13th Swiss Photo Award announced
EWZ Selection and the VFG Association of Photographic Designers have announced the Swiss Photo Award for the thirteenth time. The deadline for submissions to this nationwide photography award is Monday, January 17, 2011.
The photography prize is aimed at photographers who are resident in Switzerland and/or have Swiss citizenship. It is endowed with the EWZ Selection Award and category prizes totaling CHF 30,000. The international jury will select the 18 best works from the 500 to 600 expected entries. These will be in the categories "Advertising", "Editorial Photography", "Fine Arts" and "Free", and now also in the categories "Fashion" and "Architecture". The selected works will be presented at the Swiss Photo Award exhibition in Zurich in May and published in the Swiss Photo Selection exhibition catalog and the Swiss Photo Collection image database. The Opening & Award Night will open the exhibition at the EWZ-Unterwerk Selnau event and culture center on May 20, 2011.
Lukas Frei, Creative Director, Jung von Matt, Zurich (advertising and fashion)
Joachim Baldauf, photographer, Hamburg (fashion and advertising)
Jean Révillard, photographe, directeur de l'agence rezo, Genève (Editorial photography)
Timothy Persons, Helsinki School, Gallery TAIK, Helsinki (Fine Arts and Free)
Köbi Gantenbein, Editor-in-Chief Hochparterre, Zurich (Architecture)
Claudia Jolles, Editor-in-Chief Kunstbulletin, Zurich (Free and Fine Arts)
Jury composition:
More information and registration: Ewzselection.ch
