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Focus Awards Archive by Year

The New England Beacon – 2013

Photograph of Phillip Prodger courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum

Phillip Prodger

Phillip Prodger

Phillip Prodger, is an art historian, writer, curator and head of the photography department at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts


www.npg.org.uk/research/staff-research-profiles/phillip-prodger.php
Presented by: Jared Bowen

Jared Bowen will present the award to Phillip Prodger

Rising Star – 2013

Shane Lavalette

Shane Lavalette

Shane Lavalette

Shane Lavalette, Founding Publisher and Editor of Lavalette and the Director of Light Work in Syracuse, NY


www.shanelavalette.com/
Presented by: Susan Worsham

Susan Worsham will present the award to Shane Lavalette

Lifetime – 2013

Mary Swanson photographed by Jessica Tampas

Mary Virginia Swanson

Mary Virginia Swanson

Mary Virginia Swanson, is an author, educator and advisor to artists and arts organizations whose career includes exhibiting, collecting and licensing photography.


mvswanson.com/
Presented by: Susan Kae Grant

Susan kae Grant will present the award to Mary Virginia Swanson

Quicksilver – 2012

Keith Jenkins

Keith Jenkins became the Supervising Senior Producer for Multimedia at NPR after a 13 year distinguished career at the Washington Post and Washington Post Magazine.


Presented by: David Binder

David Binder will present the award to Keith Jenkins.

Spotlight – 2012

Rixon Reed

Rixon Reed founded photo-eye a blend of Galleries, Auctions, Visual Server, Magazine and Newsletter, and a new venture called the Artist Photo Index.


Presented by: Crista Dix

Crista Dix will present the award to Rixon Reed.

Rising Star – 2012

Aline Smithson

Aline Smithson, began her career as a fashion editor and is now a widely published and exhibited photographer, educator and blogger.


alinesmithson.com/
Presented by: Caleb Cole

Caleb Cole will present the award to Aline Smithson.

The New England Beacon – 2012

Stephen Jareckie

Stephen Jareckie, is currently the Photographic Advisor for the Fitchburg Art Museum and Curator of Photography Emeritus for the Worcester Art Museum.


Presented by: Kristina Durocher

Kristina Durocher will present the award to Stephen Jareckie.

Lifetime – 2012

Eelco Wolf

Eelco Wolf, was in charge of Worldwide Marketing Communications for the Polaroid’s Corporation as well as Executive Director of Magnum Photos Worldwide, currently a member of the Photography Collection Committee of the Harvard Art Museums.


Presented by: Henry Horenstein

Henry Horenstein will present the award to Eelco Wolf.

The New England Beacon – 2011

Susan Mosser

Susan Mosser, is Special Services VP of the New England Camera Club Council.


Presented by: Barbara Rozavsky

Barbara Rozavsky will present the award to Ms. Mosser.

Rising Star – 2011

Eileen Gittins

Eileen Gittins, is Founder, President, and CEO of Blurb.


Presented by: Joyce Tenneson

Joyce Tenneson will present the award to Ms. Gittins.

Lifetime – 2011

Dr. Alison Norström

Dr. Alison Nordström, is Curator of Photographs and Director of Exhibitions at George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film.


Presented by: W.M. Hunt

W.M. Hunt will present the award to Dr. Nordström.

Living Legend – 2011

Harold Feinstein

We are honoring Harold Feinstein for his sixty year career as a photographer.

 


www.haroldfeinstein.com/
Presented by: Jim Fitts

Jim Fitts will present the award to Harold Feinstein.

 

The New England Beacon – 2010

Alan Taylor

Alan Taylor

Web developer Alan Taylor created the photo blog The Big Picture for The Boston Globe/Boston.com.


Presented by: Finbarr O’Reilly

Chief Photographer, West & Central Africa, Reuters O’Reilly will present the award to Taylor.

Rising Star – 2010

David Bram

David Bram

Based in Albuquerque, NM, Bram is editor, curator, and founder of the popular and influential Fraction Magazine, now in its sixteenth issue.


www.fractionmagazine.com/david-bram/
Presented by: Mary Virginia Swanson

Marketing Consultant, Swanson makes it her goal to help photographers find the strengths in their work and identify appreciative audiences for their prints, exhibitions, editorial, and licensing placement. She will present the award to David Bram.

Lifetime – 2010

James K. Colton

James K. Colton

Colton is currently the photography editor for Sports Illustrated.


Presented by: Steve Fine

Director of Photography at Sports Illustrated for the past 14 years, Fine will present the award to Mr. Colton

Spotlight – 2009

Steve Hoffman (inset) Jim Toya-Brown

Modern Postcard

Photographers worldwide rely on Modern Postcard, a San Diego commercial printing company. Founded by Steve Hoffman and nurtured by Jim Toya-Brown, Modern Postcard provides small runs of high quality postcards at an affordable price. Modern Postcard is at the forefront of the postcard industry.


www.modernpostcard.com
Presented by: Howard Bernstein

Howard Bernstein is the CEO of Bernstein & Andriulli, NY, and publisher of Spread Artculture magazine

Scribe – 2009

Russell Hart

Russell Hart

Hart is executive editor of American Photo magazine and editor of American Photo On Campus. In addition to editing and authoring numerous magazine stories and posts on the American Photo blog, State of the Art , Hart oversees many of its technical reviews and organizes the “Editor’s Choice” issue.


www.russellhartphoto.com
Presented by: Henry Horenstein

Henry Horenstein will present the award to Russell Hart.

The New England Beacon – 2009

Rosalind Smith

Rosalind Smith

Rosalind (Roz) Smith, a native of Newton, is a features writer for Shutterbug, Photographers Forum, View Camera, Black and White and Camera Arts. She has also written feature articles for the Robb Report, Photo District News, and the Boston Globe. She has written articles on scores of photographers including Richard Avedon, James Nachtwey, Ron Haviv, John Isaac, Jill Enfield and Duane Michals.


Presented by: John Isaac

Photographer, John Isaac will present the award to Roz Smith.

Rising Star – 2009

Rob Haggart

Rob Haggart

Haggart is the former director of photography for Men’s Journal and Outside magazines. He has received photo editing recognition from Graphis, American Photography, Society of Publication Designers, Communication Arts, American Society of Magazine Editors and Photo District News, and was chosen as part of the creative team of the year by Ad Week. He currently freelances as a photography director and runs APhotoEditor.com, a blog on photography.


aphotoeditor.com
Presented by: Jill Enfield

Jill Enfield, a fine art photographer, author and educator will present the award to Rob Haggart.

Lifetime – 2009

Eliane Laffont

Eliane Laffont

Eliane Laffont has been a leading creative and entrepreneurial force in the world of photojournalism. In 1968, she opened the first U.S. office of Gamma Press Images in collaboration with her husband, Jean-Pierre. In 1973, they co-founded Sygma Photo News Agency, where Laffont served as general manager, then president of North American operations, for nearly three decades (with a two-year hiatus at LOOK magazine). Under Laffont’s leadership, Sygma blossomed into the world’s largest photo news agency with more than 500 photographers in 50 countries. In 1999, Sygma was acquired by Bill Gates’ Corbis Images and Laffont was appointed U.S. operations general manager and later was promoted to global vice president of editorial content of Corbis-Sygma. In 2001, Laffont joined Hachette Filipacchi Media as editorial director, supervising the photographic production of the group in the U.S. and developing the photo division around three sectors: photojournalism, photo illustration and photo reportage.


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliane_Laffont
Presented by: Jean François LeRoy

LeRoy is the founder of Visa pour L’image Festival in Perpignan, France.

Spotlight – 2008

Nikon Crew

Nikon Crew

Nikon

Nikon is a world leader in digital imaging, precision optics, and photo imaging technology


www.nikonusa.com/en/index.page
Presented by: Rick Friedman

Rick Friedman, photographer, presents award to Nikon

The New England Beacon – 2008

Henry Horenstein

Henry Horenstein

Henry Horenstein, Photographer, Author and Educator


www.honkytonkeditions.com
Presented by:

Award-winning hosts of Car Talk on National Public Radio

Rising Star – 2008

Jen Beckman

Jen Bekman

Jen Bekman is the Founder and Owner, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York


jenbekman.com
Presented by: Omar Wasow

Cyber guru

Lifetime – 2008

Deborah Willis photo © Jennifer Samuels

Deborah Willis

Debora Willis is the Chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, Curator, Author, Educator, Historian, and Photographer


debwillisphoto.com/home.html
Presented by: Anna Maria Horsford

Anna Maria Horsford is an American actress, known for her performances in television comedies. Horsford is best known for her roles as Thelma Frye on the NBC sitcom Amen, and as Dee Baxter on the WB sitcom The Wayans Bros.

Spotlight – 2007

Holly Stuart Hughes courtesy of PDN

Photo District News

Holly Stuart Hughes accepts award as the editor of Photo District News and PDNOnline.com, the monthly trade magazine and website for professional photographers.


www.pdnonline.com
Presented by: Henry Horenstein

Photographer presents the award to PDN.

The New England Beacon – 2007

Clifford Ackley

Clifford Ackley

Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Curator of Prints and Drawings and Chair of the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the MFA, Boston


www.mfa.org
Presented by: Susan Paine

President of the Board of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Rising Star – 2007

Sara Terry

Sara Terry

Founder, The Aftermath Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping photojournalists document the aftermath of conflict.


theaftermathproject.org
Presented by: Sherman Teichman

Director, Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University will present award to Sara.

Lifetime – 2007

Kathy Ryan

Kathy Ryan

Photo Editor, The New York Times Magazine.


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Ryan
Presented by:

Gregory Crewdson presents the award to Kathy Ryan. He is an American photographer. He photographs tableaux of American homes and neighborhoods.

The New England Beacon – 2006

Barbara Hitchcock

Barbara Hitchcock

Cultural Affairs Director, Polaroid Corporation and Curator, Polaroid Collection


www.fep-photo.org/curator/hitchcock/
Presented by: David Levinthal

Photographer presents award to Barbara Hitchcock

 

Rising Star – 2006

Brian Clamp

Brian Clamp

Owner, ClampArt, New York


Presented by: William (W.M.) Hunt

Photography collector, curator and consultant

Lifetime – 2006

Anne Wilkes Tucker

Anne Wilkes Tucker

Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston


www.mfah.org/exhibitions/
Presented by: Leonard Nimoy

Photographer presents award to Anne Wilkes Tucker.

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Floor Plan

Amy Rindskopf's Terra Novus

At the market, I pick each one up, pulled in by the shapes as they sit together, waiting. I feel its heft in my hand, enjoy the textures of the skin or peel, and begin to look closer and closer. The patterns on each individual surface marks them as distinct. I push further still, discovering territory unseen by the casual observer, a new land. I am like a satellite orbiting a distant planet, taking the first-ever images of this newly envisioned place.

This project started as an homage to Edward Weston’s Pepper No. 30 (I am, ironically, allergic to peppers). As I looked for my subject matter at the market, I found that I wasn’t drawn to just one single fruit or vegetable. There were so many choices, appealing to both hand and eye. I decided to print in black and white to help make the images visually more about the shapes, and not about guessing which fruit is smoothest, which vegetable is greenest.

Artistic Purpose/Intent

Artistic Purpose/Intent

Tricia Gahagan

 

Photography has been paramount in my personal path of healing from disease and

connecting with consciousness. The intention of my work is to overcome the limits of the

mind and engage the spirit. Like a Zen koan, my images are paradoxes hidden in plain

sight. They are intended to be sat with meditatively, eventually revealing greater truths

about the world and about one’s self.

 

John Chervinsky’s photography is a testament to pensive work without simple answers;

it connects by encouraging discovery and altering perspectives. I see this scholarship

as a potential to continue his legacy and evolve the boundaries of how photography can

explore the human condition.

 

Growing my artistic skill and voice as an emerging photographer is critical, I see this as

a rare opportunity to strengthen my foundation and transition towards an established

and influential future. I am thirsty to engage viewers and provide a transformative

experience through my work. I have been honing my current project and building a plan

for its complete execution. The incredible Griffin community of mentors and the

generous funds would be instrumental for its development. I deeply recognize the

hallmark moment this could be for the introduction of the work. Thank you for providing

this incredible opportunity for budding visions and artists that know they have something

greater to share with the world.

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