Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award
Gallery 1
10 April 2010 - 23 May 2010
Winner Announced!
Media Release
Lynn Roberts Goodwin was announced as the winner of the $10,000 prize to a packed gallery on Friday 9 April. Her work is a large black and white panoramic photograph of a desolate landscape and was in fact shot at night under a full moon. Judge Judy Annear made these comments: Roberts-Goodwin has been making ostensibly panoramic colour photographs of the landscape for some years.
Lynn Roberts Goodwin was announced as the winner of the $10,000 prize to a packed gallery on Friday 9 April. Her work is a large black and white panoramic photograph of a desolate landscape and was in fact shot at night under a full moon. Judge Judy Annear made these comments: Roberts-Goodwin has been making ostensibly panoramic colour photographs of the landscape for some years.
This work however is somewhat of a departure in that she has left colour behind for now and has presented a work which is highly ambiguous and compelling. This is a very quiet photograph despite its size. The graininess is due to being shot at night under a full moon and yet the landscape could be on the moon itself, or on a beach, or a desert or, as it actually is, the residue of an enormous crater on Earth made a long time ago.
I find this work impressive in its subtlety. It is both a departure as well as a consolidation of Roberts-Goodwin’s expertise.
The highly commended works are: Jane Burton, Siri Hayes, Paul Ogier.
About the Award
Now established as a key exhibition in the contemporary art calendar, our exhibition of selected finalists is a reflection of current practice nationally in still photography. Judge for 2010 is Judy Annear Senior Curator of Photography, Art Gallery of NSW. The winner receives $10,000 prize and their work is acquired by Gold Coast City Gallery. The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Foundation provides an additional $10,000 for acquisitions to the collection.