15th Swiss Photo Award: The best photographic works are chosen
The winners of the Swiss Photo Award - Ewz.Selection have been announced. On February 9, the international jury of experts evaluated 731 works with 5,481 images by 541 photographers, selected the best and awarded CHF 35,000 in prize money.
The awards will be presented to the winners on Thursday, May 16, at the Swiss Photo Award exhibition vernissage in Zurich. In addition to the 7 category winners, the exhibition in Zurich in May will show the 53 best works of 2012 in total.
The category prize winners (5,000 Swiss francs each) are:
Architecture:
Claudia Luperto, Winterthur
Photo Award from Alpa of Switzerland and Hochparterre
Advertising:
Christian Senti and Roland Tännler, Zurich
Photo award from Brunner, Druck und Medien Kriens
Free:
Steeve Iuncker, Geneva
Photo Award of the Association of Photographic Designers VFG and the Swiss Professional Photographers and Photo Designers SBF
The main prize of 15,000 Swiss francs will no longer be awarded. This decision was preceded by a rough discussion of the content in the jury, according to Swiss Photo Award - Ewz.Selection in response to an inquiry from SDA.
The Swiss Photo Award will be more museum-like this year than in the past: it will show almost three times more works and it will extend the exhibition period from one to two weeks. In addition, the selection of the best Swiss photographic works will take place in a completely redesigned exhibition architecture from May 17 to June 2 in the EWZ substation Selnau in Zurich. The event will kick off with a vernissage and a simple awards ceremony on Thursday, May 16.
With the Tages-Anzeiger, the Swiss Photo Award Ewz.Selection has gained a new partner for the newly introduced category of reportage photography, according to a statement by the Swiss Photo Award. The cooperation allows the presence of the award to be expanded through advertisements.
