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May 09, 2007 - Entries were judged by category: Advertising, Photojournalism, Book, Fine Art, Nature, and Portraiture, all which contain various sub-categories.
The winner of the most coveted public recognition, the Px3 Photographer of the Year, is professional photographer Alex Telfer from the United Kingdom. Telfer is being recognized for the overall quality of submissions in several categories, in particular his "Nikon" series.
The recipient of the Best New Talent Award and the 2,000 Euro cash prize is Todd Krainin from California for his series titled, Nepal 2006: Civil War in Shangri-La. Krainin says, "I was both stunned and grateful in equal measure…. Px3 is the first organization to recognize the work I did in Asia.... After several months of running from tear gas and water cannons, it's rewarding to know that someone out there besides myself thinks that it was all worth it."
The photographs of the Px3 Photographer of the Year, the Best New Talent Award winner, plus the 1st and 2nd place winners in each Major category are exhibited in Paris at the 13Sévigné Gallery on June 29th, 2007 for two weeks and are published in the Px3 Annual Book. The 13Sévigné Gallery is located heart of Paris's Marais District. Gallery director Jean-Michel Chaufour and artistic director Jeannette Mariani regularly present budding and established international artists who employ innovative techniques and raise questions about contemporary society.
The work of the 1st and 2nd Place Subcategory winners are also published in the high-quality, full-color Px3 Annual Book. The names of the Honorable Mention recipients and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Subcategory Public Choice Winners will be included as well.
Px3 is juried by top international decision-makers in the photography industry: Jérôme Ormieres, Art Director of BDDP & Fils, Paris; Simon James, Publishing Director of EC1 Publishing Ltd (London based Photographic Publishers), London; Carol Johnson, Curator of Photography of Library of Congress, Washington D.C.; Gilles Raynaldy, Director of Purpose, Paris; Kenan Aktulun, VP/Creative Director, of Digitas, New York; Naomi Cass, Director of Centre for Contemporary Photography, Australia, Steve Fine, Director of Photography of Sports Illustrated; Chiara Mariani, Photo Editor of Corriere della Sera Magazine, Italy, Arnaud Adida, Director of Acte 2 Gallery, Acte 2 Agency, Paris, Susan A. Zadeh, Artistic Director of Eyemazing International Contemporary Photography magazine; Jeannette Mariani, Art Director of 13 Sévigné Gallery, Paris; Bernard Utudjian, Director of Galerie Polaris, Paris, Tom Meerman, President of GKF/Dutch Photographer's Association; Adrian Leeds, Director of Adrian Leeds Group, Paris; Scott Mc Kiernan, Director of ZUMA Press, Inc. and Publisher of DOUBLEtruck Magazine; Agnès Voltz, Director of Chambre avec Vues, Paris; Alice Gabriner, World Picture Editor of Time Magazine.
About Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris :
Px3 strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris as well as the world at large. Px3 is open to all, including professional, non-professional, and student photographers.
