News / February 20, 2019

Longlist Announced for New Generation Photo Award

23 emerging Canadian photographers are in the running for this year’s prize, which offers $10,000 to each of three winners in April

Luther Konadu, <em>Figure as Index</em>, 2018.

Luther Konadu, Figure as Index, 2018.

This morning, 23 photo-based artists were longlisted for the Scotiabank New Generation Photography Award.

Three winners from this list will be announced on April 3—and each will receive a cash prize of $10,000. The winners will also be featured in a Contact Festival exhibition at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto in May, and in an exhibition at the Canadian Photography Institute in Ottawa starting in September.

Here are the photographers longlisted for the 2019 Scotiabank New Generation Photography Award:

Rebecca Bair, Ottawa

Alice Boutten, Rimouski

Matthew Brooks, Montreal

Hannah Campbell, Vancouver

Sam Cotter, Toronto

Hannah Doucet, Winnipeg

Seamus Gallagher, Halifax

Andrew Godsalve, Hinton

Zackery Hobler, Toronto

Zainab Hussain, Ottawa

Katherine Nakaska, Toronto

Anna Kasko, Vancouver

Thibaut Ketterer, Montreal

Luther Konadu, Winnipeg

Paulina MacNeil, Boston

Ethan Murphy, Toronto

Zinnia Naqvi, Montreal

Wynne Neilly, Hamilton

Curtiss Randolph, Toronto

Nicholas Aiden Ryan, St. John’s

Melissa Tremblett, Corner Brook

Graeme Wahn, Vancouver

Matthew Wong, Surrey

Members of the jury that selected these artists includes Ann Thomas, interim chief curator at the National Gallery of Canada; Angela Grauerholz, artist and 2015 Scotiabank Photography Award winner; Deanna Pizzitelli, artist and 2018 New Generation Photography Award winner; and Erandy Vergara, independent curator.

Seamus Gallagher, <em>learning to love your body by looking at it only through the cracks of your fingers as though you’re watching a horror movie</em>, 2018. Pigment print, 112 x 168 cm, NSCAD University Permanent Collections.

Seamus Gallagher, learning to love your body by looking at it only through the cracks of your fingers as though you’re watching a horror movie, 2018. Pigment print, 112 x 168 cm, NSCAD University Permanent Collections.

Curtiss Randolph, <em>GG’s Illusion</em>, 2017. Gelatin silver print, 50.8 x 60.96 cm.

Curtiss Randolph, GG’s Illusion, 2017. Gelatin silver print, 50.8 x 60.96 cm.

Hannah Doucet, Self-Portrait.

Sam Cotter, <em>Unloading (from Day for Night)</em>, 2017. Cyanotype on cotton rag paper, 43 x 55 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Zalucky Contemporary.

Sam Cotter, Unloading (from Day for Night), 2017. Cyanotype on cotton rag paper, 43 x 55 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Zalucky Contemporary.

Zinnia Naqvi, <em>Nani and I in the Garden</em>, 2017. Solvent print on adhesive vinyl, ink-jet print, 152.4 x 127cm and 30.48 x 35.56cm.

Zinnia Naqvi, Nani and I in the Garden, 2017. Solvent print on adhesive vinyl, ink-jet print, 152.4 x 127cm and 30.48 x 35.56cm.

Melissa Tremblett, <em>Untitled – (Dilapidated School Interior, Pinimen Mackenzie school in Sheshatshiu)</em>, 2015. 35mm film scan, 86.36 x 53.91 cm.

Melissa Tremblett, Untitled – (Dilapidated School Interior, Pinimen Mackenzie school in Sheshatshiu), 2015. 35mm film scan, 86.36 x 53.91 cm.

Matthew Brooks, <em>Bob’s Oil Co.</em>, 2017. Digital C-print, 50 x 62 x 3 inches.

Matthew Brooks, Bob’s Oil Co., 2017. Digital C-print, 50 x 62 x 3 inches.

Rebecca Bair, <em>We Are Not Who We Are Oppressed To Be (Black Speakers, White Walls)</em>, 2017. Multimedia installation, dimensions variable.

Rebecca Bair, We Are Not Who We Are Oppressed To Be (Black Speakers, White Walls), 2017. Multimedia installation, dimensions variable.

Anna Kasko, <em>Mayne Island pruning</em>, 2018. Giclée, 16.5 x 25 in.

Anna Kasko, Mayne Island pruning, 2018. Giclée, 16.5 x 25 in.

Curtiss Randolph, GG’s Illusion, 2017. Gelatin silver print, 50.8 x 60.96 cm.

Hannah Doucet, Self-Portrait.

Sam Cotter, Unloading (from Day for Night), 2017. Cyanotype on cotton rag paper, 43 x 55 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Zalucky Contemporary.

Zinnia Naqvi, Nani and I in the Garden, 2017. Solvent print on adhesive vinyl, ink-jet print, 152.4 x 127cm and 30.48 x 35.56cm.

Melissa Tremblett, Untitled – (Dilapidated School Interior, Pinimen Mackenzie school in Sheshatshiu), 2015. 35mm film scan, 86.36 x 53.91 cm.

Matthew Brooks, Bob’s Oil Co., 2017. Digital C-print, 50 x 62 x 3 inches.

Rebecca Bair, We Are Not Who We Are Oppressed To Be (Black Speakers, White Walls), 2017. Multimedia installation, dimensions variable.

Anna Kasko, Mayne Island pruning, 2018. Giclée, 16.5 x 25 in.

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