2014 marked the first year for the Hariban Award, an innovative prize that offers one photographer the opportunity to work with the master artisans at the Benrido Collotype Atelier in Kyoto for two weeks, all-expenses paid. The jury was comprised of Simon Baker (Curator of Photography/International Art, Tate Modern), Naoko Ohta (Curator, Gallery 916/Tokyo-Ga Project), Tsuguo Tada (Special Editorial Advisor, Iwanami Shoten) and Tsuyoshi Ito (Program Director, Project Basho/ONWARD). In its inaugural year, the competition received 131 submissions from around the world.
Grand Prize Winner
最優秀賞
Awoiska van der Molen — www.awoiska.nl
The 2014 jury chose Dutch photographer Awoiska van der Molen as the grand prize winner. Awoiska spent two weeks in Kyoto in 2014 working with collotype masters, and her resulting images will be displayed this April at the Kyotographie, an international photography festival in Kyoto. In the video below, Awoiska describes her experiences at the atelier.
アヴォイスカ・ヴァン・デル・モレン
Bio
Awoiska Van der Molen is known for her monochrome landscapes, which in her words “arise out of a desire to penetrate deeply into the core of the isolated world in which she photographs.” In 2011 she was the finalist at the Hyères Photography Festival in France and in the same year she won the Alt. + 1000 prize at the Festival de la Photography de la Montagne, Rossinière, Switzerland. Her first monograph ‘Sequester’ published in 2014 was awarded the Silver Medal at the ‘Best Book from All Over the World’ competition. Awoiska van der Molen is represented by Kristof De Clercq Gallery, Ghent (BE) and Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (UK). Currently based in Amsterdam and Umbria, Italy.
Juror’s Statement
“Awoiska van der Molen was a strong choice for the Grand Prize of the Hariban Award 2014, and richly deserves the exciting opportunity to work with the skilled technicians at Benrido. Her work is among the finest contemporary black and white photography being produced in Europe at the moment, and her own print-making of an exceptionally high quality. But it is also true to say that in her exquisite images of nature especially, through her close attention to the play of light and shadow have much in common with some of the historic masterpieces produced as collotypes at Benrido.” — Simon Baker (Curator of Photography/International Art, Tate Modern)
プロフィール
講評
サイモン・ベーカー（英国国立美術館テートモダン、写真／国美術部門チーフキュレーター）
Special Prize Winners
審査員特別賞
The jury awarded three photographers special recognition for their excellent work. These photographers will have their work published in the Collotype catalog.
- Antony Cairns: London-based photographer Antony Cairns, who spends most of his time photographing the city, has a practice deeply rooted in exploring the boundaries and fragility of chemical-based photography.
- Marco van Duyvendijk: Marco van Duyvendijk has traveled through Eastern Europe and Asia making work, and in 2014 published a photo book about Riko, a butoh dancer in Kyoto.
- Tenmi Hanagi: Tenmi Hanagi, a self-taught artist, has exhibited her work solo since 2003, mainly in Tokyo.
- Antony Cairns（アントニー・ケーンズ）：ロンドン生まれ。故郷の街ロンドンの風景を撮影し続けている彼の作品は、薬品を用いた写真という媒体の不安定さ、境界線を探求することに深く根付いている。
- Marco van Duyvendijk（マルコ・ヴァン・ダイヴァンデイク）：オランダ生まれ。東ヨーロッパおよびアジアを旅して作品を制作。2014年には京都の舞踏家Rikoを撮影した写真集を出版。
- Tenmi Hanagi（花木テンミ）：独学でドローイングや貼り絵を制作し始める。2003年には写真を用いた作品を主に東京で発表している。
Other Recognitions
佳作
Six additional photographers received honorable mentions.
- Zen Teh
- Dongwook Lee
- Yutaka Matsubara
- Hiroyoshi Inoue
- Dana Fritz
- Brett Henrikson
- Zen Teh
- Dongwook Lee
- 松原 豊
- 井上 博義
- Dana Fritz
- Brett Henrikson