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PHOTOGRAPHER ANASTASIA TAYLOR-LIND WINS CENTER'S PROJECT AWARD
Author: Olivier Laurent
British Journal of Photography
http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2163710/photographer-anastasia-taylor-lind-wins-centers-project-award
March 26 2012
Anastasia Taylor-Lind will receive a $10,000 cash prize and will see
her work go on show in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She will also be able
to attend this year's Review Santa Fe, which brings together hundreds
of photographers, photo editors and curators.
Taylor-Lind was selected for The National Womb: Baby boom in Nagorno
Karabakh. The project documents the "birth encouragement program"
initiated by the Nagorno Karabakh's de facto government to repopulate
the region following the 1991-94 war. "Since its introduction four
years ago, the 'birth encouragement program' is credited for an
increased birthrate of 25.5% from 2145 recorded births in 2007 to
2694 in 2010," writes Taylor-Lind. "The program is administered by
the Department of Social Security, which oversees the payments to
married couples of approximately ~@575 at their wedding. They are
paid ~@190 for the first baby born, ~@380 for the second, ~@950 for
the third and ~@1350 for a fourth. Families with six children under
the age of 18 are given a house."
Her work was selected by a panel of jurors that included curator
Greg Hobson of the National Media Museum, Paul Moakley, a deputy
photo editor with Time Magazine, and Christopher Steighner of Rizzoli
Publications. In a statement, they say: "The works that reached the
final rounds of the contest were distinguished by vision of integrity
and consistency. The acknowledged projects as a group reflected the
overall diversity that ran throughout all the entries. This group
represents a veritable crossroads: Denmark, Mexico, the Netherlands,
Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. But despite
where the work was made or the nationality of the photographer, what
made for a winning project was that it explored universal themes. They
had an international scope in some way and hit on issues that affect
us all."
From: Baghdasarian
Author: Olivier Laurent
British Journal of Photography
http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2163710/photographer-anastasia-taylor-lind-wins-centers-project-award
March 26 2012
Anastasia Taylor-Lind will receive a $10,000 cash prize and will see
her work go on show in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She will also be able
to attend this year's Review Santa Fe, which brings together hundreds
of photographers, photo editors and curators.
Taylor-Lind was selected for The National Womb: Baby boom in Nagorno
Karabakh. The project documents the "birth encouragement program"
initiated by the Nagorno Karabakh's de facto government to repopulate
the region following the 1991-94 war. "Since its introduction four
years ago, the 'birth encouragement program' is credited for an
increased birthrate of 25.5% from 2145 recorded births in 2007 to
2694 in 2010," writes Taylor-Lind. "The program is administered by
the Department of Social Security, which oversees the payments to
married couples of approximately ~@575 at their wedding. They are
paid ~@190 for the first baby born, ~@380 for the second, ~@950 for
the third and ~@1350 for a fourth. Families with six children under
the age of 18 are given a house."
Her work was selected by a panel of jurors that included curator
Greg Hobson of the National Media Museum, Paul Moakley, a deputy
photo editor with Time Magazine, and Christopher Steighner of Rizzoli
Publications. In a statement, they say: "The works that reached the
final rounds of the contest were distinguished by vision of integrity
and consistency. The acknowledged projects as a group reflected the
overall diversity that ran throughout all the entries. This group
represents a veritable crossroads: Denmark, Mexico, the Netherlands,
Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. But despite
where the work was made or the nationality of the photographer, what
made for a winning project was that it explored universal themes. They
had an international scope in some way and hit on issues that affect
us all."
From: Baghdasarian