Originally established in 2003 through a collaboration between the Edinburgh based photographic journal Portfolio Magazine and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, these annual awards aim to give opportunities to five promising photographers that will help establish them in their careers in the transitional and often difficult period after graduation.
Open to artists of any age who work with the medium of photography, applicants must be resident in the UK and have graduated from a visual arts degree course in the UK within the past three years. Awards are made to five artists whose submitted photographs, in the opinion of the selectors, demonstrate originality and excellence.
Each of the five winners receives an award of £2,500, representation in the December issue of Portfolio Magazine and inclusion in a group exhibition at the Jerwood Space, London, in November each year. Now in their fifth year, these awards offer a unique combination of financial reward, full-colour reproduction of work in a renowned photographic publication and the opportunity to exhibit in the UK’s capital, providing much needed support to recent graduates at a critical stage in their careers.
A call for entries for the Jerwood Photography Awards is made in May every year, and the deadline for registrations is in mid-August. Applications are submitted between late August and early September each year. Guidelines are now available on Portfolio Magazine’s website or click here for further information.
The awards are open to UK-based artists who work with the medium of photography and who have graduated from visual art degree courses in the UK within the past three years. There is no age limit.
Awards are made to five artists whose submitted photographs, in the opinion of the selectors, demonstrate originality and excellence. Submission is by registration initially.
The selection panel for the 2008 Jerwood Photography Awards is:
Dewi Lewis
Dewi Lewis Publishing
Neeta Madahar
Visual Artist
David Scull
Director, Hoopers Gallery, London
Marta Weiss
Curator, Photographs
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Gloria Chalmers
Editor, Portfolio Magazine
This award does not operate a shortlist system. Please refer to the winners section.
The winners of the Jerwood Photography Awards 2008 will be announced in November.
Awards will be made to five artists whose submitted photographs, in the opinion of the selectors, demonstrate originality and excellence. The selection will take place in September 2008 and the winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at Jerwood Space in London, on 6 November 2008.
The Awards, which were established in 2003, comprise three elements: five winners will each receive Awards of £2,500, their work will be exhibited in a group exhibition at Jerwood Space in London in November 2008, followed by a tour, and will be published in the November 2008 issue of Portfolio Magazine.
2008 Jerwood Photography Awards Exhibition
7 November - 11 December
Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London SE1 0LN
Winners of the Jerwood Photography Awards 2007.
Winners of the Jerwood Photography Awards 2006.
The work of the winners is featured in Issue 46 of Portfolio Magazine, with an essay by selector Martin Barnes.
Martin Barnes catalogue essay 2007
2007 Jerwood Photography Awards
Winners
Sophie Gerrard,
Edmund Kevill-Davies,
Moira Lovell,
Kevin Newark,
Dana Popa
Selectors
Martin Barnes, Curator, Photographs, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Gloria Chalmers, Editor, Portfolio Magazine
Gayle Chong Kwan, Visual Artist
John Davies, Photographer/Artist
Anne McNeill, Director, Impressions Gallery, Bradford
2006 Jerwood Photography Awards
Winners
Zoe Hatziyannaki
Peter Oetzmann
Indre Serpytyte
Paul Winch-Furness
Selectors
David A Bailey, Senior Photography Curator, Autograph, London
Sian Bonnell, Visual Artist
Gloria Chalmers, Editor, Portfolio Magazine
Francis Hodgson, Head of Photographs at Sothebys’, London
Russell Roberts, Ffotogallery Senior Research Fellow in Photographic Curation, University of Wales, Newport
2005 Jerwood Photography Awards
Winners
Daniel Gustav Cramer
Nina Mangalanayagam
Sarah Pickering
Oliver Parker
Luke Stephenson
Selectors
Gloria Chalmers, Editor, Portfolio Magazine
Andrew Dewdney, Educationalist and Writer
Patrick Henry, Director, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
Val Williams, Writer and Curator
Bettina von Zwehl, Visual Artist
2004 Jerwood Photography Awards
Winners
Emma Hamilton
Travis Hodges
Sarah Lynch
Richard Page
Léonie Purchas
Selectors
Gloria Chalmers, Editor, Portfolio Magazine
Duncan Forbes, Senior Curator, Scottish National Photography Collection
John Gill, Independent Curator
Amna Malik, Writer
Alexa Wright, Visual Artist
2003 Jerwood Photography Awards
Winners
Veronica Bailey
Polly Braden
Edgar Martins
Danny Treacy
Naglaa Walker
Selectors
Gloria Chalmers, Editor, Portfolio Magazine
David Chandler, Director, Photoworks
Mark Haworth-Booth, Curator of Photography, Victoria & Albert Museum
Amanda Hopkinson, Writer and Critic
Catherine Yass, Visual Artist
For further information please contact:
Portfolio Magazine
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Scotland UK
tel (44) 0131 220 1911
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jerwood@portfoliocatalogue.com
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