Introduction
The International Photography Award Emergentes DST is an initiative of Domingos da Silva Teixeira company, in partnership with Encontros da Imagem, aiming at awarding the best Contemporary Photography portfolio of 2011. The Photography Prize Emergentes DST, will be awarded after the Portfolio Review which shall give photographers the opportunity to show their work to commissioners, gallery owners and expert editors, thus establishing solid foundations for the promotion of their work. The International Photography Festival Encontros da Imagem invites authors to apply to the Emergentes DST Award, following these rules:
Applicants
Every creator who uses photography as main expression may apply, regardless of nationality, gender or age.
Prize
Photography award EMERGENTES DST is a prize money of 7.500 euro and an individual exhibition at the Festival Encontros da Imagem – 2012.
Finalists
- Zoltan jokay
- Kurt tong
- Jon cazenave
- Alinka Echeverria
- Ana Galan
- Frederico Azevedo
- George Pacheco
- Inês d’Orey
- Lurdes Basoli
- Max de Esteban
- Marinamoron
- Mila Teshevain
- Nikita Pirogov
- Nuno Direitinho
- Nuno Barroso
- Rodrigo Bettencourt da Câmara
- Sandra Rocha
- Thibaut Brunet
- Victor Garrido
- Vincent Catala
List of Reviewers
- Alexa Becker - Photography Editor at Kehrer Verlag agency | Heidelberg, GERMANY
- Beate Cegielska - Curator at Galleri Image | Ârhus, DENMARK
- Bill Kouwenhoven - Editor Internacional Hot Shoe Magazine | Nova Iorque, AMÉRICA
- Celia Davies - Project Director at Photoworks Magazine | London, ENGLAND
- Christophe Laloi - Vois Off Festival Director | Arles, FRANCE
- Jim Casper - Lens Culture Director | Paris, FRANCE
- Krzysztof Candrowicz - Director Lodz Fotofestival | Lodz, POLAND
- Lisa Fetisova - Russian TeaRoom Gallery | Paris, FRANCE
- Louise Clements - Artistic Director at Quad&Format Festival | Derby, UNITED KINGDOM
- Magdalena Herrera - Photography Director at GEO | Paris, FRANCE
- Manuel Sendon - Curator and Director of Photographic Studying Centre of Vigo | Lisbon, PORTUGAL
- Mário Teixeira da SiIva - Módulo Gallery | Lisbon, PORTUGAL
- Markus Schaden - Publisher of Schaden.com, Curator for Photography | Cologne, GERMANY
- Nathalie Herschdorfer - Independant Curator | Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
- Paco Salinas - Director Foto Encuentros | Múrcia, SPAIN
- Paul de Felice - Teacher at Faculdade de Letras e Ciências Humanas | LUXEMBOURGH
- Peggy Sue Amison - Art Director at Sirius Arts Centre | Cork, IRELAND
- Sandra Vieira Jurgens - Director and Editor at ARTECAPITAL magazine | Lisbon, PORTUGAL
- Simone Rodrigues - Curator of FotoRio Festival | Rio de Janeiro, BRASIL
- Xavier Canone - Director of the Photography Museum of Charleroi | BÉLGICA