GIRL POWER 1854 Media, publisher of the British Journal of Photography (BJP), announced the winning photographers of the inaugural Female in Focus award towards the end of last year. Larson-Juhl was delighted to sponsor this initiative.
Selected by a panel of pioneering women within the industry, the 20 single image winners were exhibited in a group show at United Photo Industries Gallery in New York, alongside the two series winners, who took part in the private view. The artists behind the two winning bodies of work are Priya Kambli and Katinka Schuett. Kambli’s series, Buttons For Eyes, explores issues of loss, memory, and the photographer’s hybrid cultural identity, by physically manipulating old family photographs and then rephotographing the
Female in Focus was created by 1854 Media and the BJP, in collaboration with United Photo Industries, seeking to bridge photography’s gender imbalance and to elevate the work and careers of female professionals across the globe.
altered artefacts. Schuett’s series, Cosmic Drive, questions how contradictory spheres of fantasy and hard science can be made visible. These series, and the 20 winning single images that accompanied them in the exhibition, demonstrate a multitude of diverse feminine perspectives. LarsonJuhl had the privilege of framing all the photographs as part of a BJP international sponsorship initiative. femaleinfocus.com
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