The Emerging Photographer Fund 2017
Antoine Bruy
Outback Mythologies
EPF 2017 WINNER – $10,000
Everything starts about hundred years, in 1915, when the New Colorado Gold Prospecting Syndicate, consisting of a Mr. Jim Hutchison, his 14 years old son William and two other men had been unsuccessfully prospecting for gold out in the middle of nowhere in South Australia. The young Willie had been left in camp to look after their supplies but disobeyed orders and wandered off to search for water around the foothills of a nearby range. There was a degree of apprehension among the men when he failed to turn up after dark. But a short time later, he strode into camp with a grin on his face. Over his shoulder was slung a sugar bag full of opal. The catalyst for the existence of the future town of Coober Pedy had been discovered.
Honorable Mentions:
Sarah Pabst – Zukunft
Wiktoria Wojciechowska – Sparks
Emerging Photographer Fund 2017 – Finalists:
(in alphabetical order)
Elena Anosova
Antoine Bruy
Matt Eich
Marta Giaccone
Mariya Kozhanova
Sebastian Liste
Sarah Pabst
Michele Palazzi
Alexey Shlyk
Mayumi Suzuki
Mario Wezel
Wiktoria Wojciechowska
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The EPF FujiFilm/Young Talent Award 2017
Aleksey Kondratyev
Ice Fishers
FUJIFILM/YOUNG TALENT AWARD 2017 WINNER – $5,000
FujiFilm/Young Talent Award 2017 – Runners up:
(each win a FujiFilm camera)
Caleb Stein – Down by the Hudson
Neha Hirve – Full Shade / Half Sun
Lily Zoumpouli – Selinophilia
Ian Hananto – Futile
Jeroen Bocken – The Celebrated Remedy for the Cure of Disorder
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FujiFilm/Young Talent Award 2017 – Finalists:
(in alphabetical order)
Jeroen Bocken
Karim El Maktafi
Jordan Gale
Ian Hananto
Neha Hirve
Joel Karppanen
Aleksey Kondratyev
Manon Lanjouère
Sigurður Páll Pálsson
Caleb Stein
Lily Zoumpouli
The full essays of the winners and finalists will be published here on BURN over the next few weeks. Stay tuned!
Emerging Photographer Fund 2017 – Judges:
(in alphabetical order)
Alessia Glaviano | Senior Photo Editor, Vogue Italia
Wayne Lawrence | Photographer
Newsha Tavakolian | Photographer, Magnum Photos
Teun van der Heijden | Photobook Designer, Heijdens Karwij
James Wellford | Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic
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Previous EPF Winners
The 2008 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to
Sean Gallagher for his essay on the environmental Desertification of China.
The 2009 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to
Alejandro Chaskielberg for his 8×10 format essay on the Parana River Delta ‘The High Tide’.
The 2010 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to
Davide Monteleone for his essay ‘Northern Caucasus’.
The 2011 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to
Irina Werning for her essay ‘Back to the Future’.
In 2012 three Emerging Photographer Fund grants were awarded:
one major to Matt Lutton for his essay ‘Only Unity’ and
two minors to Giovanni Cocco for his essay ‘Monia’ and to Simona Ghizzoni for her essay ‘Afterdark’.
In 2013 four Emerging Photographer Fund grants were awarded:
one major to Diana Markosian for her essay ‘My Father The Stranger’ and
three minors to: Iveta Vaivode for her essay ‘Somewhere on Disappearing Path’,
Oksana Yushko for her essay ‘Balklava: The Lost History’ and
Maciej Pisuk for his essay ‘Under The Skin; Photographs From Brzeska Street’.
In 2014 two Emerging Photographer Fund grants were awarded:
one major to Alessandro Penso for his essay ‘Lost Generation’ and
one minor to: Birte Kaufmann for her essay ‘The Travelers’.
In 2015 the Emerging Photographer Fund was awarded to Danila Tkachenko for ‘Restricted Areas’, and
the FujiFilm Young Talent Award to Sofia Valiente for ‘Miracle Village’.
In 2016 the Emerging Photographer Fund was awarded to Annie Flanagan for ‘Deafening Sound’, and
the FujiFilm Young Talent Award to Aleksander Raczynski for ‘Views’
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Editor’s note:
to the oftentimes chaotic landscape of photography today. By choosing a jury whose lifetimes have been spent in looking
at photographs and making photographs, we try to give our Burn readers a distilled version of the best work of all that
flows before their eyes everyday.
a few to keep going and to continue making a mark. Our previous winners prove this is not in vain.
First off, they must deal with me!! Never easy. In all seriousness, they all show amazing dedication to the spirit of
doing something which just feels good. To provide a platform for the up and coming.
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The Emerging Photographer Fund was created and is directed by David Alan Harvey,
curated and produced by Anton Kusters & Diego Orlando.
Congratulations to the winners and everyone involved.