Pride Photo Award
©Seungwook Yang, PLAY TOY
2019 Pride Photo Award
The 2019 Pride Photo Award winners were announced 6 Sep 2019.
A photo of two identical superhero action figures kissing, by South Korean photographer Seungwook YANG is the winner of the seventh edition of Pride Photo Award, an international contest for sexual and gender diversity.
©Keiji Fujimoto, Group of gay men sharing a room in Kampala
The jury, chaired by John Fleetwood of Photo:, South Africa further consisted of Anna Zekria of Salt Images, Russia; Chris Rijksen of the Transketeers, The Netherlands; Sujong Song of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, South Korea and Tanner Curtis of The New York Times, USA. The selected this image from 3,800 entries sent in by 409 photographers of 65 different nationalities.
The jury said that “The entries and the winning images are an intersection between contemporary culture and gender and sexual issues, showing that gender is not a singular narrow issue but how it intersects with economy, power dynamics and safety. It was interesting to see a mix of stories, both in reference to and independent of heteronormative narratives in thoughtful, creative and sometimes very fun ways.
©Corinne Mariaud, Flower Beauty Boys
We were overwhelmed in a good way by the amount of submissions that did not limit themselves to traditional ways of expression. A breath of fresh air to see works from all around the world, from Asia to Latin America to Africa, a very diverse geography of entries.
We encourage photographers to tell personal stories. In this contest, many were. While we selected the ones that were strongest and most successful in how they told the story, many did have great emotional impact and we will all carry many of these stories with us. Sharing these stories and exposing yourself in this way is courageous. We want to thank everyone for sharing and encourage everyone to keep improving and enter again in the next edition.”
©Nelson Morales, Musas muxe
The winners Prize
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Special Mention
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Category
Unique
Unique
Unique
Stories
Stories
Stories
Open
Open
Open
Single Images
Single Images
Single Images
Name
Vaughan Larsen
Ugo Woatzi
Chiara Luxardo
Nelson Morales
Carloman Macidiano Céspedes Riojas
Marc Ohrem-Leclef
Mickey Aloisio
Corinne Mariaud
Anja Matthes
Keiji Fujimoto
Micha Serraf
Koen Suidgeest
Blake Little
Hotli Simanjuntak
Seungwook Yang
Seungwook Yang
Nationality
American
French
Italian
Mexican
Peruvian
German
American
French
German
Japanese
Zimbabwean
Dutch
American
Indonesian
South Korean
South Korean
Series name
Rites
Chameleon
Burma Love
Musas muxe
Immigration LGBTQ in Buenos Aires
Jugaad - Of Intimacy and Love
From Europe with Love
Flower Beauty Boys
The House of Bangy Cunt
Group of gay men sharing a room in Kampala
Another day as greatness
Paola
Concealed, Portraits of LGBT Gun Owners
Sharia Law Against LGBT
Badasses
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