CENTER, the not-for-profit photographic arts and time-based media organization headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has honored, supported, and provided opportunities to gifted and talented photographers since 1994.
CENTER’s artists investigate current social, environmental, and political issues of critical global importance. CENTER’s 2018 Award and Grant winners travel to Santa Fe as part of their award package to present their artwork at the Review Santa Fe Photo Festival. The projects will also be featured in the exhibition, Full Circle: 2018 CENTER Award Winners, with images selected by Mary Anne Redding, curator at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts.
Jerry Takigawa; Memories
Jeffrey Heyne; Hadley Rille and Delta with Barbed Wire Fence and Crescent Earth; 1971/2016
Adair Freeman Rutledge; Trail, from the series Azalea Trail Maids; archival pigment print; 2017
Marcus DeSieno; 52.143200, -4.394850
Dirk Anschutz; Paul & Leiland; 2017
Amber Shields; Untitled; archival pigment print; 2014
Choice Awards
Each year, selected artists are awarded significant financial support in multiple categories. The Choice Awards recognize outstanding photographers working in all processes and subject matter. The awards are divided into four categories: Curator’s Choice, Editor’s Choice, Director’s Choice and a new category, The Producer’s Choice Award. For more information about each artist click on the link to their winning project.
Curator’s Choice Awards
Selected by Lisa Hostetler, PhD, Curator-in-Charge, George Eastman Museum
- 1st Place: Jerry Takigawa, Monterey, CA; Balancing Cultures
- 2nd Place: Jeffrey Heyne, Boston, MA; To Hunt a Moon
- 3rd Place: Vivien Allender, New York, NY; Global T(w)eens
Director’s Choice Awards
Selected by Naomi Cass, Director, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Australia
- 1st Place: Fatemeh Baigmoradi, Albuquerque, NM; It’s Hard to Kill
- 2nd Place: Marcus DeSieno, Ellensburg, WA; No Man’s Land: Views From a Surveillance State
- 3rd Place: Zoe Perry-Wood, Lexington, MA; Hanging in the Balance, Portraits from the BAGLY Prom
Editor’s Choice Awards
Selected by Bridget Watson Payne, Senior Editor, Chronicle Books
- 1st Place: Adair Freeman Rutledge, Seattle, WA; Azalea Trail Maids
- 2nd Place: Amber Shields, Austin, TX; Visions of Johanne – The Aging Female Body
- 3rd Place: Jodie Hulden, San Diego, CA; Left Behind
Producer’s Choice Awards
Selected by Keith Jenkins, Director of Visual Journalism, NPR; formerly Supervising Senior Producer, Multimedia, NPR
- 1st Place: Tomas van Houtryve, Paris, France; Divided
- 2nd Place: Muriel Hasbun, Silver Springs, MD; Stories of Migration (Triptych)
- 3rd Place: Dirk Anschütz, Brooklyn, NY; Fathers and Sons
Zoe Perry-Wood; Jose & Luis, Hanging in the Balance, Portraits from the BAGLY Prom; archival pigment print; 2015
Muriel Hasbun; Documented: The Community Blackboard (A Face for the Dream of No More Borders); 2006
Vikesh Kapoor; On Dadi’s Roof; archival pigment print; 2007
Project Development Grant
The Project Development Grant offers financial support to fine art, documentary, or photojournalist works-in-progress. This grant is awarded to projects that are still in progress and have not been exhibited or published.
Project Development Winner
Selected by Leslie Ureña, Associate Curator of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian
- Vikesh Kapoor, Los Angeles, CA; See You At Home
Project Launch
The Project Launch is granted to an outstanding photographer working on a fine art series or documentary project. This grant is awarded to complete or nearly completed projects that would benefit from the grant award package.
Project Launch Winner
Selected by Sarah Hermanson Meister, Curator, Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art
- Tamara Reynolds, Nashville, TN; The Drake
Vivien Allender; Global T(w)eens Project #15; archival digital print; 2018
Jodie Hulden; The Back Room; archival pigment print; 2015
Tamara Reynolds, Untitled (The Drake Motel at Night), The Drake Series; archival pigment print; 2016
Fatemeh Baigmoradi; from the series “It’s Hard to Kill”; mixed media; 2017
Tomas van Houtryve; Divided; single-channel video installation; 2018
Additional resources
- CENTER: Advancing the Graphic Arts – Official website.
- Review Santa Fe Photo Festival
- The Choice Awards
- Project Development Grant
- Project Launch Grant
- Breaking Through
- LENSCRATCH: CENTER’s Curator’s Choice Award First Place Winner: Jerry Takigawa
- LENSCRATCH: CENTER’s Curator’s Choice Award Second Place Winner: Jeffrey Heyne
- LENSCRATCH: CENTER’s Curator’s Choice Award Third Place Winner: Vivien Allender
- LENSCRATCH: CENTER Director’s Choice Award 1st Place Winner: Fatemeh Baigmoradi
- LENSCRATCH: CENTER’s Director’s Choice Award 2nd Place Winner: Marcus DeSieno
- LENSCRATCH: CENTER’s Director’s Choice Award 3rd Place Winner: Zoe Perry-Wood
- LENSCRATCH: CENTER’s Editor’s Choice Award First Place Winner: Adair Freeman Rutledge
- LENSCRATCH: CENTER’s Editor’s Choice Award 2nd Place Winner: Amber Shields
- LENSCRATCH: CENTER’s Editor’s Choice Award 3rd Place Winner: Jodie Hulden
- LENSCRATCH: CENTER’s Producer’s Choice Award 1st Place Winner: Tomas van Houtryve
- LENSCRATCH: CENTER Producer’s Choice 2nd Place Award: Muriel Hasbun
- LENSCRATCH: CENTER Producer’s Choice 3rd Place Award: Dirk Anschütz
- LENSCRATCH: CENTER’s Project Development Grant Winner: Vikesh Kapoor
- LENSCRATCH: CENTER’s Project Launch Grant Winner: Tamara Reynolds
- Review Santa Fe 2018 Program Guide