2016 Contemporary Photography Exhibition

Philadelphia Photo Arts Center

Dec. 8, 2024 - Feb. 25, 2017

1400 N. American Street #103
Philadelphia, 19122
(215) 232-5678

www.philaphotoarts.org/

Last March, PPAC began collecting entries for the Annual Contemporary Photography Competition and Exhibition. The event gives both emerging and established artists the chance to share their narratives with our creative community. Out of 180 submissions, two winners were chosen: Congratulations to Hannah Price and Hrvoje Slovenc! Each artist will display solo exhibitions running from December 8, 2016 to February 25, 2017 in the PPAC Gallery.

Hannah Price is a photographer and filmmaker interested in documenting relationships, race politics, and perception. She is best known for ‘City of Brotherly Love’ (2009-2012), a photo series of men who catcalled her on Philadelphia’s streets. Price, who received the Richard Benson Prize for Excellence in Photography, has several photographs in the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s permanent collection.One of Hannah’s photos is a haunting portrait of a young man. Submerged in shadow and wearing a distant gaze, he stands in front of a garage door buried under years of graffiti tags. “My photographs were taken during a time people consider to be the most menacing; during the dark night and of those who blend in with it,” she says. “At night, I roam the streets looking for subjects of this type.” Hannah’s exhibition will exemplify her ability to portray compelling and distinct emotions.

Hrvoje Slovenc is a Croatian photographer based in New York. He has exhibited in various international collections, including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Münchner Stadtmuseum in Munich, and the Young Artists’ Biennial in Romania. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, and Museums of Contemporary Art and Arts and Crafts in Zagreb.Photographs such as ‘Church Choir #3’ capture the complexities of national identity as it is conveyed through rhapsodic tradition. The photo shows singers from an aerial view, vocalizing in unison and looking passionately towards an unseen subject in front of them. “In a world with over 200 million immigrants, redefining national identity becomes inevitable.” Hrvoje says, “If I were to rhapsodize about Croatia visually, what might that mean?” His exhibition will offer an answer that question.
Additionally, work from 25 finalists will appear in a pamphlet and online exhibition that will run concurrently with the gallery exhibitions on PPAC’s website.

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