinigung fotografischer gestalterInnen in the Advertising category, the Photo Award of the Sonntagszeitung in the Editorial Photography category, the Photo Award in the Fine Arts category and the Photo Award in the Free category. The exhibition Swiss Photo Award at the EWZ substation Selnau in Zurich will then show the outstanding 18 best works from May 9 to 17.
The international jury consists of William A. Ewing, Directeur du Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Valérie Fougeirol, Director of the Magnum Gallery, Paris, Andrea Gothe, Director of photography Stern, Hamburg, Hans Hansen, photographer, Hamburg, Jitka Hanzlová, photo artist, Essen and Walter Keller, curator and publicist, Zurich.
The main prize of 15,000 Swiss francs, the Ewz.selection Award, will be presented for the eleventh time. The category prizes are endowed with 5,000 Swiss francs: the Photo Award of the vfg vereinigung fotografischer gestalterInnen in the Advertising category, the Photo Award of the Sonntagszeitung in the Editorial Photography category, the Photo Award in the Fine Arts category and the Photo Award in the Free category. The exhibition Swiss Photo Award at the EWZ substation Selnau in Zurich will then show the outstanding 18 best works from May 9 to 17.
The international jury consists of William A. Ewing, Directeur du Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Valérie Fougeirol, Director of the Magnum Gallery, Paris, Andrea Gothe, Director of photography Stern, Hamburg, Hans Hansen, photographer, Hamburg, Jitka Hanzlová, photo artist, Essen and Walter Keller, curator and publicist, Zurich.
Nominees for the Swiss Photography Award 2009
Sabine Bechtel, Zurich
Luis Berg, Zurich
Mathias Braschler & Monika Fischer, Zurich
Christophe W. Chammartin, Les Thioleyres
Roger Eberhard, Rüschlikon
Tine Edel, St. Gallen
Alex Gertschen & Felix Meier, Emmenbrücke
Dominik Golob, Baden-Dättwil
Désirée Good, Zurich
Maurice Grünig, Zurich
Jonathan Heyer, Zurich
Tomas Houda, Wohlen
Florence Iff, Zurich
Valentin Jeck, Uerikon
Christian Lutz, Genève
Andri Pol, Weggis
Vanessa Püntener, Winterthur
Ester Vonplon, Berlin
(Photo outline: Gardiennes de nuit, Eric Kalt)
