Compromise (2017) by Aida Muluneh. This artist first learned photographic techniques in the darkroom at Calgary's Western Canada High School decades ago. More recently, she founded Addis Foto Fest, showed at MoMA, and now she is in the running for the Scotiabank Photography Award. Photo: Courtesy Scotiabank/CNW Group.
This morning, the longlist was announced for the 2019 Scotiabank Photography Award. The winner of the award—which honours achievements of established mid-to-late-career artists—receives $50,000. Each of two runners-up receives $10,000.
Candidates for the award may live and work anywhere in the world, but must have Canadian citizenship or be a permanent resident of Canada. The winner will be announced at the Ryerson Image Centre in Toronto on May 7. A shortlist of three will be announced March 13.
Here are the 11 longlisted artists:
Raymonde April, Montréal
Marian Penner Bancroft, Vancouver
Robert Bean, Dartmouth
Shannon Bool, Berlin
Geneviève Cadieux, Montréal
Marlene Creates, Portugal Cove
Susan Dobson, Guelph
Aida Muluneh, Addis Ababa
Althea Thauberger, North Vancouver
Larry Towell, Bothwell
Stephen Waddell, Vancouver
