burn. Magazine: Emerging Photographer Fund 2012

[Chris Dodkin]

burn. magazine runs a competition to fund emerging photographers - $10,000 to one photographer, and two smaller grants of $2500 each.

Alejandro Chaskielberg, EPF winner 2009

This years 10 finalists are featured on this excellent showreel of their work - worth taking a few minutes to review.

Emerging Photographer Fund 2012 – the winners | burn magazine

burn is an evolving journal for emerging photographers.

burn is curated by magnum photographer david alan harvey.

 

[Hamish Gill]

There is some stunning stuff in that show reel!!

 

[Paul Lange]

I agree and I can see why the image above won in 2009. Am I right in thinking it was done with a TS lens if not selectively blurred PP.

Although the photographs are wonderful I found myself getting a bit annoyed the more I saw of the show. There is a lot wrong in this world and it is a worthwhile endeavour to educate people. I do have a slight problem when it is made portrayed in an overly beautified way for enjoyment out of context. It seemed too many of the images were this way inclined. I tend to see it as capitalising on other peoples truma and tribulations.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I think it's good that the images provoke an emotional reaction - to me, that's the point

 

[Brian Moore]

Wonderful images. I read Paul's comment before viewing them. Even so, they didn't strike me as exploitative.