Israel Museum, Jerusalem Awards 2020 Shpilman Prize for Excellence in Photography
The $40,000 prize celebrates photography as a leading contemporary cultural medium to cultivate original work in the field.by BWW News Desk
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem has awarded Sara Cwynar as winner of the 2020 Shpilman International Prize for Excellence in Photography. The Canadian artist will receive an award of $40,000 in recognition of her powerful activation of the photographic medium and her original critique of its political histories and to support the research, production, and post-production of a multi-platform video and photography project. Honorable Mentions were also granted to Penelope Umbrico (USA) and Lebohang Kganye (South Africa).