Exhibition - Real Photography Award
21 March - 4 May 2008, LPII, Rotterdam
The Hague, 15 February 2008 - Thirty of the best contributions to the REAL Photography Award 2008 will be on view from 21 March to 4 May in LP II, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The REAL Photography Award 2008, an initiative by ING Real Estate, is the first edition of a unique bi-annual international photography Award. The award is intended to encourage international artists who depict the relation between Nature, Architecture en Development and register their interplay in an authentic, original and innovative way through the medium of photography. The theme is just one of the aspects that make the REAL Photography Award unique: it is also the international character – artists from all over the world are participating – and the prize money that the winner receives, EUR 50.000, that makes this initiative stand out.
Award
Hundreds of entries from all over the world were submitted. These have all been judged by an international professional jury composed of respected representatives from the art world who are active in the field of modern art, architecture and photography. They made a first selection of thirty contributions, from which six works are nominated for the REAL Photography Award.
The six nominees are Julian Faulhaber (Germany), Abelardo Morell (US), Hans-Christian Schink (Germany), Livia Corona Velasquez (Mexico), Thomas Weinberger (Germany) and Danwen Xing (China). The winner will be announced on March 20, 2008.
Exibition
The thirty photographs that made it through the first jury selection will be on display in LPII in Rotterdam. They are a rich reflection of the vitality, inventiveness and creativity that the theme has evoked in today’s artists. Simultaneously, there is a clear relative context, which can serve as a reference for the engagement of contemporary photography with the changing metropolis in relationship to the increasingly vulnerable balance of the environment. The interpretations vary from still images of the battle between human intervention and nature, to geometric patterns as a result of urban development.
The exhibition is accompanied by a full colour illustrated catalogue (€39.90).
For more information, please visit www.realphotographyaward.com
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