Alessandro Imbriaco wins European Publishers Award for Photography

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From British Journal of Photography: Italian photographer Alessandro Imbriaco is the 19th winner of the European Publishers Award for Photography, and will see his project - The Garden - published in a book in five European countries .... Imbriaco won the prize for his work on Rome's housing problems. "This led him to explore the peripheral and hidden spaces of the city," say the judges.  [Read more...]

From dewi lewis publishing: The European Publishers Award for Photography was established in 1994 and celebrates its 19th year in 2012. Previous winners have included Bruce Gilden, Simon Norfolk, Jeff Mermelstein, Paolo Pellegrin, Jacob Aue Sobol, Ambroise Tézenas, Klavdij Sluban, Christophe Agou and David Monteleone.

The competition requires the submission of a substantial, completed and unpublished photographic book project. The winning project is then published in book form simultaneously by each of the publishers. [Read more...]

The interview below is from World Press Photo.

See also: Lens Culture.