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7/7/2011

AuthentiCity photography contest

SVA Gallery, New York

Phil Kline, Jessica Miller and David Rapoport are the finalists of the 2011 AuthentiCity photography contest

Newly-created work by 3 finalists will be on exhibit in New York from July 8 - 27, 2011

Created in 2010 in cooperation with the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York, AuthentiCity is a photography project aimed at supporting emerging talent.

The three finalists were chosen by the jury panel to present their work at the AuthentiCity exhibition, which will be on view in New York from July 8 to 27 at the SVA Gallery, 209 East 23 Street.

As finalists of the contest, they each received a cash prize of $3,000 along with a commission to develop a new body of work over the next months related to “discovering new urban lifestyles,” which will be presented at the exhibition. The final winner will be announced at the exhibition reception and will receive a prize of $10,000.

The contest’s theme – discovering new urban lifestyles – serves as an inspiration to use photography as a means of discovering new lifestyles, social dynamics and ways of interacting with the city.

The jury panel – including representatives of ILKO Coffee International, illycaffè, SVA and Elisabeth Biondi, visuals editor of The New Yorker – selected the three finalists from over 200 applicants.

The inaugural AuthentiCity contest was launched in 2010, with the goal of investigating the city, the ideal reference point for illy issimo, and “revealing purity and authenticity in urban life.” The winner of the 2010 competition was Igor Aronov (1997 BFA Photography) for his photo series “Reflection of the City”.

The winner of the 2011 competition is Jessica Miller.
Jessica Miller was born in Bangor, Maine in 1977. She began making photographs at a young age, and has always been fascinated with narrative images. She earned a BFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute, as well as a BA in Psychology from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. Jessica’s work will be featured in the PDN Annual as well as in the Guggenheim Museum’s Stillspotting project. Her work is also housed in the permanent collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She is currently enrolled in the MFA program for Photography, Video and Related Media at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Image: from the series Facade, ©Jessica Miller for AuthentiCity

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