2001 godowsky color photography awards

AFRICA

September 14 – October 26, 2001

The works of 34 nominated artists from Africa were juried for the 2001 Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards .The jurors were Deborah Willis, then Curator of Exhibitions at the Center for African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC) and now, Professor at Tisch School of Art, New York University, and Corinne Jennings, then and now, Director of Kenkeleba Gallery (New York, NY). The Godowsky research fellow was Michelle Lamunière, then PhD candidate in Art History at Boston University, and currently Charles C. Cunningham, Sr. Assistant Curator of Photography at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA).

2001 jurors
 Deborah Willis
Teaching Affiliation: http://admin.tisch.nyu.edu/object/WillisD.html

Corinne Jennings
Gallery: http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/reid/reid8-22-00.asp#3

2001 Godowsky Research Fellow
Michelle Lamuniere
Museum: http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/fogg/photographs.html


2001 Award Winners

John Kiyaya (Tanzania)
First Place

Kiyaya’s photographs are mainly taken in his hometown of Kasanga on the Southeast bank of the Tanganiyka Lake, where he works in difficult and remote conditions.

John Kiyaya, untitled. From the 2001 Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards, which focused on artists from Africa.

Gallery:
http://www.jeanmarcpatras.com/04kiyaya.php

Philip Kwame Apagya (Ghana)
Second Place

After working in his father's photography studio, Apagya received a degree in Photojournalism and opened his own studio, P.K.'s Normal Photo Studio. His portraits of Africans are made in front of painted backgrounds displaying highly commercial and Western scenes.

Philip Kwame Apagya, White House Picnickers. From the 2001 Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards, which focused on artists from Africa.

Gallery:
http://www.jackshainman.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=1

Essays and images:
http://www.designboom.com/portrait/apagya.html
 http://www.noorderlicht.com/eng/fest00/africa/apagya/ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_9_92/ai_n6249066

Exhibitions:
http://www.photography-now.com/artists/K15277.html

 

Peter Magubane (South Africa)
Second Place

In his work, Magubane's main concern is to fight apartheid. Raised in Sophiatown, Magubane was forced to move in 1957 by the government, and soon after began covering political events as a photojournalist.

Peter Magubane, The Ndebele: Woman in her colorful traditional blanket

Award and links:
http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=2993

About:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Magubane

Yinka Shonibare (Nigeria)
Second Place

Shonibare’s thought-provoking work aims to raise questions of race, class, and the authenticity of history through the use of wit and parody. [Note: Due to limited availability, Shonibare’s work was not on display at the PRC.]

Website:
http://www.yinka-shonibare.co.uk/yinka-shonibare-home.html

Gallery:
http://www.stephenfriedman.com/
http://www.photography-now.com/artists/K15273.html
http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/2105

Turner Prize 2004, Tate Gallery:
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/T/turner/pages/shonibare_pages/home.html

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