Film Photo Award Finalists and Standouts

©Odette England: Providence, Rhode Island, USA, VISIONARY PROJECT AWARD FINALIST
Once again, the applicants and proposals submitted to the Spring 2021 Film Photo Award were nothing short of awe-inspiring. Every single proposal was thoughtful, nuanced, deeply felt and delivered, making the jurying exceedingly difficult. This notable consistency has proved to be the norm for applicants to the Film Photo Award, and is undoubtedly a reflection of the correlation between the medium of film photography and the intensity of care and passion that goes into every aspect of the practitioner’s work and research. There is an undeniable need for this medium, not simply a desire. The Film Photo Award strives to support photographers who need to create with this material and celebrate the work being made with it in the 21st century.
The Spring 2021 jurors, Paddy Johnson of Art F City, previous Film Photo Award recipient Jon Henry, and myself (Film Photo Award founder), deliberated multiple times over three rounds of jurying to ultimately select the three recipients of the film grant for this cycle. Those recipients are featured on the Film Photo Award website and Instagram, and were featured here on Lenscratch over the past three days. Today, we want to give a heart-felt shout out to our Finalists who particularly made these decisions very difficult, as well as some additional applicants who also caught our attention and are deserving of recognition. Granted, you won’t be able to read their deeply thoughtful proposals or see the breadth of their submitted series of images, but I hope the images presented below will illustrate, as examples, the quality of the work the film photography community is engaged in right now. I find it so incredibly inspiring and feel very fortunate to be a part of such a kindhearted, considerate, and curious community. Please make sure to visit their websites, linked to their names, to see more of their important work.
Bravo everyone.
All my best,
PS: It is also important to note that this program would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. They truly believe in the efforts and practice of film photographers and want to see you succeed. Thank you Griffin Editions, Houck Medford, Kodak Professional, and Standard Cameras . And thank you Aline Smithson & Lenscratch for helping to promote all this fantastic, creative work.
The Film Photo Award is open to all emerging, established, and student photographers worldwide. Each award period provides three distinct grants of Kodak Professional Film and complimentary film processing by Griffin Editions to photographers who demonstrate a serious commitment to the field and are motivated to continue the development of still, film-based photography in the 21st century.
VISIONARY PROJECT AWARD FINALISTS

©J Houston: Brooklyn, New York, USA

©Liz Sanders: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

©Daniel Soares: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

©Paweł Starzec: Warszawa, Polska, Poland

©Bianca Sturchio and riel Sturchio: Austin, Texas, USA
VISIONARY PROJECTS AWARD STAND-OUTS

©Lizzie Chen, Austin, Texas, USA

©Yvette Marie Dostatni: Chicago, Illinois, USA

©Matt Eich: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

©McNair Evans: San Francisco, California, USA

©Michael Floor: Amsterdam, Netherlands

©Keegan Holden: Los Angeles, California, USA

©Charles Lee: Berkeley, California, USA

©Auston Marek: San Francisco, California, USA

©Madeleine Morlet: Rockport, Maine, USA

©Jacob Moss: Durham, North Carolina, USA

©Nate Palmer: Washington DC, USA

©Lydia Panas: Kutztown, Pennsylvania, USA

©Marissa Roth: Santa Monica, California, USA

©Ioanna Sakellaraki: Brussels, Belgium

©Michele Spatari: Johannesburg, South Africa

©Karen Stentaford: Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada

©Nick Tauro Jr: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

©Nick Verhaeghe: Knokke-heist, Belgium

©Rogério Vieira: São Paulo, Brazil

©Sara Winston: Newburgh, New York, USA

©Jaclyn Wright: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

©Zhidong Zhang: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
FILM PHOTO STUDENT PROJECT AWARD FINALISTS

©Silvia Borja: Brigham Young University – based in Provo, Utah, USA

©Hadley Chittum: George Washington University – based in Roanoke, Virginia, USA

©Chance Deville: Rhode Island School of Design – based in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA

©Andy Garcia: Bard College – based in New York, New York, USA

©Matilde Viegas: Universidade do Porto – based in Porto, Portugal
FILM PHOTO STUDENT PROJECT AWARD STANDOUTS

©Ranran Fan: University of New Mexico – based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

©Luca Hoffmann: Maine College of Art – based in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

©Joy Johnson: Barry University – based in Miami, Florida, USA

©Saskia Kahn: Maryland Institute College of Art – based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

©Olivia Noss: Pratt Institute – based in Washington DC, USA

©Julian Raiford: Amherst College – based in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA

©Markiesha Thornton: Georgia State University – based in Brookhaven, Georgia, USA

©Berta Vicente: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya – based in Barcelona, Spain

©Jule Wild: Fachhochschule Dortmund – based in Münster, Germany
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