Dana Claxton
Vancouver artist Dana Claxton is the winner of this year's Scotiabank Photography Award.
Claxton will receive a $50,000 cash prize and a solo exhibition during the 2021 CONTACT Photography Festival. As well, a book of her work will be published and distributed worldwide by Steidl, a German publisher.
The award was co-founded by Scotiabank and Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky with the goal of recognizing established mid-to-late career photo-based artists and accelerating their careers as they reach the next level of national and international recognition.
Burtynsky called Claxton's work "powerful, honest and evocative."
Emmanuelle Léonard, of Montreal, and Jin-me Yoon, of Vancouver, were finalists and will each receive cash prizes of $10,000.
The exhibition by last year's winner, Stephen Waddell, has been postponed until fall.
Source: Scotiabank