EWZ Selection: Best photo works 2009 wanted
EWZ Selection and the VFG (Association of Photographic Designers) are holding the Swiss Photo Award for the twelfth time. The deadline for submissions is January 11, 2010.
The Photography Award is aimed at photographers who are resident in Switzerland and/or have Swiss citizenship and aims to promote the discussion of photography as well as to network and strengthen image-makers. Published works are submitted in the categories Advertising, Editorial Photography and Fine Arts, unpublished works in the category Free. The prize is endowed with the EWZ Selection Award in the amount of 15,000 Swiss francs as well as additional category prizes of 5,000 Swiss francs each from the Sonntagszeitung (Editorial Photography) and the VFG (Advertising).
An international jury selects the 18 best works of the calendar year 2009. This year's jury includes Sven Bänziger (photographer, Zurich and Paris), Valérie Fougeirol (Director of the Magnum Gallery, Paris), Lukas Frei (Creative Director Jung von Matt/Limmat) and Susan A. Zadeh (Editor in Chief and Photography Director of Eyemazing, Amsterdam). The best works will be published in the exhibition catalog Swiss Photo Selection as well as in the image database Swiss Photo Collection and presented in the exhibition Swiss Photo Award in Zurich. The Opening Night will open the exhibition at the Event and Culture House EWZ-Unterwerk Selnau with a big social event on May 7, 2010.
An international jury selects the 18 best works of the calendar year 2009. This year's jury includes Sven Bänziger (photographer, Zurich and Paris), Valérie Fougeirol (Director of the Magnum Gallery, Paris), Lukas Frei (Creative Director Jung von Matt/Limmat) and Susan A. Zadeh (Editor in Chief and Photography Director of Eyemazing, Amsterdam). The best works will be published in the exhibition catalog Swiss Photo Selection as well as in the image database Swiss Photo Collection and presented in the exhibition Swiss Photo Award in Zurich. The Opening Night will open the exhibition at the Event and Culture House EWZ-Unterwerk Selnau with a big social event on May 7, 2010.
