Photographer Daido Moriyama awarded one of the most prestigious prizes
Following in the footsteps of Oscar Muñoz, the Japanese photographer has won the prestigious Hasselblad Award 2019, with $110,000 prize-money, given out by the foundation based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Born in 1938, Daido Moriyama won over the jury, led by Paul Roth – director at the Ryerson Image Centre in Toronto –, with his highly subjective but authentic approach. Amongst previous winners of the prize are Cindy Sherman, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Wolfgang Tillmans and Malick Sidibé. More information available via the British Journal of Photography.
Christina Quarles winner of first Pérez Prize
The $50,000-prize, launched this year by the Pérez Art Museum Miami, aims “to recognize that creativity of artists who are in that stage of their career where this recognition will help push their career”, in the words of Jorge Pérez.
Born in 1983, Christina Quarles works with painting and is represented by the gallery Pilar Corrias. Read further via ArtNews.
Christina Quarles, Sun Bleached (2018)
