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Leica Oskar Barnack Award
The Leica Oskar Barnack Award, presented almost continuously since 1979, recognizes photography expressing the relationship between man and the environment. It was known as the Oskar Barnack Award when presented by World Press Photo between 1979 and 1992, and has been known as the Leica Oskar Barnack Award while presented by Leica Camera since 1995.
History and purpose
The Oskar Barnack Award was presented by World Press Photo for the years 1979 to 1992, in the following year.[n 1] It was named after Oskar Barnack (1879–1936), designer of the first Leica camera, on the hundredth anniversary of his birth.
After a short hiatus, Leica (first the Leica Group but from shortly thereafter Leica Camera) resumed the award in 1995 and has continued it to date (2021). It is now more formally titled the Leica Oskar Barnack Award.
The award is given to "professional photographers whose unerring powers of observation capture and express the relationship between man and the environment in the most graphic form in a sequence of a minimum of 10 up to a maximum of 12 images".[1]
A "Newcomer Award", for photographers aged 25 and below, was added in 2009; a "Public Award", with submissions via i-shot-it.com, in 2014.[1]
The selection process does not demand that jurors recuse themselves from evaluating submissions by photographers from the same agency, for such a situation is not considered to present a juror with a conflict of interest.[2]
Winners, World Press Photo period (1979–1992)
| Year[n 2] | Winner | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Floris Bergkamp | Sea battle between Greenpeace and would-be dumpers of radioactive waste[3] |
| 1980 | Björn Larsson Ask | An 8-year-old undergoing skin transplants after serious burns[4] |
| 1981 | Wendy Watriss | US veterans of the Vietnam war suffering from the effects of exposure to Agent Orange[5] |
| 1982 | Neil McGahee | Two elderly brothers working as farmers[6] |
| 1983 | Stormi Greener | The life of Hattie Vaughn, aged 106[7] |
| 1984 | Sebastião Salgado | Famine in Ethiopia[8][9] |
| 1985 | David C. Turnley | Life in South Africa[10] |
| 1986 | Jeff Share | The Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament[11] |
| 1987 | Chris Steele-Perkins[12] | Lives of Thalidomide victims[13] |
| 1988 | Charles Mason[14] | Trapped Gray Whales in Alaska |
| 1989 | Raphaël Gaillarde | Research from a dirigible at the roof of the Amazon rainforest[15] |
| 1990 | Barry Lewis | The effects of pollution from a lampblack factory in Copşa Mică, Romania[16] |
| 1991 | Sebastião Salgado[17] | Clearing up after sabotage of oilwells in Kuwait[18] |
| 1992 | Eugene Richards | Drought in the Hadejia-Nguru wetlands[19] |
Winners, Leica period (1995 to present)
| Year | Winner | Title/[subject][n 3] | Remarks[n 3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Gianni Berengo Gardin[20] | La disperata allegria[21] | |
| 1996 | Larry Towell[20][22] | ||
| 1997 | Jane Evelyn Atwood[20][23] | ||
| 1998 | Fabio Ponzio[20][24] | ||
| 1999 | Claudine Doury[20] | [minorities in Siberia][25] | |
| 2000 | Luc Delahaye[20] | Winterreise [people in Russia][26] | |
| 2001 | Bertrand Meunier[20] | [social tensions in the north of China, 1999–2007][27][28] | |
| 2002 | Narelle Autio[20] | Coastal dwellers [Australians at the beach][29][30] | |
| 2003 | Andrea Hoyer | Places of memory[31][32] | Honourable mentions: Jan Grarup, [refugees]; Vanessa Winship, Albanian landscape[31] |
| 2004 | Peter Granser | Coney Island[33][34] | Honourable mentions: Martin Kollar, Nothing special; Alex Majoli, Hotel Marinum[33] |
| 2005 | Guy Tillim | Johannesburg story[35][36] | Honourable mention: Linn Schröder, Are you a frog?[35] |
| 2006 | Tomás Munita | Kabul: Leaving the shadows[37][38] | Honourable mention: James Whitlow Delano, Japan Mangaland[37] |
| 2007 | Julio Bittencourt | In a window of Prestes Maia 911 building [squatters in a building in São Paulo][39][40] | Honourable mentions: José Cendón, [psychiatric hospitals in East Africa]; Margaret M. de Lange, [the photographer's daughters][39] |
| 2008 | Lucia Nimcová | Unofficial [Nimcová's home town (Humenné, Slovakia)][41][42] |
In 2009, the Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award was added.
| Year | Award | Newcomer Award | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Title/[subject][n 3] | Winner | Title/[subject][n 3] | |
| 2009 | Mikhael Subotzky | Beaufort West [Beaufort West, South Africa][43][44][45] | Dominic Nahr | The road to nowhere [refugees in eastern DRC during the 2008 Nord-Kivu campaign][45][46] |
| 2010 | Jens Olof Lasthein | Waiting for the future: Pictures from Abkhazia[47][48] | Andy Spyra | Kashmir [indigenous population of Kashmir][49][50] |
| 2011 | Jan Grarup | Haiti aftermath[51][52] | Huang Jing (artist) | Pure of sight ["not dedicated to any subject in particular"][53] |
| 2012 | Frank Hallam Day | Alumascapes ["recreational vehicles" in Florida][54][55] | Piotr Zbierski | Pass by me [fleeting encounters with people][56][57] |
| 2013 | Evgenia Arbugaeva | Tiksi [Tiksi, Arctic Russia][58][59] | Ciril Jazbec | Waiting to move [Shishmaref, Alaska, threatened by global warming][60][61] |
In 2014, the Leica Oskar Barnack Public Award was added.
| Year | Award | Newcomer Award | Public Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Title/[subject][n 3] | Winner | Title/[subject][n 3] | Winner | Title/[subject][n 3] | |
| 2014 | Martin Kollar | Field trip [ambiguities in a militarized Israel][62] | Alejandro Cegarra | The other side of the Tower of David [squatters in a tower block in Caracas][63][64] | Tadas Cerniauskas[65] | Comfort zone [people on the beach][66] |
| 2015 | JH Engström[67] | Tout Va Bien | Wiktoria Wojciechowska[68] | Short Flashes | ||
| 2016 | Scarlett Coten[69] | Mectoub | Clémentine Schneidermann[70][71] | The Unbearable, the Sadness and the Rest | ||
| 2017 | Terje Abusdal | Slash & Burn[72] | Sergey Melnitchenko | Behind the Scenes[73] | ||
| 2018 | Max Pinckers | Red Ink[74][75] | Mary Gelman | Svetlana[74][75] | ||
| 2019 | Mustafah Abdulaziz[76] | Water | Nanna Heitmann[77] | Hiding from Baba Yaga | ||
| 2020 | Luca Locatelli[78][79] | Future Studies | Gonçalo Fonseca[79][80] | New Lisbon | ||
Notes
- ^ For evidence of hosting by World Press Photo and for the one-year lag, see the references provided for the table of winners within this article.
- ^ During the World Press Photo period, awards seem to have been identified with the year of entry submission, and conferred in the following year. Thus the Leica page that lists these ("Winner 2002–1979") describes most as for one year later, and so for example Bergkamp is described as the winner for 1980. (There appears to be a further complexity involving the award for Eugene Richards.)
- ^ a b c d e f g In italics: title; [in brackets]: subject.
See also
References
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- ^ Pete Brook, "Conflict of interest within jury process? NOOR Images and Leica Oskar Barnack Award respond", Prison Photography, 28 June 2011. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "1979, Floris Bergkamp, Individual awards, Oskar Barnack Award", World Press Photo. Accessed 19 May 2014.
- ^ "1980, Björn H. Larsson Ask, Individual awards, Oskar Barnack Award", World Press Photo. Accessed 19 May 2014.
- ^ "1981, Wendy Watriss, Individual awards, Oskar Barnack Award", World Press Photo. Accessed 19 May 2014.
- ^ "1982, Neil McGahee, Individual awards, Oskar Barnack Award", World Press Photo. Accessed 19 May 2014.
- ^ "1983, Stormi Lee Greener, Individual awards, Oskar Barnack Award", World Press Photo. Accessed 19 May 2014.
- ^ "Bhopal picture wins award", New York Times, 17 February 1985. Accessed 19 May 2014.
- ^ "1984, Sebastião Salgado, Individual awards, Oskar Barnack Award", World Press Photo. Accessed 19 May 2014.
- ^ "1985, David Turnley, Individual awards, Oskar Barnack Award", World Press Photo. Accessed 19 May 2014.
- ^ "1986, Jeff Share, Individual awards, Oskar Barnack Award", World Press Photo. Accessed 22 May 2014.
- ^ "World press photo 1988", Zoom 80 (May 1988): 36–42. Abstract here in ProQuest.
- ^ "1987, Christopher Steele-Perkins, Individual awards, Oskar Barnack Award Archived 2014-05-25 at archive.today", World Press Photo. Accessed 22 May 2014.
- ^ " search/layout/result/indeling/detailwpp/form/wpp/q/ishoofdafbeelding/true/trefwoord/year/1988/trefwoord/prize/Individual%20awards 1988, Charles Mason, Individual awards, Oskar Barnack Award", World Press Photo. Accessed 22 May 2014.
- ^ "1989, Raphaël Gaillarde, Individual awards, Oskar Barnack Award", World Press Photo. Accessed 22 May 2014.
- ^ "1990, Barry Lewis, Individual awards, Oskar Barnack Award", World Press Photo. Accessed 22 May 2014.
- ^ Herman Keppy, "World press photo: tentoonselling in Amsterdamse nieuwe kerk", Focus 4 (April 1992): 36–37. Abstract here in ProQuest.
- ^ "1991, Sebastião Salgado, Individual awards, Oskar Barnack Award", World Press Photo. Accessed 24 May 2014.
- ^ "1992, Eugene Richards, Individual awards, Oskar Barnack Award", World Press Photo. Accessed 24 May 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Winner 2002–1979", leica-oscar-barnack-award.com. Accessed 16 May 2014.
- ^ "Gianni Berengo Gardin: Lifetime achievement", 6th annual Lucie awards, 2008. Accessed 25 May 2014.
- ^ Siobhan Brannigan, "Larry Towell (1994–10–14)", Kodak Lectures, Ryerson University. Accessed 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Exhibitions: Jane Evelyn Atwood, Médiathèque des Rencontres de la photographie, Arles, 2008. Accessed 19 May 2014.
- ^ "Authors", Atlante Italiano 007. Accessed 19 May 2014.
- ^ "Doury, Claudine". Médiathèque des Rencontres de la photographie, Arles. Accessed 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Luc Delahaye: Winter Journey", Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte. Accessed 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Sète #09: Bertrand Meunier: 'Sète, solaire et minérale'", La Maison de l'Image Documentaire, 2008. (in French) Accessed 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Bertrand Meunier", Tendance Floue. 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Narelle Autio 2014-05-25 at the Wayback Machine" (PDF), Michael Reid. Accessed 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Beach pictures: It's just another prize-winning day out there", Sydney Morning Herald, 15 April 2002. Accessed 24 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Winner 2003, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "In pictures: Oscar Barnack Award", BBC. Accessed 18 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Winner 2004, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 May 2014.
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- ^ a b "Winner 2005, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ Jonathan Derbyshire, "Rainbows of the inner city", New Statesman, 31 March 2011. Accessed 18 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Winner 2006, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ Jay Defoore, "Tomas Munita wins Leica Oskar Barnack prize", Popular Photo, 19 December 2008 [sic]. Accessed 18 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Winner 2007, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "'Es el testamento de un fracaso': Julio Bittencourt", Quesabesde. (in Spanish) Accessed 18 May 2014.
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- ^ "Personalities of Between the Seas jury", Jihlava IDFF, 17 October 2010. Accessed 18 May 2014.
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- ^ "Mikhael Subotzky gana el Leica Oskar Barnack Award", Xatakafoto, 16 July 2009. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Leica announces the winner of the Oskar Barnack Award 2009", Photography Monthly, 10 July 2009. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Winner Newcomer Award 2009, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Winner 2010, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Oskar-Barnack-Preis 2010 - Die kalten Jahre sind vorbei", Süddeutsche Zeitung, 1 June 2010. (in German) Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Winner Newcomer Award 2010, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Photo essay: Kashmir, by Andy Spyra", Invisible Photographer Asia, 2 June 2010. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Winner 2011, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 May 2014.
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- ^ "Winner Newcomer Award 2011, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Winner 2012, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Frank Hallam Day: RV night", Orlando Museum of Art. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Winner Newcomer Award 2012, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Piotr Zbierski: Pass by me and Love has to be reinvented", Krakow Photo Fringe, 2013. Accessed 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Winner 2013, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Reception and Artist's Talk Celebrates Evgenia Arbugaeva's 'Tiksi' Exhibit, November 14", Center of Documentary Studies, Duke University. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Winner Newcomer Award 2013, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Ciril Jazbec dobitnik nagrade festivala v Arlesu", times.si. (in Slovene) Accessed 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Winner 2014, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Winner Newcomer Award 2014, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Alejandro Cegarra ganó el Premio Leica", Entorno inteligente, 23 May 2014. (in Spanish) Accessed 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Leica anniversary and Oskar Barnack update!", i-shot-it.com, 23 May 2014. Accessed 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Comfort zone", i-shot-it.com. Accessed 25 May 2014.
- ^ "JH Engström, Sweden: 'Tout Va Bien' - LOBA". JH Engström, Sweden: 'Tout Va Bien' - LOBA. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "Winner of the Award Newcomer in 2015: Wiktoria Wojciechowska - LOBA". Winner of the Award Newcomer in 2015: Wiktoria Wojciechowska - LOBA. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "Scarlett Coten, winner of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2016 - LOBA". Scarlett Coten, winner of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2016 - LOBA. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "The Unbearable, the Sadness and the Rest". BBC News. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "Winner Newcomer Award 2016: Clémentine Schneidermann - LOBA". Winner Newcomer Award 2016: Clémentine Schneidermann - LOBA. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "Winner 2017: Terje Abusdal 2019-05-20 at the Wayback Machine, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 September 2017.
- ^ "Winner Award Newcomer 2017: Sergey Melnitchenko 2018-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, leica-oskar-barnack.com. Accessed 17 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Winners of 2018 Leica Oskar Barnack Awards Announced". Photo District News. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^ a b "International Photo Contest – The Leica Oskar Barnack Award". International Photo Contest – The Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^ "Winner 2019: Mustafah Abdulaziz". leica-oskar-barnack-award.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ^ "Winner Award Newcomer 2019: Nanna Heitmann - LOBA". leica-oskar-barnack-award.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ^ "Winner 2020: Luca Locatelli - LOBA". leica-oskar-barnack-award.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ^ a b "The Leica Oskar Barnack Award Photo Competition". calibremagazine.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ^ "Winner Award Newcomer 2020: Gonçalo Fonseca - LOBA". leica-oskar-barnack-award.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
External links
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