Judges panel announced for 25th birthday And/Or awards
The And/Or Book Awards, supported by BJP, has announced its judging panel for the contest's 25th anniversary.
The jurors for the photography book category will include, among others, Philippe Garner, director and head of photography at Christie's. He is set to chair the judging panel for the 2010 And/or Book Awards in the photography category. He will be joined by Tessa Traeger, a still-life and food photographer, and Charlotte Cotton, author, curator and creative director of the forthcoming London galleries of the National Media Museum.
'Despite predictions that it would be made redundant by the digital media, the printed book remains a vehicle without parallel for the presentation, dissemination and preservation of images and texts in contexts of scholarship or creative expression,' says Garner. 'I am delighted that the And/or Book Awards continue to support and celebrate the crucial role of book publishing in our culture.'
Formerly known as the Kraszna-Krausz Awards after the name of their founder, the contest calls for publishers to submit the best books released in the fields of photography and the moving image. The winners each receive a £10,000 cash prize.
All titles published or distributed in the UK between 01 January and 31 December are eligible for submission. The deadline for entries is 02 November. However, any book published by 31 December is still eligible and can be submitted up to the end of the year. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in April.
For the second year running, the awards are supported by BJP, the British Film Institute and Sight & Sound magazine. All books submitted will join the Kraszna-Krausz collection of photography and moving-image books held in the National Media Museum in Bradford.
For more information, visit www.andorbookawards.org.
