Professor Althea Thauberger Shortlisted for 2019 Scotiabank Photography Award



Althea Thauberger, Althea Lorraine Index Leaf, 2018

Congratulations to Assistant Professor, Althea Thauberger, for being shortlisted from 11 finalists of the 2019 Scotiabank Photography Award.

The Scotiabank Photography Award is Canada’s largest and most prestigious annual peer-nominated and peer-reviewed award that acknowledges the outstanding contribution that artists have made to contemporary art and photography.

The jurors for the 2019 prize are artist Edward Burtynsky, writer and curator Candice Hopkins, artist Mark Lewis, and editor, curator and writer Brian Sholis.

The winner will receives $50,000, a solo primary exhibition during the 2020 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, and a book of their work published and distributed worldwide by publisher Steidl. The winner will be announced at the Ryerson Image Centre in Toronto on May 7.

See the full list here.