PRC Color Photography Awards Response

I would say the pieces all worked together as a cohesive show based on the concepts behind them. These surreal-type photographs all depict either a fantastical landscape or setting with people. Especially impressing, whether it is just their unusual format or not, are the panoramic photos by the duo Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick. Putting their unusual size aside, I think the two panoramas are successful in creating accessible, though creative, scenes, and going beyond the norm. I also enjoyed how Curtis Mann put together the panels of separate images, although I'm not too keen on his work. Claudia Angelmaier's work however, really stood out to me. Maybe it's just the air of mystery in them that captures my attention; it's hard to tell exactly what those are photographs of, or what exactly is going on. But still I like the fogginess, and the fact that they are traditional opposed to digital prints. Since I've mentioned all the other winners I should mention Alejandro Chaskielberg. His work is nice too. It's vivid and definitely is a display of surreal settings on account of the lighting. They all possess strong composition and out of this world feeling, which ties them all together.

Hannah Johnson