TORONTO, May 30, 2024
/CNW/ - Clara Gutsche of Montréal,
Québec is the winner of the 14th annual Scotiabank
Photography Award.
As winner of the prestigious Award, Gutsche will receive a
$50,000 cash prize, a solo Primary
Exhibition during the 2025 CONTACT Photography Festival, and a
published book of her work distributed worldwide by renowned art
book publisher, Steidl.
"Congratulations to Clara
Gutsche, winner of the 14th annual Scotiabank
Photography Award," says Laura Curtis
Ferrera, Chief Marketing Officer, Scotiabank. "Clara's art
explores the depths of personal relationships and the intersection
of culture and urban landscapes through a unique and powerful
photographic perspective. At Scotiabank, we are proud to have
founded this award which helps to support and elevate the art of
Canadian storytellers across the country and around the world."
The Scotiabank Photography Award recognizes the achievements of
established mid-to-late career artists, by engaging Canadians and
raising awareness through photographic art of the issues and forces
of our time. The Award was co-founded by Scotiabank and Canadian
photographer Edward Burtynsky with a goal of recognizing and
accelerating artists' careers as they reach the next level of
national and international recognition.
"Clara Gutsche has been a dedicated practitioner of the
medium of photography in a classical way," says Edward Burtynsky,
co-founder of the Scotiabank Photography Award and jury chair.
"She embeds herself in a community over time and, with a
gentle and caring eye, begins to reveal the character of the
community she has focused on. It will be a treat to see her works
brought together in exhibition and forthcoming book."
Nicolas Baier of Montréal, Québec
and Thaddeus Holownia of
Sackville, Nova Scotia were also finalists for the 2024
Award and will each receive cash prizes of $10,000. The 2024 Scotiabank Photography Award
Nominees represent the result of an annual Canada-wide search for excellence. The
Scotiabank Photography Award is peer-reviewed at every stage of the
nomination and adjudication process and nominees must meet
eligibility criteria.
The 2024 Scotiabank Photography Award jury includes:
- Edward Burtynsky, Artist, Jury Chair
- Stéphane Aquin, Director, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- Andrea Kunard, Senior Curator of
Photography, National Gallery of Canada
- Gaëlle Morel, Exhibition Curator at the Toronto Image Centre
(TIC)
For more information about the Scotiabank Photography Award,
please visit www.scotiabank.com/photoaward.
Ken Lum, winner of the 2023
Scotiabank Photography Award, has a solo Primary Exhibition at
the Toronto Image Centre which will be on view from May 9 – August 3,
2024.
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SOURCE Scotiabank