Ewz.selection 2007: The nominees have been announced

 
The international jury of the Ewz.selection Award has nominated 18 works for this year's Swiss Photography Prize. The selection was made from a total of 441 photographic works and 2752 images. A total of six prizes with prize money totaling 36,000 Swiss francs will be awarded, as detailed in the press release on Tuesday. The award ceremony will take place on the so-called Opening Night, hosted by actor Patrick Frey, on May 16, 2008 in Zurich. The photos will then remain on display until June 8, 2008, and the Ewz.selection Award for the best photographic work, with the highest prize money of CHF 15,000, will be presented for the tenth time this year. Four other prizes in different categories are endowed with CHF 5,000 each: the Vfg Vereinigung Fotografischer GestalterInnen photo prize in the Advertising category, the Sonntagszeitung photo prize in the Editorial Photography category, the Blick photo prize in the Fine Arts category and the Du culture magazine photo prize in the Free category.
The sixth prize, worth 1000 francs, is the audience award of the photography magazine Fotointern. It will be determined by a vote on Ewzselection.ch from the beginning of April. All nominated works can be viewed on the website. The jury responsible for the nominations consists of Veronique Damagnez, Editrice Photo à Mixte magazine, Paris, Nicolas Faure, photographe et professeur à l'Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne, Margot Klingsporn, Agentur Focus, Hamburg, Herlinde Koelbl, photographer, Munich, Donald Schneider, Creative Director Donald Schneider Studio, Paris, and Urs Stahel, Director and Curator of the Fotomuseum Winterthur.
The 18 nominees 2007
Björn Allemann, Zurich
Lena Amuat, Zurich
Fabian Biasio, Lucerne
Nathalie Bissig, Zurich
Markus Bühler-Rasom, Zurich
Betty Fleck, Zurich
Noë Flum, Zurich
Valentin Jeck, Uerikon
Raphael Just, Vienna
Ferit Kuyas, Wädenswil
Christian Lutz, Genève
Erika Maack, Basel
Annina Mettler, Zurich
Enrique Muñoz García, Biel
Andri Pol, Weggis
Philipp Schaerer, Zurich
Christian Schwager, Winterthur
Zsigmond Toth, Zurich