Thursday 2 October 2008

FFF Award to Leonie Purchas


Leonie Purchas © from the series The Ward family, London

Leonie Purchas with the project "In the shadow of things" she is the winner of the 2008 F AWARDS FOR CONCERNED PHOTOGRAPHY organized by Fabrica and Forma.
Her project "In the shadow of things"is a photographic documentary about her mother struggling with an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder illness. The photographer looks for several months at her mother complication with the every day life and through photography she says "I am trying to capture and express the feeling of being confronted by the mirror of myself, an experience both troubling and rewarding at the same time."


Leonie Purchas © from the series The Ward family, London


F25 AWARD went to Abdul Munem Wasif from Bangladesh, represented by VU' Agency with the project "Old Dhaka". Abdul Munem Wasif is also the winner of the Young Photographer at the Perpignat Festival this year. A video interview of the photographer here


Abdul Munem Wasif ©

Jonas Bendiksen a Magnum photographer from Norway received a special mention for the essay "The places we live", an exceptional project shot in 4 megalopolis of the eastern and southern world. A special mention to Norma Rossetti, Italy, for the essay Scampia...periferia nord di Napoli (Scampia. Naple's north outskirts).
The F Award, an international award for concerned photography, is sponsored by two Italian photography organizations: Fabrica, the Benetton Research Centre on Communication, and Forma, International Center of Photography, a joint initiative of Fondazione Corriere della Sera and Contrasto.

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