TOKYO, September 13, 2017—Canon Inc. announced today that the prize winners have been selected for its New Cosmos of Photography 2017 (40th edition) photo competition—Canon's cultural support project that aims to discover, nurture and support new photographers.
The Excellence Award Selection Committee
2016 Grand Prize winner Kim Sajik's entry at last year's exhibition
The New Cosmos of Photography accepted entries for the 2017 competition from April 20 to June 15. In addition to conventional photo prints, the range of eligible entries was expanded in 2015 to include online digital works (stills and videos), attracting 1,705 submissions, including a large number from outside Japan. This year, for the first time Excellence Award winners include participants from South America, Europe and China.
The award-winning works will be displayed as part of The New Cosmos of Photography 2017 Exhibition at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum from October 21 to November 19. The exhibition will be held alongside the Grand Prize winner of the New Cosmos of Photography 2016, Kim Sajik, solo exhibition: "On the Night of a Full Moon, a Man Builds a Grave and a Woman Eats Pinecones."
The New Cosmos of Photography 2017 Grand Prize winner will be chosen from the Excellence Award winners at a public meeting of the Grand Prize selection committee1 to be held on November 10. Each candidate will give a presentation and face questioning by the selection committee, after which the committee will deliberate and choose the Grand Prize winner. Before that, on October 21, a presentation session will be held where the award winners will introduce their works and the intention behind them.
| Entrant | Entry title | Selected by2 |
|---|---|---|
| Hana Sawada | Gesture of Rally #1705 | Sandra Phillips |
| Giancarlo Shibayama | I traveled on an island | Alec Soth |
| Kanako Shokuda | Tiny Tenderness | Yoshihiko Ueda |
| Trond Ansten & Benjamin Breitkopf | 17 toner hvitt | Hiraki Sawa |
| 214 | The collection of encounters | Dayanita Singh |
| Ai Mizobuchi | ID | Tomoko Sawada |
| Azusa Yamaguchi | me and my grandfather | Minoru Shimizu |
| Entrant | Entry title | Selected by2 |
|---|---|---|
| Keita Otsuka | numbering | Hiraki Sawa |
| Naotatsu Kaku | for grandfather, grandfather for | Sandra Philips |
| Kim Sun-Young | Atopos | Yoshihiko Ueda |
| Huang Huang Chih | Living in the pots | Sandra Philips |
| Yohei Suzukawa | Apocalyptic Sounds | Alec Soth |
| Mai Noguchi | Midair Surfing | Minoru Shimizu |
| Akira Matsumoto | Fig. | Alec Soth & Dyanita Singh |
| Goro Miyashita | WINDOWS | Minoru Shimizu |
| Kohei Yamamoto | New horizon | Dayanita Singh |
| Hiroki Yumoto | breathe new life | Yoshihiko Ueda |
| Wang Hua | BOX of DREAMS | Hiraki Sawa |
Hana Sawada
"Gesture of Rally #1705"
(Selected by Sandra Philips)
Giancarlo Shibayama
"I traveled on an island"
(Selected by Alec Soth)
Kanako Shokuda
"Tiny Tenderness"
(Selected by Yoshihiko Ueda)
Trond Ansten & Benjamin Breitkopf
"17 toner hvitt"
(Selected by Hiraki Sawa)
214
"The collection of encounters"
(Selected by Dayanita Singh)
Ai Mizobuchi
"ID"
(Selected by Tomoko Sawada)
Azusa Yamaguchi
"me and my grandfather"
(Selected by Minoru Shimizu)
