04.07.2021 | vfg Prize for Young Talents in Photography

25th vfg Prize for Young Talents in Photography

On June 19th, 2021 the jury members of the 25th Prize for Young Talents in Photography («vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis») with  Luisa Baselgia, Curatur, Art at Vontobel, Cèline Clanet, Photographer, Paris, Thomas Elsen, Director and Curator, H2 Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg, Benjamin Füglister, Chairman, CAP Association, Basel, and Marie Rime, Photographer, Fribourg et Berlin, have selected ten projects of young talented photographers.


The ten finalists 2021

in alphabetical order :
 

Fahny Baudin  -  Head in the Crowds

Olga Bushkova  -  A photo at 12

Olivier Gschwend  -  Serendipity

Jonathan Liechti  -  Was passiert, wenn wir sterben

Lisa Mazenauer  -  Swiss Gold Entropy

Diego Moreno  -  The Sacred Mountains

Leonard Rossi  -  7 Days

Tim Rod  -  à demain inshallah

Tim Rod  -  Don't forget the Knifish

Justine Salamin  -  Boulevard de la Cluse

 

Congratulations!
 

View the works of the ten finalists here.

From left to the right: Thomas Elsen, Luisa Baselgia, Benjamin Füglister, Marie Rime, Céline Clanet (via Zoom)  -  Photos: Roland Schmid
From left to the right: Thomas Elsen, Luisa Baselgia, Benjamin Füglister, Marie Rime, Céline Clanet (via Zoom) - Photos: Roland Schmid
Award ceremony and exhibition

 

The  vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis is committed to the promotion of young talents and supports young photographers by giving them the opportunity to present their work to a wider audience (catalogue and exhibition). 


The award ceremony – Keystone-SDA supports the «vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis» with the 1st prize - and the vernissage of the exhibition of the ten selected projects will take place on October 23th,  2021, at the House of Photography in Olten. The exhibition will be open to the public until November 14th, 2021.