2010 Soho Photo National Photography Competition

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Soho Photo Gallery initiated its first juried national photo competition in 1995 and it has been an annual event ever since. Each year, the Gallery receives hundreds of entries from photographers all over the United States.

The Soho Photo National Photography Competition has no limits as to subject matter or technique. Besides awarding prizes, the juror also selects approximately 35 photographers to take part in a month-long exhibition at the gallery.

The Soho Photo National Photography Competition has had noted jurors such as Susan Kismaric from The Museum of Modern Art, Mia Fineman from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Adam Weinburg from The Whitney Museum of American Art. In 2010, the competition will be juried by Jennifer Blessing, curator of photographer for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

After judging the 2009 competition, juror Susan Kismaric of MoMA remarked: The submissions to this year’s Soho Photo National Competition came from around the country and included just about every variety of contemporary photographic practice. Pictures made with black and white and color film, digital cameras and prints, large format and 35mm cameras, “appropriation”, photographs made in the studio and on the street, and work constructed as a kind of installation were received, proving vitality and a deep curiosity about extending the possibilities of photographic practice. For myself, there is nothing as magical as a straightforward picture of the world that transforms what was before the camera into something I’ve never quite seen before. My selection of “winners” and “honorable mentions” undoubtedly reflects that prejudice. Hopefully, the inclusion in the exhibition of the many other types of work submitted mitigates my weakness, but the work that most impressed me pays attention to what is close at hand but not necessarily seen.

2009 Winners Announced
View the entire exhibition here.