PHoto España Festival and Awards 2009

The PHotoEspaña Baume & Mercier 2009 Award has been granted to photographer Malick Sidibé (Mali, 1936). The Malian photographer receives this reward as recognition to his exceptional condition of portrait artist, his sensibility and personality. All that makes him one of the most renowned photographers of Africa. With pictures taken in its own study -Studio Malick- during the 50s and 60s, Sidibé has documented an important period of the history of Africa, a phase of emancipation, cultural changes, pride and hope in the future. His sensitive, enthusiastic, and compromised look has created simple, authentic, and full of truth images showing the special complicity between the photographer and its portrayed.

The Bartolome Ros Award, gifted with 12,000 €, has been granted to photographer Isabel Muñoz. In past editions the following artists have been awarded: Ricard Terre, Javier Vallhonrat, Marta Gili, Alejandro Castellote, Kowasa library, Joan Fontcuberta, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Ramon Masats, Cristina Garcia Rodero and Publio Lopez Mondejar.

The winner of the Prize Descubrimientos PHE Epson to the best portfolio of the Festival has been the Mexican photographer Alejandra Laviada (Mexico, 1980) for her work Photo Sculptures

Read more and see all the award winners

03/04/09
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Festival : from June 3 to July 26.

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, PHotoEspaña goes international. PHotoEspaña will organise exhibitions in Italy and Portugal and hold the portfolio review jointly in Peru, Mexico and Spain.

Workshops announed, check them out | Campus PHE Grandes Maestros :


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Previous top award winners : PHE08 Martin Parr, PHE07 Robert Frank, PHE06 Hiroshi Sugimoto, PHE05 William Klein, PHE04 William Egglestone, PHE03 Helena Greek Almeida, PHE02 Nan Goldin, PHE01 Duane Michals, PHE00 Chema Madoz, PHE99 Luis González Palma and PHE98 Josef Koudelka.

Previous Bartolome Ros Award winners : Ricard Terre, Javier Vallhonrat, Marta Gili, Alejandro Castellote, Kowasa library, Joan Fontcuberta, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Ramon Masats, Cristina Garcia Rodero and Publio Lopez Mondejar.

Previous Descubrimientos (Discovery) award winners : PHE08 Yann Gross, PHE07 Harri Palviranta, PHE06 Stanislas Guigui, PHE05 Vesselina Nikolaeva, PHE04 Comeius Röthlisberger, PHE03 Pedro Alvarez, PHE02 Tanit Plana, PHE01 Sophie Dubosc, PHE00 Juan de la Cruz Megias, PHE99 Paula Luttringer, PHE98 Matias Costa.

When PHotoEspaña was founded in 1998 it was with a clear purpose: to show the public the work of the best international photographers and visual artists, to become an annual forum for professionals, and to provide a platform for young creators and projects. Twelve years on, PHotoEspaña is now a major event which has been attended by over 2,400 artists. The Festival is an exceptional occasion for discovering images, videos and installations created by outstanding national and international photographers and visual artists.