Scotiabank Photography Award

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The Scotiabank Photography Award is a CA$50,000(equivalent to $51,150 in 2018) annual Canadian photography award. [1] Two runners-up each receive CA$10,000(equivalent to $10,230 in 2018). In addition to the cash prize, the prize consists of a solo-exhibition of their work and the publication of a book about the work. It is intended to support a Canadian mid-to-late career lens-based artists, aiming to take that career to a higher level of national and international recognition. [2] The award was co-founded in 2010 by Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky and Jane Nokes. The longlist is announced in January and the short list is announced in March. The winner is announced in early May during the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival. [3]

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Recipients

YearWinnerRegion
2011 Lynne Cohen [4] Quebec and Ontario
2012 Arnaud Maggs [5] Ontario
2013 Stan Douglas [6] British Columbia
2014 Mark Ruwedel [7] British Columbia
2015 Angela Grauerholz [8] Quebec
2016 Suzy Lake [2] [9] Ontario
2017 Shelley Niro [10] Ontario
2018 Moyra Davey [11] [12] Ontario
2019 Stephen Waddell [13] [14] [15] Vancouver, British Columbia

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